Thread: Burning or Drowning?

Originally Posted by guerilla

I duno, fire scares me, id rather asphyxiate, People get off on that, maybe its a good death?

Did I just hear you right? Honestly?

I think you are referring to breathing into a bag, which is breathing carbon dioxide (used oxygen) instead of oxygen. Your body thinks you are breathing air, but is unable to extract any oxygen from the mix after it is all used up. Subsequently, you start to black out and lose consciousness. (Yeah, fun)

I somehow think that's a little different from holding your breath as you sink underwater, until your lungs burn so badly you start breathing in water through your nose and mouth until your body lets go. The point is you are not breathing anything. That's asphyxiation, and it is not fun. Please try my test of holding your breath for as long as you can before you black out.

There is some sort of euphoria when the brain is deprived of oxygen, and not just by breathing "used oxygen" with your head in a bag. In high school, a guy I knew ended up killing himself when he hung himself in the bathroom. Apparently he had done that before in the past (I don't know the details), but it was ruled that he was not attempting to commit suicide.

Either way, by fire or by water, you die. I'd rather take the less horribly-disfiguring method. (As for a firey explosion where I would be assured a quick death, I might go for that.... might.)

Maybe you mean about 5 seconds of euphoria as opposed to 40 seconds of horrible desparation.

I'm not saying that a lot of people wouldn't find drowning terrifying. However, some people feel that that small amount of euphoria is worth it. Why do people take meth?

Also, keep in mind that even after the heart stops, there is still brain activity for a time afterwards as there is still some measure of oxygen left (just not in the lungs). Theoretically, when a person's body died initially, they could be in the most vivid dream of their life, freed from all physical holds. To some people, the idea is enticing.

i would choose drowning...if i had to kill myself that is how i would do it,i would drown myself.
i say this because i very nearly drowned when i was ten.i was surfing and i had just learned how i was on a wave but i lost control and wiped out.i thrashed and kicked as hard as i could but i couldn't find the surface even with my eyes open.it was terrifying.i had no idea which way was up.i swallowed sea water twice.i felt my body relaxing and i wondered if i was going to heaven or hell.i forced myself to remain concious even though i was passing out.then i reached my arm up and felt my board above me.i grabbed it and climbed on.i lay half on as it carried me to shore.there was a bad rip tide and i thought i was going to go back out to sea.i struggled to land for at least ten minutes without the life guard noticing anything.i finally made it and laid in the sand panting and puking water.it was the single most exuasting thing that has ever happened to me.i was shaking and yelling at the life guard to help but he never noticed.i could have easily drowned that day and none would have known.it was an odd expirience and i think i only want to die that way because i have already expirienced most of it except the death part.

I would choose burning, becuase if I die an unnatural death, thats probably whats going to happen.

But the point of the question is not to say what would probably happen, it's to choose what you would prefer. Would you prefer to burn?