I'm 48 hours in without ingesting a single calorie, could starving myself be a way to CTB painlessly ?
I will try to document my journey towards the final exit on this thread
You can live for 2-3 months without food. Depending on certain biometrics, you could go longer with water only. I think it was Kevin James (actor) who did a starvation fast of 8 months, no food; only had water, coffee, electrolytes and if I recall, vitamin supplementation, and lost a ton of weight, but lived. He talks about it on the Joe Rogan podcast if you are interested. Short answer is no, this method has a bad success rate unless you truly deprive yourself of all nutrients as your body can create it's own macronutrients (gluconeogensis/ketogensis). It just can't produce certain amino acids on it's own, so protein becomes necessary for living.
The starving yourself idea won't work unless you plan to remove liquids.
Did you already try it ?
I get it, thank you, but I'm too much of a coward to try a on/off method. I need something that is long and progressive. Otherwise I'll never succeed I'm afraid
If this really can be all over in less than 1 month, this is enough motivation for me to keep going
It's called science and survivor's stories of people who should've died in extreme survival conditions. People who have survived being shipped wreck off seas/oceans have lived for several months to a year stranded in the elements of the ocean, with almost no food sources.
If your brain doesn't kick in and you subconsciously drink salt water (small doses of salt water, not ocean water) for electrolytes, you live another day from starvation.
It would be scientifically faster to deprive yourself of liquids for 4 days.
It's a method that can work - see Bobby Sands and a list of IRA members who did die from "hunger strikes" - it seems to cause death between 46 and 73 days depending on the person. There were a lot of others who tried and failed due to family members who intervened when the striker became unconscious. One defnitely has to be committed to this manner of CTB. Also, one would have to be in a jurisdiction that has "end of life" directives and will recognize "do not resuscitate" orders. At least a person will have plenty of time to back out if they lose the desire to CTB.
Edit: Obviously the above was done with water. Not sure of the stats on without water.
scientifically, it takes 2-3 months to starve to death. variables include why. A hunger strike can kill anyone going through it. It's how you manage your stress/biometrics. You could also get stranded in the Amazon forest or pacific ocean for months and still live from starvation.
Dying of starvation takes alot longer than you would expect. It's also NOT painless, it is psychologically and physically agonizing, you will slowly lose your mind and constantly think about food 24/7. You will also probably faint and get rescued or end up reactive eating before you die. It's considered a non-method for a reason, it almost never works.
I've struggled with Anorexia Nervosa for years and I have also tried to kill myself via dry fasting when times were rough so I am speaking from personal experience. I can't force you to stop but this is not the way to go. Seek help or find a better method because this is not going to kill you as fast as you think it would
This is probably the worst part of starvation as a method. You will literally suffer psychologically and hallucinate while fighting the urge to eat. Somewhere along the way, the brain will subconsciously try to eat or find nutrition.
Interesting enough, it can take as much as a soda to ruin this method. Sugar is still food to the body even if we aren't eating our calories.
