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Been looking into ligature strangulation and hanging, and especially with the former I've noticed people saying that the exploding head feeling is bad. Why? I know it's because if I survive I might have some brain damage, but would it stop me from dying?
 
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Been looking into ligature strangulation and hanging, and especially with the former I've noticed people saying that the exploding head feeling is bad. Why? I know it's because if I survive I might have some brain damage, but would it stop me from dying?
I think it blocks (the jugular vein i think?) which allows blood to go to ur head but it cant come back down, unlike with the caritoids where the blood going to ur head is the one blocked out. Trying strangulation overall should give u some damage and risk of strokes etc ive tried very hard probably 20+ times and got told I should go to ER and so on. Didnt but still fine so far I guess, I also read that the explodong head feeling could still kill it just would be painful and less peaceful than squeezing the caritoids.
 
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I think it blocks (the jugular vein i think?) which allows blood to go to ur head but it cant come back down, unlike with the caritoids where the blood going to ur head is the one blocked out. Trying strangulation overall should give u some damage and risk of strokes etc ive tried very hard probably 20+ times and got told I should go to ER and so on. Didnt but still fine so far I guess, I also read that the explodong head feeling could still kill it just would be painful and less peaceful than squeezing the caritoids.
good reply. after reading about partial hanging a lot myself i think this is why the exploding head feeling is bad. the guy that did the night night method died slowly over the course of 7 minutes (iirc) because his carotids weren't being compressed properly. partial and night night are pretty painful when you do it wrong. you just feel like you're being choked without suffocating. i wouldn't go to the hospital just bc of strangulation attempts, but there probably is risk of brain damage if you do it a bunch of times.
 
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You get the exploding head feeling when you arent blocking the carotids properly, so you end up dying a much slower and painful death (if you decide to keep going)
 
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It is extremely painful. You feel like there is a balloon trying to escape your skull and it might push your eyeballs out. Most people stop their attempt because a pounding headache is quite unpleasant.
 
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