Humphry, Derek (1991). Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying. ISBN 0-9606030-3-4.

The ethicist Peter Singer included it on a list of his top ten books in The Guardian. [13] Reception [ edit ]my personal favourite chapter was on drugs, there’s even a whole summary at the end with a massive table showing the drug, dosage, where you can get them, where to take them- great. all the other chapters were similar, but of course about different types of methods. i especially appreciated the very specific detailed information showing the best places to leap from (with pictures) and the massive writing “LET IT BLEED” on the chapter about … the section on human anatomy. Joyce, Jaime. "Kill Me Now: The Troubled Life And Complicated Death Of Jana Van Voorhis". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21 . Retrieved 2018-02-05. Yes, you can commit suicide. If you feel discomfort, resentment or even pain in your daily life at school or at work, you can take one step across that thin line into death. No one can stop you. Just like the previous paragraphs, nothing will change even if you stay alive and keep on facing these challenges. Although we don’t have extraordinary powers, we can still tell what will happen to ourselves or to the society in the future.

Yukio Mishima once wrote the lines, “ordinary life is even more horrible than a war.” in his autobiography “Confession d’un masque”. We tolerated the nervousness caused by the terrifying ordinary life, in return for the ridiculous “calm and bright future.” We have to be careful throughout our life, trying in vain to avoid any mistakes. I’ve heard the title before, but I’ve never had a chance to actually read it until now. And I gave this book a try only because it came up in the conversation between my friend and I.

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Several years ago, I found an okay translation of the book’s preface and just dug up a document I’d copied and pasted it to. I, geefitch, did not translate this myself, but I did clean it up as much as possible to make it more understandable. Some bits are still a bit hazy, but you get the gist. I neither condemn nor condone suicide by posting this, rather The Complete Manual of Suicide is one of my many morbid interests and I find the preface quite disturbing. That’s saying a lot. This book has been found on bodies in the famous Aokigahara Forest and the preface itself provides a very dark insight into a certain mindset of youth and young adults at a very particular time in Japan’s history - a time which saw the aftermath of the economy’s bubble collapse (refered to as “The Lost Decade), the ripples of which stretched far and wide across the country - among the other, usual factors (discussed in the text to come.) Culturally, I feel this is some striking and unique stuff. As much as I enjoy Japanese cinema, then it is just not realistic to think that every single movie will be good. And "The Suicide Manual" (aka "Jisatsu manyuaru") was a massive swing and a miss. I only made it 35 minutes into the movie before I had to turn it off as I was risking suicide if I was to continue to be exposed to more of it. It was without a doubt one of the most boring and unappealing Japanese movies I have stumbled upon in a long, long time. jumping in front of a moving train (sadly the daily occurrence in modern day Japan. A week doesn’t go by without a single incident of “人身事故” in Tokyo. And the delay that causes... and the high compensation the family of the deceased have to pay)

Majchrowicz, Michael (July 6, 2016). "The Volunteers Who Help People End Their Own Lives". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018 . Retrieved February 5, 2018. Speaking of this, I want to start introducing drug overdose. But to help you understand the question “Why do we need to commit suicide now?” better, and for other commercial reasons… I have to talk about some other things first.The Complete Manual of Suicide (1993) is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. He wrote on the problem of "hardness of living" in Japanese society. In 2000, Derek Humphry recorded a VHS video version of the information in the book; [10] a DVD version [11] and a Kindle version [12] were released in 2006 and 2011, respectively. A 4th edition, 'Final Exit 2020' has been released as an Ebook. Although the book can be treated as a record of events, the whole book follows the main objective of showing anyone how to commit suicide. throwing yourself off the buildings (and its first case in Japan: 1926 (Taisho 15) from the Matsuya Ginza building. I realized that until that point, there were no high buildings that people can throw themselves off from besides temples and waterfalls, and that was the reason why waterfalls like Kegon was famous for suicides) + (reason why the famous apartment complex that people killed themselves where popular)

I feel suicides are often viewed as a cowardly way to end one’s life (and sometimes a nuisance), but this book doesn’t belittle you for wanting to escape the pain in the world. This book was a detailed and practical book about the ways to kill yourself, and not a book that suggests killing yourself (small difference, but a huge difference) Final Exit on DVD by Derek Humphry - ERGO". www.finalexit.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25 . Retrieved 2022-05-14. So yeah, just wanted to throw in a little perspective in there. I really needn’t give a trigger warning here but if you’re feeling depressed at the moment, I’d definitely give it a miss. Anyway, enjoy.

But at the same time by suggesting the ways to escape the world, it feels like the author is saying “now you know you’ve got an escape route. Why don’t you give your life another chance before trying these methods to kill yourselves?”. Humphry, Derek (2008) Good Life, Good Death: Memoir of an investigative reporter and pro-choice advocate. Hardcopy and eBook. ISBN 978-0-9768283-3-4 He says ”I can take the drug and commit suicide whenever I need to.” My friend has no fixed job. He lives in idleness and is very happy about it. At the end of the 80s, there was a trend of believing in the end of the world, and talking about dangerous topics, the famous bands performed songs about Chernobyl, the jokes coming out of kids’ mouths all had the taste of death, teenage girls prepared for the world war by seeking a mate. And we cheered for beliefs like “the emergence of the mighty”, “tomorrow may be the end of the world.” Future! Future!” It’s useless even as it’s convincing. Your life will essentially be growing up and receiving your education in your hometown. You’ll attend supplementary classes in the hope of getting a good result in the exams. You’ll enter a high school or university and fool around for a few years before you start your career in a local company. If you are a man, you will get married between the ages of 25 to 30 and have your first child the following year. You will face several changes in your occupation, and at most be promoted as a manager. You will retire at 60 years old, and spend the rest of you life enjoying your habits. Finally, you face death. This is what you will get. And depressingly, this is the ideal life in many people’s minds.