Death Pose alternative Options

Has anyone actually used the Death Pose, or tried it? It seems very difficult to use... The method of blackout used is not that effective. If you truly want to blackout, you can try a different version of it:
1. Bend over and grab your ankles
2. Breath rapidly in out out taking in as much air as possible. (basically, hyperventalate)
3. Stand up quickly and put your hands on your throat. You want your palms to push in on your jugular veins, and your fingers to wrap around the back of your neck to give you more leverage to push.
Tip: stand with your back facing something soft (i.e. a couch, bed, armchair), becaues you usually tend to fall backward. When you go out, everything seems like it's in slow motion as you fall back and blackout. Use that time for sigils. When you wake up, it takes second to remember where you are. This can be dangerous if you are by yourself, not to mention it's not exactly good for you (neither is any other form of blackout, though, including the death pose). This was shown to me by my friend as a stupid trick a while ago, and I thought it might be useful for something other than relieveing boredom. Good luck and be careful,
~Shonen~

I highly advise against anything involving screwing with your circulation to the brain. Messing with your jugular vein is a BAD idea.

The hyperventilation is to overoxygenate your blood (and, as in my post, the crouching causes higher blood pressure). The sudden shift from high-oxygen, to no-oxygen in your system (combined with the sudden standing up, which decreases blood pressure) means that your brain, which has just had a whole lot of oxygen flood through it (and expects more) suddenly gets nothing and overcompensates.

Remember - your body only has outside absolutes. By this I mean, there is a minimum and a maximum for everything, but there's no absolute "normal". If you've got a lot of oxygen coming in, your body will expect this to continue, or to slow down. It doesn't expect there to suddenly be none.

As for the other important question, severe injury, coma or death - in all probability only if you screw with your bloodflow. Regular use of the hyperventilation methods will cause damage (neural cell death, or blood clots in your brain = not fun), but sparing use is okay. Not that I recommend using anything other than prescribed drugs for inducing unconsciousness (although that will prevent any of the suggested practices during the unconscious period, since it doesn't allow for lucidity).

As for times - dunno. Probably a few minutes. Being unconscious, for me, was like having no body. And apart from the fact that I fell on a coffee table, yes I was alright.

This post has been edited by Zahaqiel: May 16 2006, 05:37 AM