Does anyone find jumping from a height more frightening than drowning?

[cookji]

Drowning sounds painful, but I'm more frightened by the thought of the impact on my head if I jump."

 

[thelostautistic]

It's very scary. I tried so many times to jump but I froze every time and couldn't do it

 

[cookji]

It's very scary. I tried so many times to jump but I froze every time and couldn't do it

Is it at least less severe with water?

 

[thelostautistic]

Is it at least less severe with water?

I never went to anywhere that had water below so I'm not sure. I'd imagine so?

 

[Mooseanonsky]

I think drowning is more terrifying tbh. You're gasping for breath but all you get is water filling your lungs. That sounds distressful and extremely painful. At least with jumping, if you're up dozens of floors, I think it'd be an instant death when you hit the ground.

 

[fishperson]

Jumping is too risky for me. It feels wrong.
Drowning is all about mental fortitude, u just have to be motivated enough to stay underwater

 

[ilovenewyork]

Both are terrible ideas. Drowning is particularly painful because the water burns your lungs

 

[flatyeticorn]

I have a major fear of heights. I also know that a fall at 10' has a 10% of death and increases exponentially as the height goes up. We have mountains with cliffs in my area that would allow for a 300' plus fall…not survivable. But it is that first step.

 

[ThatStateOfMind]

I think drowning is more terrifying tbh. You're gasping for breath but all you get is water filling your lungs. That sounds distressful and extremely painful. At least with jumping, if you're up dozens of floors, I think it'd be an instant death when you hit the ground.

Yeah, I think the worst part would be the jump. All your instincts in your body want to fight it. And the fall, I don't even know what you'd be thinking because, if you jumped from 14 stories high (I think I've seen that to be the agreed upon minimum that makes survival nearly impossible), you would fall for roughly 3.6 seconds (assuming each story is 14 feet tall and negligible air resistance). That's 3.6 seconds to regret the decision, and I'm assuming you would likely experience some sort of psychological time dilation, so it might even feel closer to 7-8 seconds, due to adrenaline and fear.

 

[ih34rty0u]

oh, definitely. i can't imagine how people find the courage to jump, knowing their body is about to get smashed into the ground. how do they even overcome their SI? it could never be my method, same with getting run over by a train. i also think drowning is more reliable if you make sure there would no one there to save you. some people who triy to commit by jumping end up horribly.

 

[Off_Switch]

Both impossibilities for me, so they're equal.