Discussion Can you feel pain by jumping?

[huhokaythen]

i know my question sounds stupid af, but jumping is one method i plan to do if all else fails. but i'm just worried about feeling immense pain once you hit the ground.

i know there's probably no definite answer to this but are you able to feel pain in a split second? will everything still register to your brain that you just hit the ground? and what can numb the pain? do you guys know any meds/drugs to numb the pain so you wouldn't be able to feel anything? i'm just really scared of a very painful death

 

[NoHorizon]

If you're knocked out/killed on impact then I don't think you'd register the pain. The danger is in if you stay conscious after impact, at which point it would presumably be the most pain imaginable. I don't think there's such a drug that would block that out aside from anaesthesia, but if it were possible to obtain anaesthetic you wouldn't be able to jump. The thought of it going wrong is so terrifying.

 

[dearlydeparted44]

In the end, most death is painful. Even the "right" ways to die. Cancer is painful. A stroke is painful. A heart attack is painful. Complications from diabetes can be painful. A car accident is painful. Being shot during war is painful. Starving is painful. Living day-to-day can be painful. There really is no "painless" way to die. Dying in one's sleep seems that way only because they're not conscious enough to feel their body shut down. There are things to help deal with the pain of dying. However, dying is the human body shutting down. Feeling that will hurt in one form or another.

If you're afraid of the pain, then that's normal. However, that may also be a sign that you don't really want to do it. I'm not trying to talk you out of it. However, one should always explore their fears when they're considering logging out. Get clarity first. Because, in the end, if one really wants to do it then the pain won't matter. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you peace.

 

[asaṅkhata]

Nothing that lasts only for a split second can really be called painful. But to answer your question, no, I don't think so; your nervous system won't be able to register the situation fast emough.

I agree with the previous poster. If this is something you worry about, you probably arem't ready yet and should think things over for a while longer. But it's your call at the end of the day. Do what you think is right.

 

[itsgone2]

In the end, most death is painful. Even the "right" ways to die. Cancer is painful. A stroke is painful. A heart attack is painful. Complications from diabetes can be painful. A car accident is painful. Being shot during war is painful. Starving is painful. Living day-to-day can be painful. There really is no "painless" way to die. Dying in one's sleep seems that way only because they're not conscious enough to feel their body shut down. There are things to help deal with the pain of dying. However, dying is the human body shutting down. Feeling that will hurt in one form or another.

If you're afraid of the pain, then that's normal. However, that may also be a sign that you don't really want to do it. I'm not trying to talk you out of it. However, one should always explore their fears when they're considering logging out. Get clarity first. Because, in the end, if one really wants to do it then the pain won't matter. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you peace.

All of this makes sense. I definitely fear an unknown painful death one day. So I know that it's likely going to happen regardless. But like so many I'm struggling with SI, which I'm thinking is more pain related than anything.
I'm ready to go. I don't think it's a sign that I'm not ready. I think the mind just knows to avoid pain. But it's coming regardless so it sort of doesn't make sense. It's just very frustrating

 

[dearlydeparted44]

All of this makes sense. I definitely fear an unknown painful death one day. So I know that it's likely going to happen regardless. But like so many I'm struggling with SI, which I'm thinking is more pain related than anything.
I'm ready to go. I don't think it's a sign that I'm not ready. I think the mind just knows to avoid pain. But it's coming regardless so it sort of doesn't make sense. It's just very frustrating

That's very valid. SI is an obsolete, yet powerful, program in the human mind. It's powerful, but not invincible. That's what ultimately drives me past it. The fact that pain is coming regardless of if I log out or wait on life to take me with one of the "human approved" ways of going. That's why a lot of people use alcohol or drugs before they do it. And I love what the other poster @asaṅkhata said. "Nothing that lasts only for a split second can really be called painful." This is something that will help me push past SI. I'm using a gun. So, this helps tremendously.

 

[itsgone2]

That's very valid. SI is an obsolete, yet powerful, program in the human mind. It's powerful, but not invincible. That's what ultimately drives me past it. The fact that pain is coming regardless of if I log out or wait on life to take me with one of the "human approved" ways of going. That's why a lot of people use alcohol or drugs before they do it. And I love what the other poster @asaṅkhata said. "Nothing that lasts only for a split second can really be called painful." This is something that will help me push past SI. I'm using a gun. So, this helps tremendously.

I've seen you say shotgun. That seems to be most lethal way to do it. I don't own guns but I live in US so would be easy to get, so may need to go that route soon. People freeze up with guns too, but just based on statistics it has to be easier I'd think.

 

[dearlydeparted44]

I've seen you say shotgun. That seems to be most lethal way to do it. I don't own guns but I live in US so would be easy to get, so may need to go that route soon. People freeze up with guns too, but just based on statistics it has to be easier I'd think.

I've never said a shotgun. I've always said 9mm. Although, I have a shotgun. However, I do vibe with the rest of your statement. People freeze up on all methods. Hanging, pills, everything. There'll always be some part of me that will at least be curious about a future that could've been. However, the time has come to realize that the future I picture in my head will never be. My reality is no longer livable and I'm ready to go.

And one will never feel ready because ready is not a feeling, it's a choice.

 

[ovaltinee99]

There are people who have survived jumping. I've read two survivor accounts and both say they don't have a memory of hitting the ground, so they have no memory of experiencing pain either. Doesn't mean there's no pain, but they are the closest to what we have for evidence.

I feel bad for people who resort to jumping - must be so terrifying.