How to drown when you know how to swim

[conflagration]

As I child I was drowning and I had very peaceful experience. I think this would be my method of choice. Problem is I know how to swim so how can I drown?

 

[Intoxicated]

It's possible to remove a large amount of oxygen from the bloodstream to the point of losing consciousness as described here. Your swimming skills probably won't work then.

 

[AreWeWinning]

As I child I was drowning and I had very peaceful experience. I think this would be my method of choice. Problem is I know how to swim so how can I drown?

The only reliable way is by attaching weights to yourself. I'm lazy to look it up now, but there are formulas for calculating how much you actually need.

 

[WatchmeBurn]

Drowning is an extremely painful way to die and you unequivocally will panic and try to swim once your survival instinct kicks in. Not something you should pursue. The thing linked above seems way overly complex and unreliable, not to mention you'd still experience immense suffering if it even went 5% wrong.

 

[Worndown]

Swimming does not stop drowning.
It is based on the situation.
Cold water, fast current, exhaustion and depth are the variables that kill you.
Manipulate those and you are in danger!

 

[hippiedeath]

Get very drunk and weigh yourself down. I've read that it's a panicky feeling after the first intake of water. In a minute you will be unconscious though and then nature takes over.

 

[Intoxicated]

Drowning is an extremely painful way to die

Probably not more "extremely painful" than vomiting from SN.

and you unequivocally will panic and try to swim once your survival instinct kicks in. Not something you should pursue.

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The thing linked above seems way overly complex

There is nothing "overly complex" in gas asphyxiation. I tested it several times, getting complete blackout, and other users successfully fainted too:

Gas asphyxiation and drowning

Hey guys, I have a question about a CTB method that I hope someone could answer. I can get my hands on diflouroethane quite easily in the form of air duster. This rapidly replaces oxygen in the blood and causes unconsciousness. So the plan is as follows: book a hotel room with a tub. Fill the...

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n20 gas arrived

I tried to get rid of most of the air from my lungs and then inhaled most of the nitrous, im not sure why but i really struggle to inhale the entire balloon without taking a breath in between, i still didnt manage a full blackout but i saw alot of black spots this time, looked like a...

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and unreliable

Although I see theoretical reasons why regaining some semi-consciousness could be possible, it seems unlikely to occur, and if it occurs, the semi-conscious state likely won't last longer than just a few seconds, because the bloodstream severely lacks of O2 already.

not to mention you'd still experience immense suffering if it even went 5% wrong.

You can't know that. It's worth mentioning that, even without asphyxiation, nitrous is able to make people insensitive to unpleasant stimuli. For example, this girl had her ankle injured, and shortly after inhaling nitrous with air or oxygen, she didn't care about the trauma anymore - see the video from 3:48

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Non-removable weights. You'd probably have to engineer/make them yourself, at least, to some degree.

 

[conflagration]

Maybe learn scuba diving and then I will have some idea how to do this.