Yesterday I posted a thread about swimming out endlessly into an ocean until you freeze/drown (link below) . Numerous people graciously made me aware that this would probably not be as good a method to go as I had imagined.
One person mentioned that you'd probably be wishing for a shark to come and bite your leg off. This comment brought to mind another suicide topic that I'm interested in, because I thought, 'yes, I very much would hope for a shark to attack me if I were attempting the ocean method of dying!'
Which leads to my main point here, which is that I'm not particularly interested in a painful death, but the one exception I'd be open to would be if it were at the hands of a great beast, such as a great white shark, or also possibly a Grizzly bear.
This sort of painful death feels more like a rite of nature, like a purifying union with the primal self. It would be more akin to the deaths of even are very ancient ancestors. I think it would be a great honor to die at the hands of a great beast, more so than a gunshot, hanging, or pills, for example, for these are just pithy, man-made conveyances, and they seem a bit sad, depressingly modern, and unromantic, to have to depend on.
Now, a method like jumping, or Seppuku, I'd also put very high in honor and humanness. All of these- great beast, jumping, successful cutting, take some serious balls. I like the idea of getting mauled by a bear because it's like nature is unraveling you, rather than you ending yourself. Perhaps one could rub fish oil and guts on their boots and go hiking off trail in Katmai, Alaska right before winter when the Grizzlies are starving and trying to gorge before hibernation. There would be a primordial sacredness to going out there and doing that, like an Earth ritual.
The huge flaw in that is you have a high chance of surviving and being disabled for life. Even higher odds of surviving with the shark, plus to attract one you'd have to throw chum in the water, which could easily endanger other people.
So thoughts? Just rambling, but I feel strongly that there might be great honor in challenging/old fashioned/painful ways.
The overwhelming bias on this board seems to be towards a peaceful and painless death, but I'm curious if anyone else has any thoughts on actually wanting a painful death, for whatever reason.
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One person mentioned that you'd probably be wishing for a shark to come and bite your leg off. This comment brought to mind another suicide topic that I'm interested in, because I thought, 'yes, I very much would hope for a shark to attack me if I were attempting the ocean method of dying!'
Which leads to my main point here, which is that I'm not particularly interested in a painful death, but the one exception I'd be open to would be if it were at the hands of a great beast, such as a great white shark, or also possibly a Grizzly bear.
This sort of painful death feels more like a rite of nature, like a purifying union with the primal self. It would be more akin to the deaths of even are very ancient ancestors. I think it would be a great honor to die at the hands of a great beast, more so than a gunshot, hanging, or pills, for example, for these are just pithy, man-made conveyances, and they seem a bit sad, depressingly modern, and unromantic, to have to depend on.
Now, a method like jumping, or Seppuku, I'd also put very high in honor and humanness. All of these- great beast, jumping, successful cutting, take some serious balls. I like the idea of getting mauled by a bear because it's like nature is unraveling you, rather than you ending yourself. Perhaps one could rub fish oil and guts on their boots and go hiking off trail in Katmai, Alaska right before winter when the Grizzlies are starving and trying to gorge before hibernation. There would be a primordial sacredness to going out there and doing that, like an Earth ritual.
The huge flaw in that is you have a high chance of surviving and being disabled for life. Even higher odds of surviving with the shark, plus to attract one you'd have to throw chum in the water, which could easily endanger other people.
So thoughts? Just rambling, but I feel strongly that there might be great honor in challenging/old fashioned/painful ways.
The overwhelming bias on this board seems to be towards a peaceful and painless death, but I'm curious if anyone else has any thoughts on actually wanting a painful death, for whatever reason.
Method for people near oceans
What if, assuming you're a strong swimmer like I am, you just got into the ocean and started swimming away from shore without stopping? You could research rip currents to try and time it so you get sucked out super far by waves, and once you're a few miles out from shore, the odds of rescue are...
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