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Is suicide by slit wrists painful after the initial cut?

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  • by Cyndi Ninja on December 7th, 2007

    Cyndi Ninja

    That's quite a gruesome and macbre way to go, it is painful and bleeding to death is not just like 'going to sleep'.

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  • by andrea771524 on January 14th, 2008

    andrea771524

    yes it is excrutiating pain from the first cut to the last. the entire process is painful. when i was 16 i cut both my wrists. i even cut it the right way truly hoping for death to fall upon my bloodless body, but it did not. the pain was so morbid that i had to scream i had to cry, there was truly no way i could keep quiet. after i lost conciousness my neighbor found me and saved my life. i woke up one more time then i had planned to and i am so greatful for that. i will never forget the pain that streamed through my body during and after the tears to my flesh. i am still recovering from this giant mistake i almost did and the pain i put on the people around me makes me wish for forgivness everyday. all i know is that at that point when you are willing to take your life, you are so low that you cannot see yourself causing others pain by dying but you can see them having pain from your living and you want to take that away for them. it is an experience i would not wish on anyone, not even my worst enemy.

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  • by Zebulon on March 19th, 2009

    Zebulon

    You know, the only person qualified to truthfully answer this question.... wouldn't be able to.

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  • by Donkey Kong on January 30th, 2009

    Donkey Kong

    Yes it is painful for everyone that you leave behind. Don't do it, GET HELP!!!

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  • by philosopher-saint on September 1st, 2008

    philosopher-saint

    I dunno. But if I hit my head repeatedly on a brick wall until I'm senseless, will I finally feel OK about myself as just another hapless bastard wandering around the planet trying to make some sense of things? My message here? = Join the crowd, pal. Find something you like in life and go do it sometimes. Get excited about it, what-the-f8ck-ever it is! Knock yer socks off, guy!
    Or not.
    In any case, good luck to you.

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  • by Medwin on August 25th, 2008

    Medwin

    No it feels good. wtf kinda question is this!?!

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  • by nothingleft on April 20th, 2008

    nothingleft

    i slit my wrist earlier today, lost alot of blood, and laid down. i woke up later all clotted up, and in tremendous pain. problem is now i want to finish it. people have tried to talk me out of this in the past, but those who call it a cowards way out, or try to tell you that things will eventually get better, have absolutely no idea what goes on in your head as you contemplate what to do and how to act upon it. i have severe anger issuses and have driven my wife to the point that she stays away for days at a time. cant get help for another month so what do i do? i have cried wolf many times in the past to get her to come around again. so now she doesn't believe that i have really done this to myself, and that i am going to try again when i am done typing this. was trying to find a way to do it correcttly to achieve the out come i want.

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  • by Anonymous on July 16th, 2009

    Anonymous

    When cutting your wrists, it is very painful during the cutting and after. As an ex cutter, i have to say that not only is the cut painful at first and physically, but you are mentally scarred for the rest of your life. If you are planning on cutting, stop and think about your life before you hurt yourself. More people than just you can get hurt by it. Take it from someone who has been there and back.

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  • by Anonymous on July 13th, 2009

    Anonymous

    Please do not share your "feel bad for me" stories with other people who are seriously contemplating suicide. You sound like an idiot when you say that you would prefer to kill yourself by cutting your wrists because it sounds "romantic." This only shows that you don't really want to kill yourself, but merely want attention from other people, who you would like to feel sorry for you. Some people really are depressed. Those people who purposefully make themselves feel depressed, as though it is some king of fad, piss me off so damn much. There are lots of people out there who really are depressed and suicidal, and I can guarantee you, they don't go around telling other people just to get sympathy. Hey vampire fucker, needing attention does not warrant you the right to go around pretending like you are some fucking depressed vampire who likes to fuck with blood. Get a fucking life. If feeling depressed is obviously a negative feeling, then why would you indulge it so much by acting like an "emo" faggot. To all those people who really are depressed and feel like committing suicide, please do no listen to these fucking emo kids who think its cool to cut their wrists. They think slitting your wrists is a fad or something...fucking ridiculous. Suicide is a tempting action for those who feel hopeless and alone, but resist it. Its not the answer. I have had two minor suicide attempts, and all they achieve is more sadness and discomfort. Keep on going. Get help. But whatever you do, don't go through with it.

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  • by Anonymous on January 21st, 2009

    Anonymous

    I just wish that you could go to your doctor, ask for a single pill that would kill you and take it. Just go to sleep and die. Your life is a choice, and after being severely clincally depressed for almost 6 years, you just want a nice pieceful way out, but I am becoming frustrated that I cannot obtain a surefire way, or else I'd be loooooooong gone!

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  • by your_inner_voice on September 3rd, 2008

    your_inner_voice

    WHAT'S THE HURRY GUYS? WE ALL GONNA GET THERE SOME DAY.
    SO WHY DONT WE JUST FORGET ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S INEVITABLE AND CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING MORE CONSTRUCTIVE.

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  • by danieljackson on March 22nd, 2008

    danieljackson

    There is actually a support group for people who survived jumping off the San Francisco bridge and survived. Every single last one of them reports that they changed their mind at he last moment - while falling.

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  • by jeannie on January 16th, 2008

    jeannie

    i slit my wrist yesterday. it hurts and its a pain in the butt. and i am alive. i do however know i can cut and kill myself which isnt a good thing. because now i want to more than ever. how do you decide you want to live, not live to die?
    i have 9 stitches.

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  • by Costantinus on December 7th, 2007

    Costantinus

    it will be painful for everyone that knows you, for the whole of their lives, each and every time they think of you.
    I have little respet for people that end their lives, I think they are cowards, however it is their choice after all.

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  • by wander-er-er the vulcanologist on October 20th, 2007

    wander-er-er the vulcanologist

    I've never tried it, but I have it on good authority that it continues to be excruciating... don't read on if you have a weak stomach.
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    My friend who has tried this explained that even in water, the wounds try to heal themselves, so that one must continue to reopen the wounds, and go for individual veins and arteries. Rather like surgery, only with opposite results.

    PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.

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  • by niki210 on March 8th, 2009

    niki210

    probably just a bit buddy

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  • by SPHINX on March 8th, 2009

    SPHINX

    Yes, it absolutely is. Regardless if the cuts are small, large, deep or small.

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  • by Nasiswand on January 30th, 2009

    Nasiswand

    I have had a knife through my hand, and it is painful for quite a while. Even the numbing shots they gave me while stitching it up didn't get rid of the pain completely. I'd have to imagine that a deep enough cut to actually work for suicide would be a lot like that.

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  • by Bell23 on January 30th, 2009

    Bell23

    Suside by slitting your wrist is a way to express how you feel. I do it a lot. The pain is is horrid, but you do get over the pain after a few months to a year. Unless you like the pain then you will try it different ways to get the pain to come back. <3

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  • by thinker4ever on September 30th, 2008

    thinker4ever

    Yes , you will slowly watch a small stream of venous blood, since it is VERY difficult to cut your wrists below ligament / bone to reach a large artery. This would be difficult for even an experienced surgeon. Unforgettable experience for you and those unknown to you that still love you.

    Ask your doctor for some Medication to end your pain instead, this is easier.

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  • by Misplaced_Diamond on September 30th, 2008

    Misplaced_Diamond

    Yes.
    It hurts when you 1st do it
    It continues to hurt after the initial cut
    but what do you expect?
    Expect it to just stop hurting?
    You are cutting through your own skin, and your doing it deep enough to hit an artery.
    Of course its going to hurt.

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi COAT on September 1st, 2008

    DA BEN DAN yanggui zi COAT

    I doubt it...but it would be incredibly painful for everyone you left behind.

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  • by Kyle_Smith on August 11th, 2008

    Kyle_Smith

    The cardiovascular system is such that it has many reflexes and responses that serve to divert blood away from a severed artery in order to sustain a viable blood pressure. They actually say it is quite difficult to correctly perform the act. Surprisingly! Probably better for the sake of your life. Though, if you're serious, and not bullshitting, then I'm sure you'll think otherwise.

    Simply put: painful and not as straight forward! A lot of mess, but without the results, most likely!

  • by Rainman1515 on July 24th, 2008

    Rainman1515

    Suicide by Slit wrists is an extremely painful thing, I have been in this situation (and was admitted to a mental hospital for attempted suicide)
    But this really is not the way to go.
    I am a masochist, which means I delight when I am in pain, but there is a difference in liking pain and stupidity.
    If you really want to commit suicide, then it should be with a gun, a very quick and relativly easy to complete way to die ( but can be slightly messy; I have seen firsthand the results of a gunshot wound as well as a stabbing wound. both were not very clean and looked painful :) but in the long run, if you really want to die, think about this:
    what you are searching for is relief, and release.
    both of which are feelings that you must be alive to fully appreciate. just say you'll do it later and you should eventually stop thinking about it, or start anew and fresh.
    I know. I did.

  • by Anonymous on June 28th, 2008

    Anonymous

    Yes, it is extremely painful. Honest truth, the most painless way to go is by heroin overdose. I've come close to overdosing myself many times. It's quick and you simply fall asleep. Problem is, most overdose before they can even get the needle out of their arm so it can be quite disturbing for the finder. But then again, slit wrists would be quite disturbing as well.

  • by doodlethenoodle on May 30th, 2008

    doodlethenoodle

    Extremely. the first cut is probably the least painful, because you're cutting through new skin. after that you're cutting through layer upon layer of skin and tissue and veins. it's rough, like slowly ripping apart your arm. it's excruciating, i've passed out while cutting my wrist before. believe me, not the way to go.

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  • by Your average joe on May 30th, 2008

    Your average joe

    I've thought about doing it many times, but I've got too many ppl that in my life that it would hurt also. I know from a cutters perspective that sometimes the pain of a slice gives you sense of pleasure. I'm not referring to a type of masochistic feeling. For me it's like I punish myself for my flaws and failures. Cutting a vein hurts like hell. To me it's like someone poking a bruise or the feeling you get when you give blood, but to do that down an entire vein would be quite agonizing, though you may get that pleasure feeling. I'd advise against it though because of the people around you. If you hate yourself then love everyone else. It's when you do this that people really show you your worth.

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  • by Anonymous on May 3rd, 2008

    Anonymous

    I've heard it is... I'm still searching for a way on how to die without too much pain. Everything I come up with always turns out that it hurts a lot.

    Jumping has been on my mind, I have a fear of heights though :/

  • by Anonymous on February 22nd, 2008

    Anonymous

    So what is a less painful route?

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  • by Zebulon on January 16th, 2008

    Zebulon

    Lets not advertise our suicidal tendencies, shall we?

  • by Anonymous on December 7th, 2007

    Anonymous

    The inital cut doesn't hurt as much as the repeated cut you will have to make after. The first cut is the easiest because your skin is smooth but once you break through that first layer your skin gets rough. Instead of cutting smoothly it'll rip through the layers of skin and hurts like a mofo.

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  • by .....----- on July 27th, 2007

    .....-----

    you need to put your hands in water so the blood wont coagulate and keeps flowing so the only thing you will feel is cold the first cut is the one that hurts the most but after a while you wont feel anything so its not as painful as most people think trust me i know how it feels.

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  • the nerve endings on your wrists are extremely sensitive, even if you just get a scratch it can hurt worse than a cut that may be 1/4" deep somewhere else on your body. I have not tried to kill myself by slitting my wrists, however i have cut them once, and though the cuts were not all that deep, it took about 4 months for the stinging to go away. If you cut deep enough to kill yourself, the pain will be almost unbearable (this is coming from somebody who has a really high pain tolerance). The second cut hurts just as bad if not worse than the first.

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  • by Roxie123456 on March 21st, 2007

    Roxie123456

    YA, it hurts like hell! It's not worth it, just stop thinking that way. And doing it will just hurt the people you love more then it will hurt you! :/

  • by PrettyPirate on March 18th, 2007

    PrettyPirate

    Suicide by slit wrists is one of the most excruciatingly painful ways to die.

    Anyone who tells you otherwise, or who says that the pain "fades away" after the first cut, is full of it, or has never experienced it.

    I slit both my wrists when I was 16 - I wound up with 87 stitches in total - and I can tell you now, it was the WORST pain I have ever experienced. It was like white hot pokers had been rammed up each of my arms, my hands shook uncontrollably, my fingers cramped and seized up into claws - it was disgusting, awful, foul, and excruciating. It is not the glamourous, painless death the movies make it out to be. It is horrendous, and even moreso for the unfortunate person who finds you in that state.

  • by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on March 14th, 2007

    Sheriff Raff  -Answerhag

    If the suicide was successful, how do you expect a reply here? This is not a seance.

  • by mineomine82 on March 14th, 2007

    mineomine82

    Suicide by any cuts are painful after the initial cuts, and every cut after is just as painful as the first...take it from someone with experience... :) GOOD LUCK!! :)

  • by sammy123 on October 23rd, 2009

    sammy123

    trust me ,i slit my wrists not too long ago ,actually i did it tonight .. and it hurt like a bitch,and its not the best way to go ,and no i didnt slit them so deep id bleed to death , i slit them farther away from my vain and not so deep , i was just depressed cause my bf dumped me, and told my best friend that he never loved me let alone liked me :(

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  • by JUSTNORMAL on March 14th, 2007

    JUSTNORMAL

    I was a nurse and not only does it HURT like Hell, most do it wrong and live. When it is our time to go, we go. Please Hun, dont think that way.

  • by Universe Of Life on March 14th, 2007

    Universe Of Life

    I have never tried nor would I waste my life ...

    but many that do ... take drugs or alcohol to find the courage to cut ...

    I don't believe it's the pain that concerns them ... more the act itself

    the decision to carry out a suicide is the most painful

    the cut is the final decision

  • by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on October 23rd, 2009

    Lady Alathia of Vulcan

    I've never slit my wrists, but I did nearly bleed to death once - during childbirth.

    It was cold - naked in a blizzard but the blizzard was INSIDE me cold, horrendously painful (morphine didn't touch the pain), and scarier than hell.

    I do not recommend it.

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  • by Donewithlife on November 22nd, 2009

    Donewithlife

    Nobody answered how deep the cut is. I am currently in the mind frame to do it without drugs or alchohol and have test the edge of my knife i just sharpened by cutting through the skin.

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  • by wobalome on March 18th, 2007

    wobalome

    IF THE QUETSION IS A JOKE THEN THERE ARE SOME SICK MOFO'S ON HERE IF IT IS SERIOUS THEN NO-ONE SHOULD BE ANSWERING IT EXCEPT WITH SAMARITANS NUMBER

  • by -O-uknow on April 15th, 2007

    -O-uknow

    Initially, but then I'd guess you don't feel a thing.

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  • by TimmyLife2 on October 28th, 2009

    TimmyLife2

    No,,,it may hurt in the moment you cut for some seconds,,

    i tried to suicide many times,, by cutting the wrist, as i start bleeding,, i felt cold, and everything comes dark slowly (black screen), i started to shake for a while then its hard to explain,, check my answer of "What dose death feels like ?" the answer is in the 70s (page 8 ),,

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  • by Fun on March 18th, 2007

    Fun

    You cut yourself. You cut your skin. Cutting your skin hurts. Please don't!

  • by ANONYMOUS on October 19th, 2009

    ANONYMOUS

    Ive tried to kill myself with vicodin , let me tell you i took hand fulls of medication and swallowed it down with dirty water ,couldnt walk down the hall to get freshwater it would be wasting time .At first your face goes numb and your mouth starts to salivate you feel your heart start to speed up and now your chest is burning , All I can remember is hitting the sofa and and feeling my tongue go numb and saying over and over I just want to go to sleep , I dont remember anything after that I woke up in a hospital vommiting charcoal My sister saved my life its been ten years since that day and I cant say it enough THANK GOD I WAS SAVED .I would of missed out on so much I know you guys feel like its the only way out and it hurts to live there isnt anything to look forward to but remember nothing is permanent eveything changes your situation wont last forever . So look forward to what might be rather then what is RIGHT NOW . All you have is time make sumthng of it I promise things will get better because nothing stays the same . Everytime you feel like you just cant take it I want you to remeber nothing stays the same . Things evenually work themselves out , is sounds stupid but just tell yourself that "THIS SITUATION WILL CHANGE".

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  • by N_T_P sleeps with fishes on April 20th, 2007

    N_T_P sleeps with fishes

    it burns like moten hot blades take my word for it don't ever tey to find out...

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  • by Bluerose on March 18th, 2007

    Bluerose

    Slitting your wrists won't do it. You're more likely to cut a tendon and lose the uses of your fingers or even your hand. To die by cutting your 'wrists' you have to cut up your arm not across - upwards from elbow to wrist, and you need to cut DEEP! And yes, it hurts like hell! Like your arms are on fire.

  • by Sociopathetic on April 6th, 2007

    Sociopathetic

    Committing suicide means you kill yourself.

    Sweet pea, I don't think people who've died from suicide are going to log on here and come answer this question.
    But, if we mean 'filed' suicide, which should have been mentioned in the first place...

    Depending what you cut with, it can or doesn't hurt.

    The intial cut is usually the one to break the ice, and then you just freestyle your way through. I don't feel it as painful as the first one, just because I get so into it that I could just keep going. I stop feeling it

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