Discussion Hunger Strike?

[DreamCatcher]

I was wondering if anyone had considered a hunger strike as a way to go. Go to your nations capital and hold up a placard for some good cause and just drink water until you pass. Would be doing the world a favor and hopefully helping a lot of people on the way out. And people seeing you might not guess that you're suicidal, they'll just think you really care about the cause, enough to actually get near death.

I'm not sure I have the courage to do it, but I think if I really wanted to make the world a better place then it would be a great way to sign off. Probably would want to carry a DNR bracelet just to be safe so they don't try to revive you if you do get to that point.

I'm sure it wouldn't be reliable, and lots of things could go wrong, but imagine if all of the suicidal people out there did something like this, maybe we'd get real change. A cause like UBI would be nice, because if that existed I likely wouldn't even be seeking suicide.

 

[Empty Smile]

Unfortunately, water will keep you alive. Regardless of how long you go without eating.

 

[bacardirum]

They will throw you in a mental hospital once you pass out and feed you through a tube. They aint going to watch someone in a capital do this, probably get arrested and put in jail before you even start to starve for being a public nuisance.

 

[21Neberg]

I'm not sure I have the courage to do it, but I think if I really wanted to make the world a better place then it would be a great way to sign off.

It seems like it, but in reality you would probably get picked up and dumped in the psych ward before you could get hurt. Besides, do you really want to attract media attention to your suicide? Tabloids like daily mail will call you all sorts of crazy.

 

[oopswronglife]

Many people have ideas of doing some good on the way out. Normal response to so much suffering in our lives I think. But the sad truth is most of those ideas like organ donation, or effecting some societal change, are unrealistic and ineffective. Do what you can to be good and help others whilst still here. When you cannot be here anymore don't make it harder on yourself with some desperate and painful plan.