The worst thing you can do if you set yourself on fire with the intent to kill yourself is to hold your breath. The way you actually die from burning is if you inhale flames and your lungs get seared and they can no longer deliver oxygen in your blood and you pass out and you die from lack of oxygen. If you hold your breath your lungs are not going to get damaged but your skin and everything else is going to be burned horribly. Ironically the fact that your skin is burning is going to keep you from bleeding to death because your blood's going to coagulate at the surface of your body rather than letting you bleed out.
Crackinjokes 1 points 2 weeks ago
The worst thing you can do if you set yourself on fire with the intent to kill yourself is to hold your breath. The way you actually die from burning is if you inhale flames and your lungs get seared and they can no longer deliver oxygen in your blood and you pass out and you die from lack of oxygen. If you hold your breath your lungs are not going to get damaged but your skin and everything else is going to be burned horribly. Ironically the fact that your skin is burning is going to keep you from bleeding to death because your blood's going to coagulate at the surface of your body rather than letting you bleed out.