I read that skydivers often feel a calm resignation when they jump. Do jumpers who jump from a height feel that too probably?

[Weebster]

People on Reddit who have skydived said that as they fell they noticed they suddenly didn't care if they died.

 

[hopeless123]

There was an article mentioning the people who had jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived and all of them said they regretted jumping as they were falling.

The info is out there somewhere on google if you're interested.

 

[Weebster]

There was an article mentioning the people who had jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived and all of them said they regretted jumping as they were falling.

The info is out there somewhere on google if you're interested.

Those are from the losers who failed their jump and received 0/10 stars.

 

[Dot]

People on Reddit who have skydived said that as they fell they noticed they suddenly didn't care if they died.

Slf exprncd sme thng durng sky-dve
Whn realsng hve n/ cntrl ovr n.e.thng & jst accptd it

D/ nt agree w/ callng ppl wh/ faild c.t.b @ G.G brdge losrs thgh - = nt cmpetitn & evn if ironc jst snds 'edgy'

 

[vitbar]

When I skydived I was excited to fall out the plane. I wasn't suicidal at the time. Death didn't seem likely, but I figured it wasn't a bad way to go.

 

[WaitingAllMyLife]

Skydiving is the only time in my life I ever felt alive and happy. I love the feeling of flying my body, being free of the earth and all the worries on it. Maybe they meant that because it's a dangerous sport, the chance that you will die from it isn't a concern. But you're far more likely to have a horrible, life-altering injury so that is NOT comforting. But I was never resigned to death when jumping. On the contrary, it was a means to achieve sheer joy.

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

it must be a different feeling all together . otherwise they'd ban that too

 

[CW36]

Those are from the losers who failed their jump and received 0/10 stars.

Wow, you sound a cold soul, shame on you.

 

[Dot]

Skydiving is the only time in my life I ever felt alive and happy. I love the feeling of flying my body, being free of the earth and all the worries on it. Maybe they meant that because it's a dangerous sport, the chance that you will die from it isn't a concern. But you're far more likely to have a horrible, life-altering injury so that is NOT comforting. But I was never resigned to death when jumping. On the contrary, it was a means to achieve sheer joy.

Ws simlr fr slf

Ws v scard b4 jumpng bt whn ws fallng & slf acknwldgd tht slf hve 0 contrl ovr th/ outcme- "parchute wll eithr opn or wll nt" -- tht ws th/ mst clm & liber8td tht hd evr flt

 

[Pidgeons_Sparrows]

Those are from the losers who failed their jump and received 0/10 stars.

LMAO
to answer OPs question, i dont think its the same feeling because its not the same thing. its doing something for fun and not expecting to die because you have a parachute vs doing something to die and knowing death is coming
SI will fuck with you
tho now im curious. What if you were to go skydiving, and then intentionally throw away your parachute to ctb?

 

[Dot]

LMAO
to answer OPs question, i dont think its the same feeling because its not the same thing. its doing something for fun and not expecting to die because you have a parachute vs doing something to die and knowing death is coming
SI will fuck with you
tho now im curious. What if you were to go skydiving, and then intentionally throw away your parachute to ctb?

Fr slf = ws abt knowng tht if parchte fails fr n.e reasn thn = gme ovr -- thre mght b 2nd parchte bt wht = in tht bck-pck = only thng betwn u & deth & thre = 0 backng out 1nce hve jumpd

 

[WaitingAllMyLife]

LMAO
to answer OPs question, i dont think its the same feeling because its not the same thing. its doing something for fun and not expecting to die because you have a parachute vs doing something to die and knowing death is coming
SI will fuck with you
tho now im curious. What if you were to go skydiving, and then intentionally throw away your parachute to ctb?

It's not unheard of. People have ctb by just not opening their parachute and disabling any automatic opening devices. However it's not done often as it could adversely impact the skydiving community and garners negative local publicity for the dropzone.