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	====Cutting wrists====		====Cutting wrists====

	This entails cutting through the wrists and may damage the ], ] and ] nerves which control the muscles of the hand, which can result in temporary or permanent reduction in sensory and motor ability (if one survives).		This entails cutting through the wrists and may damage the ], ] and ] nerves which control the muscles of the hand, which can result in temporary or permanent reduction in sensory and motor ability (if one survives).
	<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Bukhari \| first =AJ \| coauthors =Saleem M, Bhutta AR, Khan AZ, Abid KJ. \| title = Spaghetti wrist: management and outcome \| journal = J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. \| volume = 14 \| issue =(10) \| pages = 608-11 \| date= 2004 Oct \| pmid = 15456551}}</ref> Wrist slitting is usually not fatal and it is thought that of all suicide attempts using this method, only 1% succeed.{{Fact\|date=November 2007}}.		<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Bukhari \| first =AJ \| coauthors =Saleem M, Bhutta AR, Khan AZ, Abid KJ. \| title = Spaghetti wrist: management and outcome \| journal = J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. \| volume = 14 \| issue =(10) \| pages = 608-11 \| date= 2004 Oct \| pmid = 15456551}}</ref> Wrist slitting is usually not fatal and it is thought that of all suicide attempts using this method, only 1% succeed.{{Fact\|date=November 2007}}.
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	Cutting through the ] is one method of exsanguination. Damage is inflicted to the ] which carries blood to the ], and it takes no longer than a few minutes to lose enough blood for death to occur, although death could also be caused by blood clogging the ]. People who do this often cut the recurrent laryngeal nerve, the nerve that goes up to the voicebox and larynx, and lose their voices.		Cutting through the ] is one method of exsanguination. Damage is inflicted to the ] which carries blood to the ], and it takes no longer than a few minutes to lose enough blood for death to occur, although death could also be caused by blood clogging the ]. People who do this often cut the recurrent laryngeal nerve, the nerve that goes up to the voicebox and larynx, and lose their voices.

	It was also practiced as a ritual suicide method in ] called '']'', by noble ~~(albeit stupid)~~ women for the same purposes as ] was used by men.		It was also practiced as a ritual suicide method in ] called '']'', by noble women for the same purposes as ] was used by men.

	== Carbon monoxide poisoning ==		== Carbon monoxide poisoning ==
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	In the past, before ] regulations and ]s, suicide by ] would often be achieved by running a car's engine in a closed space such as a garage, or by redirecting a running car's exhaust back inside the cabin with a hose. ] may have contained up to 25% carbon monoxide. However, catalytic converters can eliminate over 99% of carbon monoxide produced.<ref name="Chest1999-vossberg">{{cite journal \| author=Vossberg B, Skolnick J. \| title=The role of catalytic converters in automobile carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report \| journal=Chest \| year=1999 \| pages=580-1 \| volume=115 \| issue=2 \| id=PMID 10027464}}</ref>		In the past, before ] regulations and ]s, suicide by ] would often be achieved by running a car's engine in a closed space such as a garage, or by redirecting a running car's exhaust back inside the cabin with a hose. ] may have contained up to 25% carbon monoxide. However, catalytic converters can eliminate over 99% of carbon monoxide produced.<ref name="Chest1999-vossberg">{{cite journal \| author=Vossberg B, Skolnick J. \| title=The role of catalytic converters in automobile carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report \| journal=Chest \| year=1999 \| pages=580-1 \| volume=115 \| issue=2 \| id=PMID 10027464}}</ref>

	The incidence of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning through burning ] - such as ten disposable barbeques sitting on a sheet of plywood in a sealed room- appears to have risen. This has been referred by some as "death by hibachi". <ref>, ''British Medical Journal (326:498)'', Chan ''et al.'', 2003.</ref>		The incidence of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning through burning ], such as ten disposable barbeques sitting on a sheet of plywood in a sealed room, appears to have risen. This has been referred by some as "death by hibachi". <ref>, ''British Medical Journal (326:498)'', Chan ''et al.'', 2003.</ref>

	== Drowning ==		== Drowning ==
	]		]
	Suicide by ] is the act of deliberately submerging oneself in ] or other liquid and staying there long enough to prevent ]ing and ]. Due to the body's natural tendency to come up for air, one often ties a heavy object to oneself to circumvent this reflex and increase his or her chances of drowning. As with other deaths ~~by one~~, if the drowning is stopped before death, ] deprivation can cause ].		Suicide by ] is the act of deliberately submerging oneself in ] or other liquid and staying there long enough to prevent ]ing and ]. Due to the body's natural tendency to come up for air, one often ties a heavy object to oneself to circumvent this reflex and increase his or her chances of drowning. As with other deaths, if the drowning is stopped before death, ] deprivation can cause ].

	== Suffocation ==		== Suffocation ==
	Suicide by ] is the act of inhibiting one's ability to breathe, causing ] to kill the suicidal person. Another method is to put a plastic bag tightly sealed over the head, or trapping oneself in a room without oxygen. This is usually not very effective, as the suicidees usually pass out from lack of oxygen before they can die, or, as well known, at the last minute tears at the plastic bag or other device, resulting in not death, but a grisly continuance, with a diminished brain capacity. These attempts usually involve using depressants to make the user pass out, preventing him from changing his mind and finding a way out. The ~~best~~ ~~well-known and accepted method~~ in terminally ill or sincere "want-to-die" candidates is to use a gas, such as ] or ].		Suicide by ] is the act of inhibiting one's ability to breathe, causing ] to kill the suicidal person. Another method is to put a plastic bag tightly sealed over the head, or trapping oneself in a room without oxygen. This is usually not very effective, as the suicidees usually pass out from lack of oxygen before they can die, or, as well known, at the last minute tears at the plastic bag or other device, resulting in not death, but a grisly continuance, with a diminished brain capacity. These attempts usually involve using depressants to make the user pass out, preventing him from changing his mind and finding a way out. The method common in terminally ill or sincere "want-to-die" candidates is to use a gas, such as ] or ].

	== Drug overdosing ==		== Drug overdosing ==
		⚫	Suicide by pharmaceuticals ("]") is a method which involves taking ] in doses of several times greater than the indicated levels, or in a combination which will enhance each drug's effect. Due to the unpredictability of dosing requirements, death is uncertain, and an attempt may leave a person alive but with severe ] damage (which may prove eventually fatal itself).

⚫	Suicide by pharmaceuticals ("]") is a method which involves taking ] in doses of several times greater than the indicated levels, or in a combination which will enhance each drug's effect. Due to the unpredictability of dosing requirements, death is uncertain, and an attempt may leave a person alive but with severe ] damage (which may prove eventually fatal itself). ~~The classic example of this would be a failed Paracetamol overdose, which results in a slow and unpleasant death from liver failure between 7 and 21 days after the failed suicide attempt.~~

	Drugs taken orally may also be ] back out before being absorbed.		Drugs taken orally may also be ] back out before being absorbed.
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	Suicide by electrocution involves using a lethal ] to kill oneself. A high enough ] can overcome the high ] of the skin and pass a sizable ] through the body. A large ] through the body can seriously disrupt ]s and can cause the ] to go into ]. A hair dryer dropped into the bathtub will usually suffice.		Suicide by electrocution involves using a lethal ] to kill oneself. A high enough ] can overcome the high ] of the skin and pass a sizable ] through the body. A large ] through the body can seriously disrupt ]s and can cause the ] to go into ]. A hair dryer dropped into the bathtub will usually suffice.

	==Explosives==		== Explosives ==
			Suicide by ] involves putting explosives in bodily orifices or otherwise setting off explosives in near proximity. A sufficient quantity of explosive would cause death almost instantaneously by blowing the body into so many pieces that life would end instantly. Shattered organs, broken bones, internal bleeding from the ] and burning would be the causes of death in other cases.
	Suicide by ] is best done by fastening the largest possible quantity of high explosives (minimum 4oz/100g) to the base of the skull, just where the spinal cord enters the brain. When fired, death will be instantaneous; the blast wave of HE propogates at 7,000m/s, faster than nerve impulses travel, so you will quite literally not feel a thing. Use of home-made explosives will probably only cause severe burns; you will live, but be severely maimed and probably disabled. HE, though, will do the job. Just ask yourself first if you want to be remembered as a hideously mangled corpse.

	When explosives are detonated ~~about the person~~ with the intent of harming others in close proximity it is commonly known as a ]. However, the term "suicide bombing" is becoming increasingly unpopular in Western society; "murder bombing" or "homicide bombing" are increasingly being used~~, as they more accurately sum up the mentality of the sort of bastard, sorry, ''person'', who would blow himself up in a public place~~.		When explosives are detonated with the intent of also harming others in close proximity it is commonly known as a ]. However, the term "suicide bombing" is becoming increasingly unpopular in Western society; "murder bombing" or "homicide bombing" are increasingly being used.

	Killing yourself is one thing; killing other people to make a political point is quite another, and is the act of an inadequate bed-wetter who probably abused animals as a child. If there truly is a Hell, all "suicide" bombers will burn in the deepest, hottest pit of it. If there isn't, they wasted their lives in a uniquely despicable manner.

	== Hanging ==		== Hanging ==
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	Simply put, ] is suicide by immolation (fire). It has been used as a protest tactic.		Simply put, ] is suicide by immolation (fire). It has been used as a protest tactic.

	As an actual method of suicide, however, it is too painful to be contemplated. Copious use of a fast-burning accelerant such as petrol (gasoline) will speed matters up, but your actual death will still be hideously painful. This method should only be contemplated if you feel really, really strongly about something. Even then, sit back and reconsider.

	== Seppuku ==		== Seppuku ==
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	== Shooting ==		== Shooting ==
	Shooting oneself is one of the most common ways of suicide. It involves shooting oneself in the head, putting the gun in one's mouth. ~~(Shots fired into the side of the head generally result in a non-fatal injury associated with acute brain damage and blindness.)~~		Shooting oneself is one of the most common ways of suicide. It involves shooting oneself in the head, putting the gun in one's mouth.

	A successful shot to the brain results in instant, painless death. It mostly involves large-calibre handguns; .22s will usually only result in brain damage.

	High-power firearms WILL cause instant death - the use of large-bore rifles or shotguns gives an excellent success rate, despite urban myths about the difficulty of pulling the trigger - as long as the muzzle is in your mouth and pointing upwards when you pull the trigger.

	==Starvation==		==Starvation==
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	Such attacks are typically motivated by religious or political ideologies and have been carried out using numerous methods. For example, attackers might attach explosives directly to their bodies before detonating themselves close to their target, or they may use ]s or other machinery to cause maximum damage (e.g. Japanese ] pilots during ]). Some sources refer to this as a "] attack", to emphasize the idea that killing other people is usually the primary purpose of such an attack.{{Fact\|date=July 2007}} However, this usage is ambiguous since the word "homicide" already refers to unlawful killing and the key aspect of a suicide attack that distinguishes it from other forms of homicide is the death of the perpetrator.		Such attacks are typically motivated by religious or political ideologies and have been carried out using numerous methods. For example, attackers might attach explosives directly to their bodies before detonating themselves close to their target, or they may use ]s or other machinery to cause maximum damage (e.g. Japanese ] pilots during ]). Some sources refer to this as a "] attack", to emphasize the idea that killing other people is usually the primary purpose of such an attack.{{Fact\|date=July 2007}} However, this usage is ambiguous since the word "homicide" already refers to unlawful killing and the key aspect of a suicide attack that distinguishes it from other forms of homicide is the death of the perpetrator.

	] have engaged in suicide attacks numerous times in the ], and also against the West at other times. Perpetrators ~~suffer from the delusion that~~ the gains to others, or to a religious, political or moral cause, outweigh their personal loss and/or that they will be rewarded in the "]."		] have engaged in suicide attacks numerous times in the ], and also against the West at other times. Perpetrators believe the gains to others, or to a religious, political or moral cause, outweigh their personal loss and/or that they will be rewarded in the "]."

	Additionally, teenaged students (generally in America and Finland) have committed several notable suicide attacks in recent years, in the form of school shooting massacres. Often, these suicide attacks involve guns or homemade bombs brought into high schools or college campuses. After the attack, the perpetrator will committ suicide before being captured by police.		Additionally, teenaged students (generally in America and Finland) have committed several notable suicide attacks in recent years, in the form of school shooting massacres. Often, these suicide attacks involve guns or homemade bombs brought into high schools or college campuses. After the attack, the perpetrator will committ suicide before being captured by police.

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A suicide method is any means by which a person purposely kills him- or herself. Examples of methods that have been used to commit suicide are listed below.

Bleeding

Exsanguination is a method of death which is caused by blood loss. It is usually the result of damage inflicted on arteries. The carotid, radial, ulnar or femoral arteries would be targeted.

Cutting wrists

This entails cutting through the wrists and may damage the tendons, ulnar and median nerves which control the muscles of the hand, which can result in temporary or permanent reduction in sensory and motor ability (if one survives). Wrist slitting is usually not fatal and it is thought that of all suicide attempts using this method, only 1% succeed..

Cutting the carotid artery

Cutting through the throat is one method of exsanguination. Damage is inflicted to the carotid artery which carries blood to the brain, and it takes no longer than a few minutes to lose enough blood for death to occur, although death could also be caused by blood clogging the trachea. People who do this often cut the recurrent laryngeal nerve, the nerve that goes up to the voicebox and larynx, and lose their voices.

It was also practiced as a ritual suicide method in Japan called jigai, by noble women for the same purposes as seppuku was used by men.

Carbon monoxide poisoning

A particular type of asphyxia involves inhalation of high levels of carbon monoxide.

Death usually occurs through hypoxia. In most cases carbon monoxide (CO) is used because it is easily available as a product of incomplete combustion; for example it may be released by cars and some types of heaters.

Carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless gas, so its presence cannot be detected by sight or smell. It is harmful to humans since the CO molecules attach themselves irreversibly to hemoglobin in the blood, displacing oxygen molecules and progressively lowering the body's oxygenation, eventually resulting in death.

In the past, before air-quality regulations and catalytic converters, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning would often be achieved by running a car's engine in a closed space such as a garage, or by redirecting a running car's exhaust back inside the cabin with a hose. Motor car exhaust may have contained up to 25% carbon monoxide. However, catalytic converters can eliminate over 99% of carbon monoxide produced.

The incidence of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning through burning charcoal, such as ten disposable barbeques sitting on a sheet of plywood in a sealed room, appears to have risen. This has been referred by some as "death by hibachi".

Drowning

Suicide by drowning is the act of deliberately submerging oneself in water or other liquid and staying there long enough to prevent breathing and deprive the brain of oxygen. Due to the body's natural tendency to come up for air, one often ties a heavy object to oneself to circumvent this reflex and increase his or her chances of drowning. As with other deaths, if the drowning is stopped before death, oxygen deprivation can cause brain damage.

Suffocation

Suicide by suffocation is the act of inhibiting one's ability to breathe, causing asphyxia to kill the suicidal person. Another method is to put a plastic bag tightly sealed over the head, or trapping oneself in a room without oxygen. This is usually not very effective, as the suicidees usually pass out from lack of oxygen before they can die, or, as well known, at the last minute tears at the plastic bag or other device, resulting in not death, but a grisly continuance, with a diminished brain capacity. These attempts usually involve using depressants to make the user pass out, preventing him from changing his mind and finding a way out. The method common in terminally ill or sincere "want-to-die" candidates is to use a gas, such as nitrogen or helium.

Drug overdosing

Suicide by pharmaceuticals ("overdosing") is a method which involves taking medication in doses of several times greater than the indicated levels, or in a combination which will enhance each drug's effect. Due to the unpredictability of dosing requirements, death is uncertain, and an attempt may leave a person alive but with severe organ damage (which may prove eventually fatal itself).

Drugs taken orally may also be vomited back out before being absorbed.

Analgesic overdoses are among the most common due to easy availability of over-the-counter substances. Overdosing may also be performed by mixing medications in a cocktail with one another or with alcohol or illegal drugs.

This method may leave confusion over whether the death was a suicide or accidental, especially when alcohol or other judgment-impairing substances are also involved.

Electrocuting

Suicide by electrocution involves using a lethal electric shock to kill oneself. A high enough voltage can overcome the high resistance of the skin and pass a sizable current through the body. A large alternating current through the body can seriously disrupt nerve signals and can cause the heart to go into fibrillation. A hair dryer dropped into the bathtub will usually suffice.

Explosives

Suicide by explosives involves putting explosives in bodily orifices or otherwise setting off explosives in near proximity. A sufficient quantity of explosive would cause death almost instantaneously by blowing the body into so many pieces that life would end instantly. Shattered organs, broken bones, internal bleeding from the blast wave and burning would be the causes of death in other cases.

When explosives are detonated with the intent of also harming others in close proximity it is commonly known as a suicide bombing. However, the term "suicide bombing" is becoming increasingly unpopular in Western society; "murder bombing" or "homicide bombing" are increasingly being used.

Hanging

Main article: Hanging

The traditional death penalty of hanging by gallows consists of a rope tied to some fixed object (i.e. the gallows), with one end tied into a hangman's noose and put around the neck. The person falls through the release of a trap door (or jumps, in the case of suicide) from a height, and death is instantaneous due to breaking of the neck. If the neck is not broken, asphyxiation due to the obstructed trachea may cause loss of consciousness and ultimately lead to death. Many people who attempt to hang themselves strangle themselves instead, with risk of brain damage from lack of oxygen if the attempt does not result in death. However, hanging is still the suicide method with the highest success rate, especially if you have a good tight noose and ensure at least a 30 foot drop using a 20 foot rope..

Vehicular impact

Jumping in front of a fast-moving vehicle, especially a large one, such as a truck or train, can prove fatal. A classic example of suicide involves one tying himself to railroad tracks in order to be run over by an oncoming train. The self control required to stay on the tracks as the train approaches can be quite immense, and the result quite traumatizing to the driver of the train - or, indeed, any other driver involved.

Due to the trauma inflicted on the driver of the lethal vehicle, this must truly be regarded as a coward's way out. It's your life; at least have the courage to end it yourself. Forcing someone else to murder you is the act of a total inadequate who doesn't even have the self-worth to take charge of their own extinction.

Jumping

Poisoning

Suicide can be committed by using fast-acting poisons, or substances which are known for their high levels of toxicity to humans. For example, the people of Jonestown, in northwestern Guyana, all died when the leader of a religious sect organised a mass suicide by drinking a cocktail of diazepam and cyanide in 1978. Adolf Hitler bit into a cyanide capsule while simultaneously shooting himself in the head with a firearm. Sufficient doses of some plants like the belladonna family, castor beans, and others, are also toxic.

Self-immolation

Simply put, self-immolation is suicide by immolation (fire). It has been used as a protest tactic.

Seppuku

Main article: Seppuku

Seppuku (colloquially "harakiri") is a Japanese ritual method of suicide, practiced mostly in the medieval era, though some isolated cases appear in modern times. For example, Yukio Mishima committed seppuku in 1970 after a failed coup d'etat intended to restore full power to the Japanese Emperor.

Unlike other methods of suicide, this was regarded as a way of preserving one's honor. The ritual is part of bushido, the code of the Samurai.

Dressed ceremonially, with his sword placed in front of him and sometimes seated on special cloth, the warrior would prepare for death by writing a death poem. With a selected attendant (kaishakunin, his second) standing by, he would open his kimono, take up his wakizashi (short sword), fan, or a tanto (knife) and plunge it into his abdomen, making first a left-to-right cut and then a second slightly upward stroke. On the second stroke, the kaishakunin would perform daki-kubi, when the warrior is all but decapitated, leaving a slight band of flesh attaching the head to the body, so as to not let the head fall off the body and roll on the floor/ground; which was considered dishonorable in feudal Japan.

Shooting

Shooting oneself is one of the most common ways of suicide. It involves shooting oneself in the head, putting the gun in one's mouth.

Starvation

Main article: Starvation

Starvation has been used by Hindu and Buddhist monks as a ritual method of suicide.

Suicide attack

Main article: Suicide attack

A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so. In a suicide attack in the strict sense the attacker dies by the attack itself, for example in an explosion or crash caused by the attacker. The term is sometimes loosely applied to an incident in which the intention of the attacker is not clear though he is almost sure to die by the defense or retaliation of the attacked party.

Such attacks are typically motivated by religious or political ideologies and have been carried out using numerous methods. For example, attackers might attach explosives directly to their bodies before detonating themselves close to their target, or they may use car bombs or other machinery to cause maximum damage (e.g. Japanese kamikaze pilots during World War II). Some sources refer to this as a "homicide attack", to emphasize the idea that killing other people is usually the primary purpose of such an attack. However, this usage is ambiguous since the word "homicide" already refers to unlawful killing and the key aspect of a suicide attack that distinguishes it from other forms of homicide is the death of the perpetrator.

Islamist extremist terrorists have engaged in suicide attacks numerous times in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and also against the West at other times. Perpetrators believe the gains to others, or to a religious, political or moral cause, outweigh their personal loss and/or that they will be rewarded in the "afterlife."

Additionally, teenaged students (generally in America and Finland) have committed several notable suicide attacks in recent years, in the form of school shooting massacres. Often, these suicide attacks involve guns or homemade bombs brought into high schools or college campuses. After the attack, the perpetrator will committ suicide before being captured by police.

Suicide by cop

Main article: Suicide by cop

The term "suicide by cop" is used to describe a situation in which an individual behaves in a manner intended to provoke an armed law enforcement officer into use of lethal force against them. Common methods used involve charging at officers with a weapon (or even anything that closely resembles a weapon at a distance, such as a toy gun), repeatedly refusing lawful orders in threatening situations, or driving a vehicle at officers.

To prevent suicide by cop, some officers are trained to determine whether the suspect is truly dangerous, or have resorted to less-lethal methods, such as pepper spray.

External links

"How-to" Euthanasia Books, Annotated Bibliography - list of books on suicide methods by Derek Humphry, author of Final Exit

For help, visit:

- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

If you are in crisis, call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255).

References

Bukhari, AJ (2004 Oct). "Spaghetti wrist: management and outcome". J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 14 ((10)): 608–11. PMID 15456551. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Vossberg B, Skolnick J. (1999). "The role of catalytic converters in automobile carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report". Chest. 115 (2): 580–1. PMID 10027464.
Media influence on suicide: Media's role is double edged, British Medical Journal (326:498), Chan et al., 2003.
Brock, Anita (6th). "Trends in suicide by method in England and Wales, 1979 to 2001". Health Statistics Quarterly. 20: 7–18. ISSN 1465-1645. Retrieved 2007-06-25. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
"The bridge of suicide", Catherine Philip, The Times, February 28, 2007.
Ministry of Terror - The Jonestown Cult Massacre, Elissayelle Haney, Infoplease, 2006.

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