underwater death and suicide

[Genesis]

just fill up your tank with a hyperoxic mix, and intentionally decend well below the MOD - WELL below.

You are very unlikely to suffer in any way, since your consciousness will leave before the ugly part happens.

 

[donclaypool]

Back in 98, an acquaintance was the tender/safety diver on a commercial dive in Akutan Island, Ak. He noticed a great volume of bubbles at the surface and, unable to get a response from his submerged companion, went to the bottom to see what happened. His partner was dead, his knife missing, and the hose to his second stage cut. The word was he was very upset with the current events of his life and cut his own hose on the job to be done with it. I don't care to provide any names or specifics.

 

[DennisS]

DiveDuo once bubbled...
Thanks to all who have responded to my enquiries so far.

No, this is not a "troll," which I only know as a small fairy-like gnome from the remote regions of Norway, but I assume you are

And for those who do not think there are "suicidal cases" on their dive boats, when was the last time you saw a diver smoking before, between or 12 hours after a dive? When was the last time you saw a diver drink alchohol before or 12 hours after a dive? When was the last time you saw a diver extend his bottom time or cut short his safety stop? They may not have left a suicide note, but these simple practices could have the same results.

Thank you again for your comments and responses.

When was the last time you saw a troll on the internet

 

[redacted]

EAN 40 with a dive plan to 150 ft - sounds pretty peaceful. Problem is, if you can pull off that kind of a dive, it seems like there is still a lot to live for.

 

[FIXXERVI6]

Think how long you had been diving before you were told WHY it was necessary to ascend slowly! If you had been told about embolisms, ruptures of the plural wall and exploding clots during your open water training, chances are you would not have left the shallow end of the pool. It is not until you are highly advanced in dive training that you learn scuba's possible perils and the ghastly consequences. I had been diving for over 15 years before I learned the "details" and that was when I attended medical school to become a diving medical officer and hyperbaric chamber specialist.

Dude, this is messed up, who ever teaches people to dive and does not teach them this BEFORE they get in the water is ON CRACK.

I learned all the ghastlys before I even put my foot in the pool for the first pool session, anyone who doesn't teach that stuff up front is not teaching responsibly in my opinion.

 

[Squasher]

DiveDuo once bubbled...

Without divulging names, there was a diver that will be highlighted in the final installment of the series. He went on a vacation in the Bahamas and spent a glorious week of diving, usually four dives a day. On his last dive of the holiday, he left his hired scooter secured on the wall and took the deep dive down in a location where the ocean bottoms out at 6,000 feet. He left a message to his wife on their answer machine .... yes, on the answering machine... telling her that he was committing suicide. An investigation revealed he had serious financial and business troubles and was to face the full force of the legal system shortly. I might also add that he left unpaid bills for the diving, the hotel and other holiday merriment for his wife to manage. This was without a doubt suicide. The final report cited drowning even though no body was ever recovered.


Thank you again for your comments and responses.

maybe he faked the dive and is now living under a different name somewhere in the world. You said they didn't find the body.

I almost drowned when I was 10. I was very painful running out of air. It's not something I would intentionally do

 

[raviepoo]

DiveDuo once bubbled...

Whether suicide by scuba is a rational act is not the question because suicide by any means is not a rational act.

Try telling that to someone who's body is so ravaged by disease that life becomes a nightmare of pain without respite. Try telling that to someone who can no longer care for hinself, who cannot speak, or eat, or even use the toilet without help, who's very existence is made possible by the ministrations of others.

Some people (Christopher Reeve springs to mind) are strong enough to endure such indignities. I know that I am not one of them. If I ever find myself in such a condition, I will find a way to end my life. Today, sober, fit, sane and reasonably healthy, I aknowledge that suicide may one day be a choice that I will make rationally.

I learned this while watching my father linger in the limbo af a persistent vegatative state for two years following an automobile accident and head injury that ravaged his brain. Removing his feeding tube was the bravest thing my mother has ever done. I made a rational decision at that time that I would not allow myself to be subjected to the indignity he endured.

Suicide can be a rational choice, under horrible circumstances.

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

I've read that after the initial shock and struggle, drowning is actually quite peacefull.

Yeah...after the initial struggle and shock. That's the part that sucks. I still wouldn't go for this.

 

[USMC Diver]

How about a stage bottle loaded with NOX. I can loan you the one out of my Mustang.

I'll give you four deep breaths and you will definetly "Drift into the deep blue" or whatever. Sometimes I think If I went diving with some of the people that visit this board it would be considered Suicidal.

 

[Albion]

choose to do it, but i would imagine, the thing i would want to make sure of is once i made the choice it was certain and instant, jumping off a tall building or plane without a parachute, suppose half way down you have second thoughts, same with heading on down and getting so deep you wont make it back but you think maybe life wasnt so bad. I think the panic and anxiety would eb horendous