Great videos by the way. And thanks for posting them.
I've been messing around with my carotid arteries for over a week now. Actually I ended up join the forum a couple of days ago since well, I couldn't manage to kill myself with the partial suspension way. I might not be envious of many things but being honest, I'm jealous of the people that can put proper pressure on their carotid arteries so easily and pass out so easily.
Probably a strange thing to be jealous of but considering our current situation not shocking.
The closest I got to passing out was one of the times I was choking myself, and I got that blurry vision, weird hearing, losing consciousness feeling. Only one time. But that's enough to give me hope.
But apparently the partial suspension hanging stuff isn't working for me. Unfortunately, it looks like I'm going to have to go with a full suspension. On the plus side, theirs no way out. But it does seem like the more extreme version to me, especially when you have difficulty passing out.
All things considered. Even though it would be horrible to be choking with a full suspension for 30 minutes without passing out. Even though, those 30 minutes might seem like a lifetime, at least it's done with, it's over.
I'll just share some of my experience. And obviously most of you already know this but for the ones who don't. I always use the slip knot for the part that goes around my neck.
Paracord/Shoelaces/Thin diameter rope. Cuts more into the neck, makes it unnecessarily painful. Even with padding around the neck such as t-shirt material or hand towel, it cuts in too much at a specific point. If you can precisely get your carotid arteries, I'm sure it's not that much of a big deal since you'll be passing out. But if you can't seem to get them, pretty painful.
Necktie/1 inch nylon webbing strap. Already way better than the paracord/shoelace. But since a necktie isn't that long, standard being 57 inches, you probably have to attach the tie to a rope or something similar.
1 inch padded rope seems to be the best thing I've found so far. And the scarf works pretty good. I'm sure that the rope is a better choice than the scarf. Since it seems like a the scarf has a wider area, and put letss pressure on a specific spot. Opposed to the padded rope which the pressure can be placed on a more specific spot, ideally your carotid arteries.
I've noticed that lubricating the rope with soap/Vaseline/oil makes it easier for the rope to cinch down. But it's not that important. But It's a minor thing.
I think it's probably more important how much you tighten the knot, in my case, the slip knot, itself, when making it. If you extremely tighten it, it's more difficult for the rope to cinch down on your neck. If you leave the knot a bit more lose it tightens up faster. Just my experience.
I think a couple of drinks before trial error does help a bit. In the sense that you're more relaxed, and that your neck muscles don't cramp up right away, to protect itself I imagine.
but these are just some ramblings on my part.
It looks like full suspension is going to have to be the way. And even though it's scary, seems like a great moment of courage as well.
Good luck people.
Since partial suspension isn't working more than likely and unfortunately I'm going to have to go with full suspension. Even though it's really scary. Way more scary than partial suspension hanging. I suppose I'll have to stop being such a pussy, deal with the choking bullshit even if I don't get the carotid arteries, and enf things in one last swift courageous act.
That's the rafter in the garage I'm going to use. I can do pull-ups from it which means I'm good with the weight part. And I'm pretty sure that slip knot looks good. What do you guys think?