Story Think carefully about your privacy where you decide to CTB

[FTL.Wanderer]

Modern technology may frustrate your goal of a peaceful, private exit.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

I have anxiety about this too. I think I will at least turn off my cell before I go to a location.
I think I'm more scarred of being discovered early in a motel room by accident by staff.
I've thought about doing it out in the woods but it would be my luck some idiot would be out for a hike & find me.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

I've thought about doing it out in the woods but it would be my luck some idiot would be out for a hike & find me.

A lot of us (not saying you...) are suicidal b/c we just have no support community. But like you say, the ONE time we want to be absolutely alone, THAT'S when someone would appear as if by magic and be all like, "Hey, lemme help you!"

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

A lot of us (not saying you...) are suicidal b/c we just have no support community. But like you say, the ONE time we want to be absolutely alone, THAT'S when someone would appear as if by magic and be all like, "Hey, lemme help you!"

That would be my luck. Not realizing the best thing they could do for me was to just keep walking.

 

[TAW122]

A lot of us (not saying you...) are suicidal b/c we just have no support community. But like you say, the ONE time we want to be absolutely alone, THAT'S when someone would appear as if by magic and be all like, "Hey, lemme help you!"

I have that problem atm. While I'm grateful and fortunate to have a supportive community around me, I too fear that they may hinder me the day or time that I decide I had enough of life and want to exit.

 

[Jenna]

It goes through my mind everyday. I have a very supportive community. I know my husband would have to ID me anyway. I know we are all suicidal for different reasons.

 

[snowman626]

I've thought about doing it out in the woods but it would be my luck some idiot would be out for a hike & find me.

If you go hike deep into a big national park i doubt anyone would just randomly run into you. Dont do it in some little wooded area in a big city, go to the mountains. Go to the type of place that people get lost in. Drive a few hours away from the city, take a greyhound bus if you have to.

 

[Jodes]

Call me paranoid but on my last attempt I decided to assume any one or more of microphones, cameras, gps and data history etc (anything) could be hacked some how so balancing that with risk, I taped over the cameras, made no discriminating noise, etc etc tin hat stuff almost (if I hadn't been so impulsive I might have actually put my phone in aluminium foil. But it's pretty silly for two reasons. Who the fuck is going to be so desperate to hack you, and there are easier things to hack.) I know, makes a lot of sense. You get russian sites, not to dissimilar to this one in a way lmao... Dark net... Where you can buy various hacker services to any end. So it costs money and you have to be in with the right crowd but it's possible. Governments aren't too far behind, I just know the NHS doesn't have enough money to put me in a bed so as long as I don't do anything else, I'll be left alone. Healthcare in England is ok as long as you genuinely want to kill yourself.

 

[ShadowOfTheDay]

This is an important point. Kudos to FTL. I'm not technologically savvy, but I can tell you from experience that even if you turn off your phone, remove the battery and remove the SIM card, your location is still traceable by the police (at least in the US). If you don't want to be found, leave your goddamn electronic device somewhere else.

 

[Psilo]

One thing is for sure, my cell phone won't be coming with me.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

Who the fuck is going to be so desperate to hack you, and there are easier things to hack.)

I meant more that people should be wary of renting spaces that may have live-recording. The article mentions many such cameras can pan-wide to capture footage in bedrooms... If you need time to die and you're being video-recorded, there's an increased risk someone seeing what you're doing could intervene, if for no other reason than to avoid liability or to save themselves the cost of cleaning up after you.

 

[color_me_gone]

One thing is for sure, my cell phone won't be coming with me.

Yeah, me too, especially since I don't even have a cell phone.

 

[neveranyhope]

FWIW, that guy who was the reality tv star in the UK who just killed himself did it in a city park. I live very close to a huge park (wildlife and all) and have recently been thinking about ending it there via hanging. People slip and fall and die pretty regularly there (regularly enough that there are warning signs up, at least), and I've always wanted my ashes to be there when I die so I have a fantasy of being able to end it there and not be found, and have my body just swallowed up by the park I love so much. The only thing is it's fairly regularly swept through by parks & rec people so I think at some point my remains would be discovered. I guess I would have to leave a note, I'm not sure if they'd respect it though and leave me there. They probably would have to dispose of it since it's technically a public park. I hate this mindset. I hate myself. I used to pray every single night as a kid that I would die before I woke up. I am so extraordinarily hopeless.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

I used to pray every single night as a kid that I would die before I woke up. I am so extraordinarily hopeless.

I feel ya. Same.

 

[ron_g]

Google "Detection of a Suicide by Hanging Based on a 3D Image Analysis".

By using a 3D camera and random forest, the experimental results show that the proposed detection algorithm
can detect hanging suicide attempts with more than 95% accuracy.

 

[aspx]

Google "Detection of a Suicide by Hanging Based on a 3D Image Analysis".

I can't believe researchers are using A.I. to prevent suicide instead of trying to figure out something new.

Also,

various systems have been proposed to detect and prevent hanging attempts

Really? You can't even kill youself in jail?

 

[color_me_gone]

I can't believe researchers are using A.I. to prevent suicide instead of trying to figure out something new.
Really? You can't even kill youself in jail?

Yeah, they can spend money on that, but can't pay a decent wage, can't provide free healthcare, can't spend money on mental health research other than "it's only a temporary problem"! Grits my teeth till they crack and fall out.

 

[uiop]

I'm fortunate enough to have N. It'll be over in minutes. I want to do it in the comfort of my own room, with locked doors and windows, but I don't want to tramatize my housemates. I love them too much to let them see my fresh corpse. Aside from my psychiatrist, only two people know that I'm suicidal, although I think my dad is getting suspicious. He's been checking up on my more often than usual and it pains me.

I'm ranting and getting off topic again lol. I apologize.

But yes, privacy is extremely important when considering ctb. I've considered doing it in my car, parked somewhere in the park. Lots of homeless folks and people living in their car there. It won't be suspicious.

I can't believe researchers are using A.I. to prevent suicide instead of trying to figure out something new.

Also,
Really? You can't even kill youself in jail?

Society has always viewed suicide as irrational, and considered it a mental illness. The church, for example, sees it as a sin. In the past, Christians who died by way of suicide were not given a proper burial. It wasnt until a few centuries later that people began to tolerate the idea of suicide, but we're not at the point where it's socially accepted yet. I'm not sure we'll ever reach that point.

I wouldn't be surprised if our institutions are trying to prevent suicide. I don't agree with them, but that's beside the point. Unlike a psychical disability, mental health is something that cannot be seen. It is unpredictable; it frightens people; so I understand their point of view.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

Google "Detection of a Suicide by Hanging Based on a 3D Image Analysis".

Figures. We're the livestock of the government and corporations. They can't have their cattle taking themselves/ourselves off the market. Instead of fixing many of the reasons driving people to suicide, they'll just make it harder to complete suicide. Great.