[sj2]

he was probably sick of all the people beeping their horns

[PsychoTendecies]

That grass will never grow the same right there, who knows it may be more beautiful than we expected.

[Tyrantus]

Originally Posted by imbok ↗

I always wonder if, when someone does a suicidal jump, whether or not they experience regret on the way down as well as surprise at the severity of the impact. No one seems to have lived long enough to say so one way or the other.

You should watch a documentary called "The Bridge", there's one very compelling story of a young guy who jumped and lived to tell about it.

The doc is about all the suicides at the golden gate bridge and shows real people jumping throughout. Can probably find it on youtube or torrent it.

[Tyrantus]

Oh, I see someone already mentioned "the bridge", whoops!

[Oonie]

Originally Posted by imbok ↗

I always wonder if, when someone does a suicidal jump, whether or not they experience regret on the way down as well as surprise at the severity of the impact. No one seems to have lived long enough to say so one way or the other.

A Golden Gate surviving jumper has written a book about how he got to that place, and the instantaneous regret he felt when he jumped. The book is called "Cracked, Not Broken." It's wrenching.

[TheUrinator]

Well he should at least be thankful that the grass was there to break his fall. Otherwise he would have landed on the hard ground.

[c2f4%9Ky]b]

Originally Posted by GAPeachForever ↗

There is a documentary called The Bridge that discusses people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. One guy, Ken Baldwin, survived his jump and he said that as soon as he let go, he immediately regretted it. He said, "I instantly realized that everything in my life that I'd thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped."

On top of the regret, you've probably heard the saying "my life flashed before my eyes". It's true. I got stuck upside strapped onto a knee board once and could not get flipped back over, right as I was about to gulp up full water as a breath, my life flashed before my eyes. I can't even explain it. In a split second I saw all of the things important to me.

[Cathedral]

Originally Posted by Bean ↗

On top of the regret, you've probably heard the saying "my life flashed before my eyes". It's true. I got stuck upside strapped onto a knee board once and could not get flipped back over, right as I was about to gulp up full water as a breath, my life flashed before my eyes. I can't even explain it. In a split second I saw all of the things important to me.

Do you still remember fairly well what "flashed before your eyes"? I nearly drowned in a swimming pool when I was six or seven. Even at that young of an age, I saw "everything" that had happened to me speed through my mind. Then, there was what I sensed to be a long, peaceful moment when I was looking at the rays of sunlight stripe the bottom of the pool, thinking, "so this is how it ends".

[c2f4%9Ky]b]

Originally Posted by Cathedral ↗

Do you still remember fairly well what "flashed before your eyes"? I nearly drowned in a swimming pool when I was six or seven. Even at that young of an age, I saw "everything" that had happened to me speed through my mind. Then, there was what I sensed to be a long, peaceful moment when I was looking at the rays of sunlight stripe the bottom of the pool, thinking, "so this is how it ends".

I can remember some. Things like my childhood, me playing with my mom, my mom's death when I was a kid, my wedding, having each kid, trips, my husband, playing with my kids, things I've done with friends, important events..it was all quick images that flashed. It's like it lasted a second but I saw it and comprehended every image. I did have a thought where I couldn't believe this was how I was going to die. I grew up like a fish in the water.

You were definitely way further into drowning than I. My husband was able to swim to me and get me untrapped and above water. I remember tons of coughing, I never lost consciousness.

I'm glad you are ok. That is crazy how it can all flash before you, and deal with a sudden peace. Moments before the drowning part certainly aren't peaceful, I was panicked and thrashing to try and save myself.

[c2f4%9Ky]b]

I really think most people that jump have both the instant regret and the flashing of their lives and then it's over.