Is it possible to strangle yourself to death with your own bare hands?

Question

I'm sorry to ask such a morbid question - a colleague suggested it had been done by someone he knew of, and I questioned whether this was indeed possible? Any answers much appreciated.

R

Answer 1

No. You would pass out and release your grip before you died.

Answer 2

If you're fast and strong enough, chasing down and strangling most animals is possible. I should know because I refuse to eat anything that I haven't personally chased down and strangled with my bare hands. Start with smaller creatures and work your way up to the larger mammals when your confidence and savagery has grown. I'm from the uk where a good 'starter mammal' to get the hang of things is an otter. As far as the preparation is concerned, simply gorge yourself on the raw flesh. I find the adrenalin in the mammal's bloodstream following the chase is all the flavour i need.

Answer 3

I doubt very much that once you had lost consciousness from lack of oxygen, that you would be able to maintain the kind of pressure on your own throat that could kill you.

When you lose consciousness's, your tongue falls back in your throat and can cut off your air supply. The only explanation therefore for such a thing to happen would be that the person trying to strangle themselves lost consciousness and was lying on his/her back. The tongue would have then obstructed the trachea and caused asphyxiation.

Unconscious people should always be turned over and lain on their front in the Recovery position, once you have established that the airway is clear, they are breathing, and their heart is still beating.

Answer 4

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No. You better get a rifle (and learn to shoot) or a good hunting bow (and really learn to shoot). It seems to be a common misconception among the hopelessly civilized that hunting is about some big guy chasing down an animal and dispatching it with bare hands, a knife or perhaps a stone. This, of course, is why men are bigger and stronger than women. No, please; leave that work to predators (you could try training a pack of dogs). Cooking: first eat best parts raw (e.g. liver), roast something for dinner (yummy) and smoke the remainder for following days. Fun question (but i will reserve my star). Edit: oh look, your next to "what's the best way to get a urine smell out of a mattress?" (Home & Garden) -- maybe you should get a star after all.

Answer 5

No it's not possible.
You would pass out before you had strangled yourself enough to die and then your hands would release and you would be able to breathe again.

It was suggested that if you crushed your windpipe you may be able to. It takes an awful ot to crush a windpipe and I doubt that anyone could actually do it with their bare hands.

You could do if if you used your own bare hands to make a noose and tie it to a roof beam, put it around your neck and jump off a chair. just make sure that the rope is short enough that you don't actually hit the floor.

Answer 6

Can You Strangle Yourself

Answer 7

ITV news just reported a man killed his wife then strangled himself. I personally still don t believe it though.

Answer 8

Leedsmikey has given you the best answer. There's no way you can do it by yourself unless committed by suicide in different ways.

Answer 9

I think that you would let go before you passed out...and even if you did pass out..you would let go before you finished the deal.

What a weird question....maybe you should ask.com it or google maybe.

Answer 10

I think it would physically be possible as you could crush your windpipe. Whether or not you could pshychologically bring yourself to do it I don't know.