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NiicheKey

NiicheKey

Suicidology special interest
Mar 23, 2026
12
Hello, just as the title says, I have a problem with going through pain during FSH and I need an advice ASAP.
Sorry if it's too long.

Backstory: Some time ago, I almost managed to CTB with this method. In my history of attempts, it was the most traumatic one. It took too long to step off the stool. I was dropping one leg to make myself dizzy and potentially fall while passing out, but my body automatically stood up before, because it detected uneasiness, the leg on the stool was trembling and the pain on larynx/trachea(?) was uncomfortable. After some time, I kicked it and hanged above the ground. My breathing was blocked TOTALLY, SI kicked in 2 seconds (even though I made peace with death and attempted it for years), legs were searching for stool (I was blindfolded, because it helps with darkness that comes with fainting, so I didn't know where it was) and the worst thing - the rope was burning!!! into larynx/trachea and whole neck, even though I had light padding around and smooth-braided, polypropylene rope. But brain detected it -> SI "it's uncomfortable, I have to reduce it". It was like maybe 7 seconds??(but it felt like half a minute) before my hands found the way to free myself (hint: door).
I'm mad because:
1. I didn't pass out completely (people on videos with poor anchor point and elastic scarf pass out after 5 seconds...)
2. If only I didn't open the door and bore with pain for 5-10 more seconds, I could finally ctb!... but would suffocate painfully, so maybe even longer...
Of course when I fell and took off the rope, I told myself "It wasn't that bad, you have to endure the pain, there is NO painless death. C'mon, try again, coward",( even though I experienced the most traumatic pain ever), but setting everything up again, I didn't even had power to drop one of my legs. So I took sleeping pill, to maybe overcome fear of pain, but that made me lie apathetic in bed and "calm my senses" for most of the day.

After few days, had another FSH failure - the same setup w/out padding, but I didn't even drop, because when clenching on stool, the pain of rope tightening on larynx/trachea(or windpipe? I don't know how to call that in English) (where it shouldn't, I know btw) was stopping me. FYI, I was 100% sure that rope was above the Adam's apple area, seen that in the mirror, so that means that maybe the rope is lowering itself with fall?
When I got down, the sharp, vivid, mental pain that I feel every day and night (it hunts me recently in my sleep too) came back, I broke down and felt the urge that would sure push me into falling. So I step back on stool, so close to fall, but I'm at starting point.

I am sure of death, I am sure of consequences, but how to actually bear the process? I've read threads (about full and partial) and all the responses. I've read people's experiences with this method and how it felt and I'm jealous that they blacked out so quickly and didn't notice the pain OR they bore with physical pain that was quick. I think, because I experienced that hellish suffocating by rope tightening in probably wrong area, I fear of complete fall from stool again and fear of not being in control when it goes not as it should.

• Saying "Nothing matters", "You only bare with few seconds of discomfort before slipping into your beloved peace", "It's been [] years and [][] attempts, you HAVE to succeed somehow!", "Think of the funeral", etc. only helps to overcome fear before falling, but as I said, survival instinct is a bitch that ruins everything and controls this shell of a body and physical movement.

• I think that me failing multiple times in life is stopping me somehow. I know that my current setup and time management is good, but I think, even with graduating desire of end, I'm loosing my hope to successful ctb, when in reality, you have to have determination. I wish I was clueless teenager again, that done partial, OD's and failed stab with cold blood :')

If you've read till the end, congrats. I'll be glad for every reply
 
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l1ablemistakes

Wasted potential
Feb 16, 2026
204
I don't have any advice or really anything helpful to say other than I'm sorry and I hear you. I was planing FSH and have been practicing partial to try and get myself to pass out, just to get used to it. You're right, SI is a bitch. I've lifted my legs a few times to simulate FSH and the pain has been bad but not as bad as I thought. It depends on the position. I found most success with it right at the angle of my jawline/barely even on my neck, kind of on the underside of my jaw, because that didn't occlude my breathing as much. Breathing through my nose was still slightly possible. Came close to passing out that way but then SI.

In the end I am going to get over it with drugs and alcohol. Hopefully I black out.

Either way, I wish you peace. I hope it is in life because you seem like a very kind person, but I understand whatever decision you make. I hope you're well.
 
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VegasLyra

VegasLyra

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Jan 16, 2021
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This is exactly why I recommend people against FSH. The idea of suffocating to death while being conscious is horrifying. You were very lucky to be able to free yourself.

With partial suspension hanging, if something goes wrong and you don't feel yourself going unconscious, you can just stand up and back out. You can't do that with FSH.
 
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OnMyLast Legs

Too many regrets
Oct 29, 2024
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This is exactly why I recommend people against FSH. The idea of suffocating to death while being conscious is horrifying. You were very lucky to be able to free yourself.

With partial suspension hanging, if something goes wrong and you don't feel yourself going unconscious, you can just stand up and back out. You can't do that with FSH.
This is my thinking now. Find your sweet spot. A lot of successful hangings are partial. You don't want to get stuck with a long FSH.
 
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NiicheKey

Suicidology special interest
Mar 23, 2026
12
So I tried once again two days ago. I was convinced that would be my last day alive. I told myself "It is what it is" regarding pain, but still couldn't do it. I found "the sweet spot" during partial, but body stood up automatically when fainting (knew it was gonna happen, because i've done that countless times in the past).
Then again, I felt myself fainting, and was about to jump (faint from partial and slip into full), but the pain I described at the beginning of the thread snapped me back from fainting feeling.
I feel so disappointed in myself. I won't vent too much, but I literally can't function anymore and I'm crying every day. You may say "Then change the method" but besides amygdalin OD (tried 3 times tho...) nothing can guarantee me death. I NEED to die.
 
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StoneCactus

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Mar 15, 2026
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So I tried once again two days ago. I was convinced that would be my last day alive. I told myself "It is what it is" regarding pain, but still couldn't do it. I found "the sweet spot" during partial, but body stood up automatically when fainting (knew it was gonna happen, because i've done that countless times in the past).
Then again, I felt myself fainting, and was about to jump (faint from partial and slip into full), but the pain I described at the beginning of the thread snapped me back from fainting feeling.
I feel so disappointed in myself. I won't vent too much, but I literally can't function anymore and I'm crying every day. You may say "Then change the method" but besides amygdalin OD (tried 3 times tho...) nothing can guarantee me death. I NEED to die.
What were your amygdalin attempts like? Did you take anything along with it like Vitamin C or raw almonds?
 
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Suizident

Member
Aug 7, 2025
86
Hello, just as the title says, I have a problem with going through pain during FSH and I need an advice ASAP.
Sorry if it's too long.

Backstory: Some time ago, I almost managed to CTB with this method. In my history of attempts, it was the most traumatic one. It took too long to step off the stool. I was dropping one leg to make myself dizzy and potentially fall while passing out, but my body automatically stood up before, because it detected uneasiness, the leg on the stool was trembling and the pain on larynx/trachea(?) was uncomfortable. After some time, I kicked it and hanged above the ground. My breathing was blocked TOTALLY, SI kicked in 2 seconds (even though I made peace with death and attempted it for years), legs were searching for stool (I was blindfolded, because it helps with darkness that comes with fainting, so I didn't know where it was) and the worst thing - the rope was burning!!! into larynx/trachea and whole neck, even though I had light padding around and smooth-braided, polypropylene rope. But brain detected it -> SI "it's uncomfortable, I have to reduce it". It was like maybe 7 seconds??(but it felt like half a minute) before my hands found the way to free myself (hint: door).
I'm mad because:
1. I didn't pass out completely (people on videos with poor anchor point and elastic scarf pass out after 5 seconds...)
2. If only I didn't open the door and bore with pain for 5-10 more seconds, I could finally ctb!... but would suffocate painfully, so maybe even longer...
Of course when I fell and took off the rope, I told myself "It wasn't that bad, you have to endure the pain, there is NO painless death. C'mon, try again, coward",( even though I experienced the most traumatic pain ever), but setting everything up again, I didn't even had power to drop one of my legs. So I took sleeping pill, to maybe overcome fear of pain, but that made me lie apathetic in bed and "calm my senses" for most of the day.

After few days, had another FSH failure - the same setup w/out padding, but I didn't even drop, because when clenching on stool, the pain of rope tightening on larynx/trachea(or windpipe? I don't know how to call that in English) (where it shouldn't, I know btw) was stopping me. FYI, I was 100% sure that rope was above the Adam's apple area, seen that in the mirror, so that means that maybe the rope is lowering itself with fall?
When I got down, the sharp, vivid, mental pain that I feel every day and night (it hunts me recently in my sleep too) came back, I broke down and felt the urge that would sure push me into falling. So I step back on stool, so close to fall, but I'm at starting point.

I am sure of death, I am sure of consequences, but how to actually bear the process? I've read threads (about full and partial) and all the responses. I've read people's experiences with this method and how it felt and I'm jealous that they blacked out so quickly and didn't notice the pain OR they bore with physical pain that was quick. I think, because I experienced that hellish suffocating by rope tightening in probably wrong area, I fear of complete fall from stool again and fear of not being in control when it goes not as it should.

• Saying "Nothing matters", "You only bare with few seconds of discomfort before slipping into your beloved peace", "It's been [] years and [][] attempts, you HAVE to succeed somehow!", "Think of the funeral", etc. only helps to overcome fear before falling, but as I said, survival instinct is a bitch that ruins everything and controls this shell of a body and physical movement.

• I think that me failing multiple times in life is stopping me somehow. I know that my current setup and time management is good, but I think, even with graduating desire of end, I'm loosing my hope to successful ctb, when in reality, you have to have determination. I wish I was clueless teenager again, that done partial, OD's and failed stab with cold blood :')

If you've read till the end, congrats. I'll be glad for every reply

I've tried hanging before and didn't experience it that way.

Another user, who also tried hanging, described it like this: "It was tight, but not uncomfortably so." That's how it was for me, too.

Instead, I saw stars immediately after getting off the chair. That suggests the retina wasn't getting enough oxygen. Since there must have been enough oxygen in the blood, clamping the carotid artery probably worked.

Has anyone else noticed the stars, besides me?

To me, it sounds like you positioned the noose incorrectly. Once, I moved the noose all the way up first in the front and then in the back. Because I moved it all the way up in the back, it slipped down a bit in the front. As a result, the rope pressed against a spot where it was uncomfortable.

I could imagine that you didn't position the noose perfectly, and that's why it happened.
 
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Suizident

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Aug 7, 2025
86
Did you hang fully? The closest I've been is with hands on the rope. Never saw stars
Yes, it was FSH. I saw the stars practically right away, within the first second, or at the latest by the second second.

I was also surprised, because among all the many Hang reports I've read, there hasn't been a single one that mentioned seeing stars.

I don't really think I have particularly good eyesight either; at least, I haven't managed to find the sweet spot yet.
 
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OnMyLast Legs

Too many regrets
Oct 29, 2024
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@Suizident wow, no hands? Did you just step back on the chair? I'm amazed that you describe it as not very painful. I got the impression that FSH was gonna hurt like hell.
 
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Suizident

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Aug 7, 2025
86
@Suizident wow, no hands? Did you just step back on the chair? I'm amazed that you describe it as not very painful. I got the impression that FSH was gonna hurt like hell.

Yeah, I just stepped back onto the chair. It was easy in that case because I could pull myself back up using the anchor point like a pull-up bar.

Yeah, I'm also surprised that people's experiences are so different. I've tried it several times, and once it was painful because the noose was a little too low, not directly under my chin.

The one time I did it that wasn't painful, the rope was perfectly positioned. I've also heard credible accounts from others for whom it wasn't painful either, though they were wearing a scarf.


How did it go when you tried it? Was it painful or not?
 
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NiicheKey

Suicidology special interest
Mar 23, 2026
12
I've tried hanging before and didn't experience it that way.

Another user, who also tried hanging, described it like this: "It was tight, but not uncomfortably so." That's how it was for me, too.

Instead, I saw stars immediately after getting off the chair. That suggests the retina wasn't getting enough oxygen. Since there must have been enough oxygen in the blood, clamping the carotid artery probably worked.

Has anyone else noticed the stars, besides me?

To me, it sounds like you positioned the noose incorrectly. Once, I moved the noose all the way up first in the front and then in the back. Because I moved it all the way up in the back, it slipped down a bit in the front. As a result, the rope pressed against a spot where it was uncomfortable.

I could imagine that you didn't position the noose perfectly, and that's why it happened.
I am also aware that the noose wasn't positioned correctly.
The back of it was only a little bit lower than anchor point. Anchor point was at the back of my head. If only I was 10cm smaller, the noose would be in lower angle and would not tighten the middle of neck (didn't work even when I kept it with hands as close to the jawline,) but closer to jaw. Instead it's ≈200cm door VS ≈38cm stool + 170cm me.
I considered bending my knees at the start, and that would position the rope lower, but when I'd fell, the toes would touch the ground and the body would stand still. It happened when I used belt, as it stretched. If only I wasn't tall (I like it, but it's not handy when dying) and if only I had higher anchor point...
 
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NiicheKey

Suicidology special interest
Mar 23, 2026
12
What were your amygdalin attempts like? Did you take anything along with it like Vitamin C or raw almonds?
I tried 2 times with apricot seeds (bitter almonds are the same), once with vitamin b17 tabs (another name for amygdalin, 300mg in each tab).
Eating (as in chewing) is not recommended, as the taste is atrocious - it's a revolting bitterness that turns into acid-like spiciness. Even if you forced yourself, the body stops the swallowing of the rest ("trial and error" type of attempt; ate only 24, so I don't consider is as a serious attempt, but I intended to die lol)
1. I tried to swallow them with water, just like you swallow the pills. Took 125 but nothing happened.
2. I tried to chew on them lightly and then swallow with water. I bore with 160 seeds. Next day my head was hurting, but nothing happened. I think I felt the slight bitterness in my mouth while burping.
3. After some time, I bought 250 tabs. I managed to swallow 77, because physically my body couldn't take it - my stomach was overfilled because of fast doses of big tabs and water. I also felt my throat closing. At night, I experienced symptoms of light poisoning - discomfort in my stomach and throat, I had nausea and threw up a bit. I was totally worn out during next day, and the worst thing was constant burping that reminded me of that atrocious taste; I barely ate anything, because while eating, I felt that at the pit of my stomach. If I had took all tabs, I'm certain it would have effects of strong poisoning, but maybe not lethal.

• Keep in mind that not everyone will have the same effects. From my old researches (but don't trust me, it was info from surface sites), 1g of amygdalin can produce about 59mg of hydrogen cyanide (that's what kills you from it!). You have to calculate the amount based on your body mass and how much of cyanide will be released from amygdalin.
• If the tab is 300mg amygdalin, then imagine how much tabs you have to swallow to release only 1g of cyanide...

If I were to try again, I'd take tabs + vitamin C, because after that 3rd attempt I've read that vitamin C adds "the desired effect" to it. The aftertaste though... hellish. If I gave up on hanging, I'll try this, although I know ODs, no matter what you use, never work like you'd imagine. And I'm sure this is NOT a method I would "recommend".
 
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favouriteworstnight

pretty noose
May 14, 2023
82
did you attempt again? i want to do fsh and i'm getting drunk every night hoping it will give me the courage, i can't even tolerate 2 seconds but it's my only option so it has to work
 
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NiicheKey

NiicheKey

Suicidology special interest
Mar 23, 2026
12
did you attempt again? i want to do fsh and i'm getting drunk every night hoping it will give me the courage, i can't even tolerate 2 seconds but it's my only option so it has to work
Will this week. I haven't found the solution for pain, so I will either painfully suffocate or suffer existing (the second option is more likely to happen :'( ). I'll try to lower position of anchor and my body, but it may result in either body touching the ground or kneeling when dying; I'm afraid that the pressure on arteries will be reduced in second option, so I'll wake up/dying will be slower/coma and damage...

It's so depressing, but I can only think about my pain. I tremble while doing things, I lash out, easily irritated, I cry everyday. It's Easter so there's always someone around me + I don't want to ruin others' plans, but I wish I could do it rn.
 
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