Is there really an effective painless way to die.

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There used to be, but doctors have almost universally stopped prescribing it due to the number of overdose deaths - and as far as I know, it can't be obtained on the black market these days either.

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I want to die when I sleep

Apies present, We take things literally. DUH!

Maybe if you hadn't spoken of similar things in other threads it would be easier to see your interest as "academic".

Suicide is not about a painless way to die. Suicide is about ending unendurable psychological pain. The method becomes immaterial.

Suicide for those with a terminal illness is a different matter of course.

There's probably something you can take to make you die in your sleep. Or you can take local anesthetic then shoot yourself. Or you can just keep your head underwater until you can't breathe anymore (may not be peaceful but should be relatively painless, though you'll need a way to make sure your head stays there when your reflexes kick in).

I consider such things myself as a matter of curiosity. I should hope you wouldn't actually commit suicide, though, AspieGuy.

You didn't, and what you said is exactly right.

So how much would you like us to misunderstand you?
Surely it can't come as a surprise that here, of all places, you're likely to find more than the typical degree of literal reading and misunderstanding common in any on-line forum.

You still can't avoid the dreaded indignity of a Death fart, as all your body orifices void your last remaining wastes. So why not just prolong this last indigniation for as long as possible?

Might as well go with a tune playing, I guess...

Of course there are. Why would you want to die feeling nothing when you can go out with a "bang" of sensation, though

Seriously though, if you were serious you would have googled this and not trolled moar here.

This one may make me unpopular, but if it does, par for the course...

Yes, Aspies take things literally, but any questions about death should be taken literally. People don't just talk about dying without a reason. I'm not saying Aspieguy is talking about suicide, could be a curious musing about life and death, but it's really important to find out why someone is talking about it instead of assuming they are just messing around. Here are some suicide resources:

Suicide Myths
QPR: Question, Persuade, Respond Learn how to start the conversation about suicide and get someone who is having thoughts of suicide the support they need.
Suicide Warning Signs - Know the signs
Assessing Suicide Risk - Very good guide for helping you know what to do to help someone.
Having Trouble Coping? There Is Hope - for someone who is thinking about ending their life.

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There most certainly are painless ways to die. I will only suggest one to you, though.. Dying in your sleep of old age.

Potassium Cyanide
You can get it at a jewelers pretty easily.

Starting your car in the garage.
I have seen that one happen before.

Gun to the head and jumping from a TALL building (if it isn't tall enough you might end up crippled with constant pain). those are my best alternatives.

Are you suprised you are misunderstood?
Regularly people post here on this site who say they are thinking of or planning to kill themselves. As far as I know legal prosecution in assisting suicide is applicable on this too.

Misunderstanding goes both ways.

a - "Suicide is not about a painless way to die."
b - "Suicide is about ending unendurable psychological pain."
c - "The method becomes immaterial."

I agree with a and b, but c does not follow.

Maybe in your personal ethics, suicide should only be able to happen when the person is willing to be put through another metaphorical hell to die. My personal ethics find that pretty sick.

The method is not immaterial. In a suicidal state, one's expectation of what any given method entails might become significantly distorted. I had a friend who thought that because so many of their friends had hung themselves (and not in the quick way) then it can't be that bad. Suicidal people definitely can fear the method, but their mind can also distort in ways that minimise the anticipated suffering.

But even when the suffering isn't minimised, it seems so inhumane to be forced to go through even more excessively hellish experiences in order to get out of the current hellish experience. When you want to get out of a hellish experience (ie, you're suicidal), I would've thought it goes without saying that the one thing that isn't 'immaterial' to you is hellish experiences, and that they are the one thing you are seeking to minimise/avoid.

You get a cookie!