# Is it possible to just lay down and die?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705 "2016-07-12T03:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![wigwag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f1d935/32.png) [@wigwag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wigwag)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/1 "2016-07-12T03:18:37Z")

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Am weighing my options.

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/2 "2016-07-12T03:22:06Z")

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It may be possible…but a hell of a lot of very suicidal people have tried this, and it didn’t kill them.

(Suicide technique no 81-Q: sit down and never move a muscle again. Yeah, sure…)

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/3 "2016-07-12T03:29:14Z")

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This approach can be highly effective, but its success depends almost entirely on the time and place where you choose to lay down.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/4 "2016-07-12T03:32:23Z")

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It’s much easier to die then lay down.

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/5 "2016-07-12T03:46:27Z")

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If you’re severely hypothermic, yes.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/6 "2016-07-12T04:10:11Z")

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If you do it long enough and do nothing else, you’ll die of dehydration eventually.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/7 "2016-07-12T04:31:28Z")

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If laying down precludes eating and drinking, the answer is yes.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-just-lay-down-and-die/759705/8 "2016-07-12T04:34:24Z")

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**Moderator Action**

> [@wigwag](#):
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> Am weighing my options.

If one of your options is wanting to lay down and die, you need more than what we can provide on an internet message board. If you want to discuss whatever issues you are having in IMHO, please, feel free to start a new thread there. Just keep in mind that we’re just a bunch of random people on the internet. A better option would probably be to find some help in the real world, perhaps from a professional if that is an option for you.

I think we’ve provided as much factual information about your question as we can, and anything else to add would definitely be beyond the scope of GQ.

Thread closed.

Best of luck to you.