(January 5, 2014 at 9:00 pm)faithinwhat Wrote: I read in the paper that the second most recorded way to kill oneself is by using helium, now call me thick but unless you're blowing yourself up like a balloon I don't see how that's possible, because even then something in your brain would tell you to stop, that's why you cannot drown yourself.
The panic reaction that you undergo when suffocating is caused by an excess of CO2. If you are able to breathe normally but are not getting any oxygen you will black out (and die from anoxia) without experiencing that panic.
