Posted 05 November 2007 - 12:09 PM
a rather grim topic, but something ive always wondered about,.so here goes.
as sad as it is, suicide does exist, and being that this is the case, those who employ its tactics often try to chose the least painful, and quickest way to exit this existence.
most often chose to do so with a firearm. a read a report once that said men usually chose to aim for the brain, and women for the heart.
but when the shot is fired, when would they truly be dead? if someone shot themselves in the head, it would puncture the skin, penetrate the skull, and sink deep within the tissues of the brain,.either coming to a stop within one of the many lobe areas of the brain, or possibly even hitting the spinal cord connected to the brain. assuredly, this would cause the brain to be either destroyed upon contact,..or perhaps only certain portions of the brain being damaged, as the rest of the body is on the quick demise towards death.
the real question is,..would the victim who chose this way to exit life actually be able to feel anything at all? or would the bullet be so quick and deadly,.that it would kill them before the central nervous system/brain would have time to register all of this?
if someone chose to kill themselves by aiming for the heart, this would of course stop bloodflow,.oxygen to the brain, etc. but it would seem to me, that this would send an unprecedented amount of excruciating pain through the central nervous system for the few seconds until the person is actually dead.
ok..why am i asking all of this. well, i guess i tried to ask in an anonymous fashion, but looking over everything i have typed already,.i know its going to draw many questions from other chefelfers.
on oct 29th 2007, my beloved 17 yr old nephew took his own life. it was very unknown to everyone, but he was coping with depression. no one really knows what the depression was over. he had a girlfriend that loved him so much. he was a 4.0 honor student that just recieved his letter jacket, he had many colleges expressing high interest in him.
on his last day, he took a sawed-off .22 rifle, and aimed it at his forehead and pull the trigger. yes, its sad, and ive cried many tears over it. i still dont understand it. and when something this tragic happens,.i guess you try to figure out the pieces of one huge painful jigsaw puzzle.
so, here i am, trying to understand if my nephew suffered any amount of pain. it seems to me like he would have for a split second. i dont know. death is the one topic that no one truly knows anything about. once your gone, you cant report back to the living world about your dying experience. but looking at all of this from a medical standpoint, it may paint a clearer picture to me of how everything would have played out.
QUOTE (njamilla @ Feb 23 2008, 08:16 AM)
Shit, Fuck, Piss: I had to say that because I can on this website. (Thanks Chef!)
QUOTE (chefelf @ Feb 23 2008, 10:30 AM)
That's what I'm here for.