Method Between jumping and hanging

[lukehavergal]

Which would you prefer? Jumping or hanging?

Jumping assuming you had access to a very high point 300 ft+ which would imply lethality with no bystanders

Hanging assuming you had access to a quiet secluded place

 

[vyvanceandvodka]

I'd prefer hanging. At least I could back out. If you jump you can't.

 

[lukehavergal]

> At least I could back out. If you jump you can't.
Jumping from over 300ft should be a pretty fast lights out I think. Is it the fall or the potential few minutes of pain after landing that isn't ideal?

Edit - I misread "back out" as "black out". My b.

 

[_wishforwings]

To me hanging is more surefire, some people can fall super far and still live depending on how you fall and such, but I might be biased because hanging is my method. It's honestly hard to even get the willpower to kick the chair so I can not imagine the will it would take to jump a large height. Also couldn't imagine how you might feel after you jumped if you were still conscious, but I don't know much about that

 

[theDunce]

If I could jump I think it might be a good way to go. Always had a fear of heights although I did go skydiving and conquered the fear on that day I don't know if I could actually jump to my death. I feel more confident in possibly hanging with the hope of going unconscious in a few seconds. I think I'd recommend jumping though as a method over hanging, it seems like it would be quick and certain with no pain, or so I would guess.

 

[NoHorizon]

Of I wasn't too scared I'd choose to jump. I went to Beachy Head a long time ago and just couldn't do it.

 

[2muchpain2]

if I wasn't so scared, I'd rather jump. I live about an hour from a suspension bridge that is over a canyon, it's 400ft up. they just installed suicide railing/fence, but i'm sure I can get passed it. but, it is terrifying to be up high and actually jump (I'm sure)...hanging is more private, and seems like a good option too. These are my preferred options, and train. Sorry I don't have a good answer. :(
I just hope to get into a car accident that kills me every time I leave my house.

 

[RandomUser25]

I'm pondering this exact question right now.

Would have definitely prefer jumping if I had high enough/secluded enough place. No need to endure the pain and terror before you black out, everything ending in a heartbeat. But the thought of surviving the jump and ending up disabled is too terrifying to risk it.

I will most likely just do the full suspension hanging. But since I'm not sure the celling lights hook will hold my weight I might need to go into the wilderness, looking for a tree. So pondering that I might prefer a jump if I find a high enough cliff (the city I live is in the mountains area).

 

[lukehavergal]

> But the thought of surviving the jump and ending up disabled is too terrifying to risk it.

With enough height, this risk is minuscule?

 

[raineen]

jumping is terrifying, to think that most of my last moments would be filled with terror as i see the ground approach my face is... too much
i think i would opt for hanging in this case, but not partial.

 

[lukehavergal]

> jumping is terrifying, to think that most of my last moments would be filled with terror as i see the ground approach my face is... too much

Is the opposite for me. Having something constricted around my neck and watching the fade to black terrifies me more than the fall. With the fall, it's over in an instant.

I know hanging is quick and painless, I just hate stuff around my neck.

Both are terrifying in their own way though

 

[Liebestod]

Both suck in my opinion unless you're jumping from a really high building.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Jumping from the right place is a guarantee but I could never do it. Way too terrifying. Honestly hanging is too much for me too, but thinking about it is giving me comfort right now.

 

[lukehavergal]

Liebestod

any better alternatives?

 

[RandomUser25]

jumping is terrifying, to think that most of my last moments would be filled with terror as i see the ground approach my face is... too much
i think i would opt for hanging in this case, but not partial.

True on some level

> But the thought of surviving the jump and ending up disabled is too terrifying to risk it.

With enough height, this risk is minuscule?

I wouldn't call it miniscule, if statistics are to be believed you have about 2-3% to survive the jump. Maybe you will die eventually, but not immediately. Also I don't trust myself not to scream, so I assume the police/ambulance will show up quickly. Another thing is that I'm not sure how I should go about helping authoritirs to identify my body/inform my relatives. Since the phone most likely will break and documents get blodied. Guess there ways around that though.
In a foreign country so identifying/contacting family can be tricky.

 

[Ariii]

I'd prefer hanging. At least I could back out. If you jump you can't.

That's actually the exact reason why I'd prefer jumping over hanging. But i like hanging because its more private, and jumping is terrifying.

 

[paperbaghat]

Even if i could choose jumping as a method, i wouldn't want to traumatise innocent bystanders, or have my death publicised. I often think my chosen method will be hanging, but recently I saw a hanging depicted in a show and the struggling unnerved me (I know the struggling was a choice by the director for the scene/distressing on purpose, but I am still worried)

 

[heiwa2]

Even if i could choose jumping as a method, i wouldn't want to traumatise innocent bystanders, or have my death publicised. I often think my chosen method will be hanging, but recently I saw a hanging depicted in a show and the struggling unnerved me (I know the struggling was a choice by the director for the scene/distressing on purpose, but I am still worried)

Yesterday I saw some actual videos of suicide hangings recorded on camera, some were still struggling even after 3-4 minutes. The mind loses conciousness but the body keeps struggling for a long time, that really unnerved me. Now iam not sure about hanging

 

[TheTwelthRootOfTwo]

Which would you prefer? Jumping or hanging?

Jumping assuming you had access to a very high point 300 ft+ which would imply lethality with no bystanders

Hanging assuming you had access to a quiet secluded place

If I could get sopping drunk, then I could jump from the highest point of spaghetti junction in Atlanta.

If I was guaranteed no interruption, I prefer hanging (partial suspension).

if I wasn't so scared, I'd rather jump. I live about an hour from a suspension bridge that is over a canyon, it's 400ft up. they just installed suicide railing/fence, but i'm sure I can get passed it. but, it is terrifying to be up high and actually jump (I'm sure)...hanging is more private, and seems like a good option too. These are my preferred options, and train. Sorry I don't have a good answer. :(
I just hope to get into a car accident that kills me every time I leave my house.

I have a fascination with bridge jumping. I thought of going to the New River Gorge Bridge in WV. That thing is massive. Or the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Either one would be an incredible last view as I'm going down.

 

[2muchpain2]

If I could get sopping drunk, then I could jump from the highest point of spaghetti junction in Atlanta.

If I was guaranteed no interruption, I prefer hanging (partial suspension).

I have a fascination with bridge jumping. I thought of going to the New River Gorge Bridge in WV. That thing is massive. Or the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Either one would be an incredible last view as I'm going down.

i think the New River Gorge has a suicide barrier now??
The suspension bridge by me is 400ft. Before they installed the railings, people jumped all the time and no one has survived because the ground below is a rocky canyon.

 

[TheTwelthRootOfTwo]

i think the New River Gorge has a suicide barrier now??
The suspension bridge by me is 400ft. Before they installed the railings, people jumped all the time and no one has survived because the ground below is a rocky canyon.

Oh, shiz nit! I really, really, really wanted to jump off the New River Gorge Bridge! Something about that just seems so glorious to me!

 

[2muchpain2]

Oh, shiz nit! I really, really, really wanted to jump off the New River Gorge Bridge! Something about that just seems so glorious to me!

you can double check. also, getting past those barriers is not impossible.