I'm working on a short story and in your opinion: what is the most painless and accessible way to commit suicide?

It's a crime novel, that's all I can say.

Edit: bonus for a death during sleep. it must be self-inflicted though, not just coincidental.

Editt: Thanks for your input. Yes, I am having thoughts of suicide but for now I'm just entertaining myself with the idea.

Everyone has a breaking point.

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Maybe this site can help. http://lostallhope.com/suicide-methods/statistics-most-lethal-methods
Has a handy little chart that lists how quick and painful each method of suicide is.

Also, don't commit suicide.

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Setup some sort of timer, when it goes off...trigger something that causes you to die. It'll be set to a time during sleeping.

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Sleeping on the bed? Roll over and when falling hit with the head on a drawer (the socks drawer) or in it's handle :)
a pretty stupid death

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Bring a lot of plants into your room and then seal it. At night the trees will absorb oxygen and slowly release carbon dioxide. You will faint out in your sleep and die without any pain.

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This is why killing the rain forests is a good idea - them trees take all our oxygen!

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o_O

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... o_O

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Surprised nobody pointed out that plants don't convert oxygen into carbon dioxide >.>

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Really? So you were not taught about plant respiration?

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While photosynthesis doesn't occur at night.. overall, they use (significantly) more carbon dioxide than they output througout a day. Not to mention that they use oxygen DURING respiration. Without any source of oxygen in a sealed room, the plants would most likely suffocate as well. You'd have to pretty much have a forest in your room in order for it to have any major effects.

I'll admit I skimmed over some details, didn't notice the "night" bit.

Too much effort to commit suicide, IMO.

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So basically you have just proved my theory, right? It is true that the plants only release about 25% the CO2 they absorb in daytime, but that 25% is more than enough to suffocate anyone in a small sealed bedroom. Remember that you can die from low level, not just from total lack, of oxygen, and when you are breathing, you are also using up oxygen as well.

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Sure ... a novel ... nothing suspicious here ...

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I'd go for jumping, if the fall is long enough there are no chances to survive, or to feel anything...I guess.

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Fill a syringe with air and inject it into your blood. When the bubbles go to your heart it will cause a heart failure and die.

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painless?

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That's an extremely painful death. Equivalent to suffering a massive heart attack.

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Most painless: Find a way to get to the ocean (or somewhere deep enough). Jump in, don't struggle or attempt to stay afloat, sink while holding your breath. By the time you instinctively struggle for air, you're already too deep.
Most accessible: Jump off a tall building.

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Drowning is supposed to be really painful.

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Putting a gun in your mouth facing upwards(towards your brain) You wont feel pain because yould die in an instant

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Ugh, my neighbor did this in his driveway at 1:03am several months ago. And guess who found him about 5 mins after he did it.... yup.

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wat do u mean superstargoddess

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suffocation by carbonmonoxide in a coal mine 500 m underground. according to our supreme leader recep tayyip erdogan and his loyal pets. its better than burning or getting crushed he says. it totally beats burning to death i think.

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Anything beats burning to death. Death by burning is the most painful way to go.

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+1

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I haven't read all of the previous comments, but it is quite common to commit suicide by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills.

What people who kill themselves don't realize is that death brings no relief if you died by suicide.

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But how would you know? The Japanese committed seppuku for hundreds of years and they considered it a relief to die with honour instead of living with shame.

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Seppuku is extremely painful. The honor part is because it is made to be so painful as to take a great will to even do it. They usually have a servant ready to take your head off afterwards so the pain will not take so long.

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How do you know that death by suicide is not an even greater shame in the next life? How do we know that we even exist?

Question everything, determine reality to the best of your ability, and decide what you believe for yourself. In the end, we will all know the truth of things.

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You experience a different kind of relief if you die naturally? That makes no sense.

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I am one of those people who believe that death is not the end of our existence. I also believe it is better to suffer in this life than to suffer in the next. What you choose to believe is up to you.

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You made it sound as if it were fact. Everything is subjective. Unfortunately, arguing the metaphysical logically will get you nowhere :P

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No. Nothing is subjective except our perception. Just because we may fail to perceive reality does not change the fact that it exists. The challenge is in our attempts to perceive things as they truly are, a difficult task at best.

As for arguing the metaphysical logically, it is beneficial if and only if one's audience is receptive to logic. Otherwise, it is a complete waste of time.

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Maybe I should have rephrased: Everything surrounding life after death is, and most likely always will be, a mystery. Of course, it's always nice to have a good philosophical debate, detailing why you feel the way you do logically. But, nothing can be interpreted as fact, being that it isn't something concrete we can know.

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Yes and no.

The problem with evidence in general is that it is open to interpretation. What is convincing to one person may not be convincing to another. In fact, it may or may not be convincing to the same person at differing times or circumstances. You could place someone on an escalator carrying him up to Heaven and he might simply claim that his eyes are bewitched. This fact leads us back to what I said previously: on an individual level, each person will be forced to recognize the truth of the matter only once he or she is dead and choice of belief is gone.

In summary, presenting all of the evidence in the world would make no difference should it prove unconvincing, and as that is totally a matter of choice, it all comes down to "belief." To argue about the strength of the evidence is to overlook this point entirely.

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Isn't death just another form of escapism? embracing it is just the same as love for video games.

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The idea that death offers escape from anything is a flawed one. As I said, above, however, we will all know the truth of things in the end.

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possibly any overdose of an antihistamine.
You'll just drift into sleep and never wake up again.

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I'd say carbon monoxide/car exhaust. You just get drowsy, fall asleep, and die.

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disintigrator ray. most painless death ever.

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Mine would involve falling a great distance. I've always wanted to skydive, so at least then I'd be able to check it off my bucket list. And then someone could use that bucket to clean up my brains!

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Eating the best burger in the world which is poisoned and only goes in affect when they sleep.

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i'd imagine putting a plastic bag on your head and going to sleep would be the most painless?

circulation would cut off while you're asleep so you wouldnt feel it then the lack of air would most likely make you unconscious then death

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cyanide pill

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Death by ketamine! Meow.

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Wake up and trip and land on a game

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gas leek(yes the vegtible) go to sleep

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Play games, live to game another day!

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