How to die without pain

Are There Any Ways to Die Painlessly?

How to Die Without Pain

Sometimes people will search for a method of ending their lives quickly and painlessly. This is particularly common when there is a problem, such as not achieving a goal or being cheated in love or when one is tortured by some disease. The question then becomes whether there is actually any way to die that are truly painless. The reality is that you won’t find any painless way to die. Some people find it impossible to get over their idea of attempting suicide, but that is not the answer. You should not try any of the methods mentioned in this article as they are not only painful, but will lead to regrets.

How to Die Without Pain

Take a Shot in the Head

This method will make things a mess, but it can be achieve painless death. Getting shot in the head is theoretically in an instantaneous death and therefore painless, but the reality is much different. Five percent of those shot in the head will survive while a large portion of the remaining 95% doesn’t die instantly. Instead, they will slowly and painfully bleed out or die of other painful complications. Basically, if the bullet doesn’t hit the brain or a major vein or artery, you still may survive. You may also live through the experience, but end up brain dead or without language ability, memory, or sight. Other possible consequences include paralysis, mental retardation, nerve damage, and impaired motor function.

Hang Yourself

Hanging yourself with an ideal drop should theoretically instantly break your neck. The issue, however, is that finding this drop height requires careful calculations based on weight, height, and more. In the ideal long drop, the noose’s torque will dislocate a bone in the neck, severing the spinal cord. Death may take a few minutes, but you’d be unconscious for it. The thing to remember, however, is that any miscalculation will lead to death by suffocation or strangulation, which may take several seconds to minutes to become unconscious and five to twenty minutes to die. This process is really excruciating.

Jump Off a Tall Building

Many movies have scenes of people jumping off from a high place and dying in peace. Jumping off a tall building seems a painless way to die and theoretically will provide instant death. The issue, however, is how the death occurs. You probably won’t feel anything if you fall with your face first. If your feet hit first, you will have a second of excruciating pain right before your head hits the ground and die. There is, however, a great deal of psychological pain. Survivors who have tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge unanimously agree that they instantly regretted their decision once jumped, but the fall itself takes four seconds, in which you continue to regret.

Overdose on Drugs

The theory with overdosing on drugs, such as sleeping pills, is that you will fall into a deep sleep and die. However overdose will likely cause massive shock and pain because your heart will fail before the drug’s sedative effects take hold. Your body is also likely to throw up the poison, leaving you with enough of the drug to kill you, but not enough to do so quickly. Then you will have a drawn out death via liver or kidney failure.

Carbon Monoxide Inhalation

Use this as a painless way to die? Then there are three main methods of dying via it: running your car in the garage, lighting charcoal with all the windows shut, or staying in an enclosed area with fire. It is possible that you will fall asleep from the carbon monoxide before it prevents oxygen from reaching the brain and killing you. Keep in mind, however, that if you don’t die, you can have short term effects such as dizziness, loss of consciousness, nausea, breathlessness, and headaches. Long term effects include brain damage and paralysis.

Drown Yourself

The time it takes to drown will vary greatly, such as the water temperature and ability to swim. Typically, a drowning victim will hold their breath for as long as they can once submerged and this will be between 30 and 90 seconds. At this point, they inhale water, cough, splutter, and inhale some more. The water within the lungs prevents gas exchange and makes the airway seal shut. You will feel burning and tearing in your chest before losing consciousness, something that can be very painful.

Electrocution

Most accidental, at-home electrocutions will involve death by arrhythmia, or heart stop. You will usually become unconscious after about 10 seconds. Theoretically, higher currents will lead to quicker unconsciousness, but this is not always the case. You may require more time to die, during which you are in pain. You may also end up with burns from poor conducting materials. It is also possible that the current won’t reach the brain and you may die from the brain heating up or suffocation for the breathing muscle is paralyzed, which is really unpleasant.

Lethal Injection

Most people assume that a lethal injection should be a painless way to die as it was specifically developed for this purpose. It includes an anesthetic thiopental which is supposed to prevent pain, then a paralytic to stop breathing, and potassium chloride to (nearly) instantly stop the heart. The problem is that you would need the proper dose of each drug, and even then you are likely to convulse and heave painfully during the process.

Other Common Ways to Die

Another popular method is cutting your wrists, but it will take a long time to bleed out and carries the risk of infection. If you don’t do it right, you will painfully bleed for several minutes and death would take two to four hours. Some people choose to set themselves on fire, but this is perhaps the most painful method of death. Others will try jumping in front of a moving bus, car, train, or truck, but most people are saved, with painful injuries.

If you start to truly contemplate suicide, talk to a loved one or get support. The following video can help you realize just how precious life truly is:

How To Die

People will be able to come here and learn how to die peacefully.

Personally, I am a coward. There is no way I could commit suicide by jumping off a bridge, or jumping in front a moving train. Its just not me.

The methods I will publish are intended for older, infirm people, who wish to die peacefully.

The methods will be useful to the both the person who wants to die, as well as carers, family and friends who wish to assist people die in peace.

Please understand: To assist is currently AGAINST THE LAW!

What I intend publishing is how I personally wish to die.

Peacefully, without pain, in my sleep, in MY TIME.

I intend planning my exit, leaving my legacy, saying my goodbyes and then heading out into the void.

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What Is the Least Painful Way To Die?

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This question originally appeared on Quora.

Answer by David Chan, MD

It depends on whether you desire a very fast sudden death or some time to gather friends and family members. I would personally not want to die a sudden death, although it’s absolutely easiest on the person dying.

Probably the most common and least painful sudden death is having ventricular fibrillation. The heart stops beating and there’s inadequate blood flow to the brain. It’s very fast. The person is unaware, becomes unconscious, and quickly dies.

But for family members and friends, the aftermath is just awful. There was absolutely no preparation, no last hugs, no goodbyes, and often a lot of personal loose ends. No chances for mending fences and a lot of unfinished stuff.

I think that I’d prefer something a little slower.

Dying of liver failure is generally pain free. The liver is important in clearing metabolites from the blood stream. When the liver stops working, certain metabolites build up in the blood and suppress brain function. Pain perception and judgement are reduced, and the patients are generally unaware.

In early liver failure, there is increased drowsiness and sedation. As the liver failure progresses, the patient becomes more sleepy and then eventually slips into a coma.

Some patients have itching of the skin due to elevated bilirubin, which gives the skin and the whites of the eyes a yellow hue. It’s generally just annoying and can be treated with sedatives and anti-histamines.

Since the failing liver also cannot metabolize narcotics and sedatives, patients who have pain or agitation for other reasons experience a significant reduction in both. For these unfortunate patients, death is peaceful for both them and their families.

Why would I prefer not to have sudden death?

I’d want the chance to be with family and close friends and give them a little preparation before I died. Since I’m an oncologist, I see how valuable it is for many patients to have some warning. I’ve had countless patients take advantage of knowing they faced death in the near term. They’ve had the opportunity to complete wills/trusts and make strategic plans for transfer or sale of businesses. They also get the chance to mend fences, if not for themselves, then for others.

A number of years ago, I cared for a remarkable man with a very successful family business. He had two sons who were themselves professionally successful but estranged from each other for several decades. Over the course of a couple of months, he was able to meet with them, remind them of how close they were when growing up, and was able to engineer a rapprochement.

Near the end of his life, the sons came with their mother to every appointment, and it was clear that they were once again a family.

The sons agreed to work together to manage the family business. He gave one son his prized Jaguar XKE two seater classic convertible sports car and the other son all his fishing rods, hunting rifles, and shotguns. His wife, although obviously despondent over his illness, was gratified that they got one more chance and were a family once again.

My patient told me that he was very satisfied with how his life turned out and how he would have regretted dying suddenly and leaving behind a family mess and a business he was very proud to have built that probably would have otherwise gone under.

Of course we all know that we should live life as if each day was our last. Nobody I know can do that. But some people are able to take advantage of their warning.

What’s the best method for a painless suicide?

I am done with life, but don’t want to suffer when I go.

By Cary Tennis

Published March 6, 2006 11:25AM (EST)

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Dear Cary,

How do I end my life when I’m too much of a coward to do it? I’m serious when I say that I really have nothing to live for. I’m a trust fund baby with a social phobia, both of which have conspired to sap me of any ambition in life. The person I live with I drive crazy with my fears and depression. He doesn’t deserve the kind of mental abuse I put him through and probably would be happier with me dead and him with my money. Oh, he acts supportive, but I think he’s really not very happy at all. He’s struggled most of his life to make ends meet and I think it would be a gift to him if I got out of the way so he could enjoy my wealth, hopefully with someone more stable than me.

At 36 I have only held two brief summer jobs and am currently unemployable (how will I explain my lack of résumé?). Therefore I have no career to look forward to, nor any foreseeable way of making a difference in this world, especially when I’m too afraid to say hi to anyone at the deli I’ve been going to for years. I’ve tried school on-and-off, but the cyclical nature of my depression and phobias have made it all but impossible to graduate college. I alienate everyone I come in contact with because I can’t make even the smallest of small talk, so people dismiss me as being a snob. Besides my partner, I have no friends. There really is no future for me.

The problem is my fear of the pain involved in dying. I don’t want it to be drawn out and/or painful. A gun would be quick, but I can’t buy one because I’ve been in a mental hospital. Even jumping off a building would take too long. Pills? I have plenty, but bad things can happen before they finally finish you off.

I’m not «crying out for help.» I went through years of therapy, countless drug cocktails, and hospitalization and the best thing that has ever happened is a few months of peace before I build up a resistance to drugs I’m taking and they no longer work. I can’t ask my partner to do it; he never would in a million years. He doesn’t know the kind of pain I go through and I can’t adequately explain it to him.

So how do I do it quickly and painlessly?

Ready for the End,

Dear Ready for the End,

I can’t give you helpful hints on how to kill yourself.

However, neither can I argue that your life is good and should be preserved, as I cannot know how life is for you. An average day for you may be more awful than even my worst day. Who am I to say that you should choose to live your life? As one of those left behind when others depart, I can only say that I have never heard any reports from successful suicides on whether they are pleased with the results.

So let us say simply that in your case suicide is one of the options you are considering. Let us presume that I have been called upon to help you choose. I think there are probably some better options to accomplish what you want to accomplish.

What you want to accomplish is an end to your suffering. Your only concern is that the act of suicide itself might entail some pain. But it is not altogether clear that suicide, however it is accomplished, will bring an end to suffering.

None of us knows what death will bring. You may find yourself reincarnated and continuing to suffer, or in hell, suffering, or without any consciousness at all and thus in a state immune to claims that it is either better or worse, or in some incomprehensible state of consciousness beyond anything that your current primitive apparatus of brain, nervous system and senses enables you to visualize. You do not know that you will not come back as a rock, or a dog, or a lizard with hazy consciousness of having once been, believe it or not, a human, magisterial and supreme among earthly beings. You may find yourself, as I do when I dream of suicide, in a state of unremitting remorse for having, in a moment’s impetuousness, given up your life. In my dream I am falling and I am asking myself, Why did I do that? Someone was telling me the other day of a man who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and survived; on his way down, he found himself thinking, I thought I had problems before, but now I really have a problem: I jumped!

You know nothing for certain of death and what comes after. So choosing suicide is not at all the sure cure for your ills that you might believe it to be. It is, rather, an enormous gamble.

Being that you are clearly willing to gamble to relieve your suffering, let us consider other gambles you might take.

Knowing both that good days will happen and that they will be rare, you might choose to make the most of those few that occur. Being possessed of independent wealth gives you certain options. On your next good day, you might board a plane to Paris. On a good day, you might do anything in the world that your heart desires.

What, if I may ask, have you got to lose?

Granted, the odds against tomorrow being a good day are not favorable. Most likely, tomorrow will be another day filled with depression and thoughts of suicide. But good days do happen. Eventually one will come. A good gamble, it seems to me, is to wait for that nearly assured good day and then take it for all it’s worth.

There are other sound reasons to continue to live. Medical and psychological researchers continue to find ways to treat mental illness. At 36 you may have 40 years of life or more in which a cure may be found. So it makes sense to put suicide off as long as possible, as long as you can bear living. It also makes sense, if you have wealth, to contribute some of your money to any research that looks promising.

If you also want to give money to the person you live with, you are free to do that. You do not have to die in order to give money. If it would make you happy to contribute to that person’s happiness, why not make some kind of financial gift to this person while you are living? However, if you want to enjoy knowing that you have made someone happy, you have to be alive to enjoy knowing it.

I do not mean to be glib about my views on suicide. I recognize your suffering and the seriousness of your proposal. Nor do I mean to minimize your suffering by treating the choice of suicide as a gamble, as if to reduce to a mere calculation what is a deeply emotional gesture. The point I would like to make is that while suicide may attract you as a supremely expressive act, it differs fundamentally from other expressive acts. We might punch a hole in a wall or scream at a policeman; we might get drunk or break things. From those gestures we can recover our lives. In fact, the very purpose of such gestures is that we can rid ourselves of the frustration and anger inside us and continue to live.

Suicide is not such a gesture; rather than allowing us to continue, it ends all chance.

So my advice is to see suicide as a bad bet, to gamble instead on what meager pleasure can be wrung from life, and to persist as long as possible in hope of a cure for your suffering.

Finally, if you feel like you are about to commit suicide, call your local suicide hotline, or the national referral number, 1-800-273-8255, or, if you like, call my local suicide hotline number in San Francisco, which is 415-781-0500. It is answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week.