Safety
For those people as weird as me who would like to personally experience paralysis for themselves, this section is for you. Be warned that paralysis can be a very dangerous thing and should never be taken lightly. There is no absolute guarantee that normal movement will return completely once it has been lost. However, if you are careful, you should be safe. All of the methods in this section will only normally paralyze you temporarily. Feel free to visit any of the pages in this site for easy methods. (For example, How to induce sleep paralysis, and Cutting off circulation to nerves)
If you are interested in self-experimentation or delving further into the art of paralytics yourself, there are a few very simple and important rules here for your own safety. Some seem pretty difficult to break, but breaking any could lead to death or serious and permanent consequences. These rules are:
Or just remember my golden rule of self-experimentation:
"The experiment must not be so dangerous that you will no longer be able to perform further experiments after performing the initial one."
My favorite self-experimenter is the anesthesiologist Scott Smith, who had himself injected with d-tubocurarine. His experiment was awesome, and his attitude through the whole thing was also awesome, but he also easily could have died. Luckily, because his experiment was well-planned and carefully thought out, it was a success. So remember that if you choose to design your own methods or experiments, be careful and be sure you know exactly what you're doing so that your first experiment doesn't become your last.
If you are interested in self-experimentation or delving further into the art of paralytics yourself, there are a few very simple and important rules here for your own safety. Some seem pretty difficult to break, but breaking any could lead to death or serious and permanent consequences. These rules are:
- Do not do anything that will be permanent. As in no severing a nerve, ESPECIALLY not the spinal cord unless you have so much experience in severing it that you know how to make your injury incomplete. Which you don't, so don't try it. If you choose to experiment on yourself with poisons or toxins, keep in mind that certain toxins don't wear off, and many of them are nearly impossible to survive (I'm talking to you, batrachotoxin). Research what you're going to do first before trying it. Luckily, with each method, I will explain ways to perform it safely.
- Do not do anything that affects breathing unless you use artificial respiration or know somebody who is willing to be there to provide it. No respiration = death, and the shortest lasting drug that causes a temporary respiratory arrest lasts a MINIMUM of 5 minutes. When labels on drugs say "facilities for artificial respiration must be immediately available", they're not kidding. Death by respiratory arrest is a painful and very frightening way to go. If you choose not to follow rule 1 and you do wish to do something permanent, just at least don't break your neck above C3. I'm serious. It's not worth it to be unable to breathe or speak on your own for the rest of your life.
- Do not do it in such a manner that you will not be able to get out of it once you're done. If you've ever fallen asleep on your arms and were almost trapped in bed when you woke up after not being able to move them, you know what I mean. Especially be careful if you live alone or will be alone for a while. Dehydrating or starving to death is a painful way to go.
Or just remember my golden rule of self-experimentation:
"The experiment must not be so dangerous that you will no longer be able to perform further experiments after performing the initial one."
My favorite self-experimenter is the anesthesiologist Scott Smith, who had himself injected with d-tubocurarine. His experiment was awesome, and his attitude through the whole thing was also awesome, but he also easily could have died. Luckily, because his experiment was well-planned and carefully thought out, it was a success. So remember that if you choose to design your own methods or experiments, be careful and be sure you know exactly what you're doing so that your first experiment doesn't become your last.