Why is hanging ones self the most common form of suicide?

Question

Three people I knew hung themselves in the past 18 months :/

Why hanging?

How does it actually cause death?

How long could it take to die

and how painful would it be?

Answer 1

You're not getting tips, are you?

Answer 2

Well, it's painless if you break your neck right away. If not, I don't see it too painless. The resources for it are around you right when you feel the depression for suicide too. But don't kill yourself, it's dishonorable.

Answer 3

Hanging is an easy way to commit suicide, if not done properly it can be painful, usually death by asphyxiation.

Answer 4

Check your statistics. The most common form of suicide for males is by gunshot, whereas the most common form for women is drug overdoses.

Hanging most certainly kills you. It will break your neck if you fall 4 feet or so with a well tied hangman's knot. Without the knot, it strangles you. It is quite painful, but only for about 15 seconds. After that you pass out and then you die over a period of several minutes (the brain has a reserve supply of oxygen).

Why hanging? It's just another form of a dramatic exit.

And I'm sorry for your losses.

Answer 5

Hanging is the most common form of suicide for teenage boys. Mostly it's a form of anger. Some times, it is experimentation that goes awry. The teenager wants to put themselves on display in death as revenge for an imagined wrong. Primarily committed by parent(s) although peer pressure has also been responsible.

The nurse gave you accurate facts. She only neglected the accidental pressure death. It occurs when a person presses their neck against a rope or cord for an extended period of time. They pass out and then relax against the cord. Death insues in a few minutes.

Answer 6

It's easy. Guns and drugs are hard to get your hands on, wheras a rope is always nearby.

Answer 7

I'm not exactly sure, but I think because its quick and less painful. DON'T LITERALLY PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES! Just imagaine it....