Is it true that shotting self point blank in the head kills painlessly?

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Answer:
No.People have shot themselves in the head and survived.Those who could still function and talk later said it hurt.

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People say they want to die painlessly. I say, what does it matter? Either way (pain or no pain) you're still going to die!

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there are not really that many survivors from this... so how could anyone answer it.i'd say it would happen quickly...

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not known.all the poor folks who know are not able to tell us.

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I don't think that anyone alive would know the answer to that.

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See... thats just it! nobody lives to tell about it. The ones that do can't tell us either! And it's SHOOTING

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yes, and it kills the pain of life too

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I guess if it killed you instantly it would be painless, quite how you prove that is a different matter!

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I think you'd have to ask someone who died that way, however... I wouldn't recommend trying it.And why would you even ask? I sure hope that you have more faith in yourself, and in life, than that!

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only if you do it right, i know a kid who shot himself in the head and didnt die for like 30 minutes while he was on the way to the hospital

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Why don't you ask the people that tried but didn't succeed and are now vegetables for the rest of their lives. Ask them if they could take it all back would they. How it really wasn't worth trying to end it all. And how life is so much more precious then you could ever imagine.

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Might not even kill you. You could end up a vegetable, or with a major mental disability. Depends on where you point the gun, what type of gun it is, how thick your skull is.My uncle was a doctor and has told many stories of people that failed.

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Pretty much. The shock wave created by the bullet passing through the skull (and the expanding muzzle gasses following behind it) makes a pulp out of all the neurons (and the synaptic interconnections between them) in about a millisecond. Since it takes the 'conscious' about 20 milliseconds or so to recognise anything, it never has a chance to register 'pain' (or anything else) before it is destroyed.
Doug

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no, it's not. shooting yourself in any way hurts! it doesn't matter if it's point-blank or 10 feet away, it still is painful.

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I tried it last week and it really stung.

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It is possible but highly unlikely. The probability of hitting yourself in the exact right spot to cause a painless instant death is extremely low. From working in an ER I have witnessed someone who probably thought it would be painless, but they were wrong. They shot theirself point blank through the temples, and they lived for about 3hrs while we worked on him. The next morning they were collecting his organs. Definitely not the way I'd want to go. So painless, I highly doubt it, unless you hit that spot right on. Shot in the head doesn't mean instant death.

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Obviously, no one can really tell you from life experience. I think there are a few things to think about ... When you shoot yourself in the head, you'll have to shoot through your skin, muscle and bone. If you feel pain, it would be the shot through the skin, muscle and bone that cause most/all of the pain. Since your brain itself doesn't feel pain. This would obviously hurt very very badly. And you would feel it rather instantly. It is uncertain whether you would die immediately. There is also the possibility that the adrenaline would be so high that you'd feel nothing at all.There have been cases where people have been stabbed through their head and lived. (through the back and out top of the mouth and upper lip, missing the brain completely.) Other people have been able to survive without half a brain. The body is an amazing thing, there is no way to say what could happen. And living after failing at suicide would probably hurt very badly.

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