Failed attempt(s)

[aloyo]

I've tried 4-5 times to ctb in the last week primarily by swb. Today was first time I really started introducing huffing a duster, and to be fair I did feel like I came the closest to ctb I've come.

However, I feel like the main thing duster does is definitely displace oxygen levels but I still feel the urge to breathe / come above water - it just comes faster (15-30 seconds instead of 90-120 seconds). I even pushed through quite far and maybe there was one try that if I had held out 5-10 seconds longer I could have done it (but SI also really started kicking in)

I imagine the best people sadly to ask are those who have died this way, but does anyone have any knowledge on what I could do differently to get over this hump?

 

[Abyssal]

Huffing a duster? Is that literally breathing in dust or is this some terminology I'm too uncool to understand?

If found that holding my neck causes me to hold my breath longer, can't say it'll work, though. Swb is hard to do and I recall a thread where someone mentioned that it takes a specific type of breathing training to do well. Maybe that's the reason professionals tend to die on accident by this method more than us depressed mentally ill freaks? I wish it were more reliable as well.

I gave up on this method and found one more suitable for myself since I couldn't get it right. Try not to beat yourself up over this.

 

[aloyo]

What is your method now? Huffing duster is huffing an aerosol like keyboard wiper (duster). It has been pretty hard but it's the main method I have

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Drowning is difficult bc there will be strong SI reactions and it's almst impossible too pass out in a way like you do when you get anesthetics in a surgery. That would be the only really peaceful way to drown imo. Don't you have other options? Did you have a look in the Suicide Resource Compilation?

 

[aloyo]

I did take a look, and this was most accessible. I was hoping huffing would be somewhere close to what you described but it just made it feel really dizzy but same need for oxygen / to take a breath

 

[rozeske]

Sorry I don't have knowledge on this method but it is reported here that it is doable with a duster.

Arkansas Woman Drowns after Huffing Duster - DrugAbuse.com

Duster, also known as canned or compressed air, is used to clean pieces of electronic equipment or other sensitive devices. Unfortunately, duster is also a product commonly abused. Known as “huffing,” users inhale the chemical-laden compressed air as a way to get a quick high. Duster Claims...

drugabuse.com

 

[aloyo]

Yeah I've seen that one thank you. I think I will have to do more back to back inhalations before submerging

 

[Intoxicated]

If the gas flow from the can is too weak (so you need a lot of time to fill the lungs), there are three possible ways to cope with this issue:

• heat the can using warm water (37 - 50 C) in order to increase the pressure of vapors inside, or
• release the gas into a balloon and then inhale from the balloon, or
• find a different air duster with a better flow (possibly with the help of public reviews).

 

[pasho25000]

for me whatever the method si is difficult to overcome