Golden Gate Bridge

[doneforlife]

If you didn't, watch "the bridge" , a great documentary about jumpers on the golden gate, i think you can still find it for free on facebook in spanish with english subtitles.

The photo on my profile is Gene , a guy who jumped at the end.

I wish the golden gate was in my backyard , i would have visit it a lot and maybe jumped.

Why is that so ? Is it painless.. jumping from there...or can you override SI ?

 

[Life Is My Coffin]

It's actually so cliché for people to end their lives on that bridge there's even a Wikipedia article for it

 

[Foreverix]

It's actually so cliché for people to end their lives on that bridge there's even a Wikipedia article for it

I get the feeling that very few suicidal people are actually worried about whether or not their death will be considered cliché. It's not like they're going to be getting a slap on the back for killing themselves creatively with some novel, trendy method that all the kids are raving about.

 

[lexicidal]

do you know if you can still jump or have they finished installing nets?

 

[ipmanwc0]

Please tag me if you answer this ^

 

[overthestorm]

do you know if you can still jump or have they finished installing nets?

@ipmanwc0 you still can. I live there. Everyone keeps saying the nets are up but they're not lol. A tiny fraction of it is up. What is up are the metal bars that will hold the entire net. People are still jumping. One recent college grad kid jumped like two months ago.

 

[bridgeluvr626]

I live relatively close and saw 2 weeks ago that the suicide barrier is almost complete, but not quite, there's still slim sections towards the middle where you can fall down. Those may be closed up by the end of 2023 though.
Does anyone have any reliable statistics on the "death on impact" vs "drowning in agony and potentially getting eaten by sharks" based on autopsy data or anything? Ngl I'd been pretty set on this method for a minute but hadn't considered the latter since recently and it's making me second guess a bit.

 

[roguetrader]

I used to live in San Francisco. If I recall, one can always jump from the Bay Bridge instead. Sure it's nor red and pretty, but it'll work just as well

 

[overthestorm]

I live relatively close and saw 2 weeks ago that the suicide barrier is almost complete, but not quite, there's still slim sections towards the middle where you can fall down. Those may be closed up by the end of 2023 though.
Does anyone have any reliable statistics on the "death on impact" vs "drowning in agony and potentially getting eaten by sharks" based on autopsy data or anything? Ngl I'd been pretty set on this method for a minute but hadn't considered the latter since recently and it's making me second guess a bit.

I don't how reliable this source is but: http://www.bridgerail.net/golden-gate-bridge-suicides/demographics

 

[bridgeluvr626]

I don't how reliable this source is but: http://www.bridgerail.net/golden-gate-bridge-suicides/demographics

Hmmm, only 5% of those who pass away from jumping don't die on impact. That's a lot more hopeful than I thought I guess, for a relatively quick and "painless" death.

 

[overthestorm]

Hmmm, only 5% of those who pass away from jumping don't die on impact. That's a lot more hopeful than I thought I guess, for a relatively quick and "painless" death.

I guess it depends on how you land too

 

[bridgeluvr626]

I used to live in San Francisco. If I recall, one can always jump from the Bay Bridge instead. Sure it's nor red and pretty, but it'll work just as well

Unfortunately seems like Bay Bridge might have lower chance if reliably CTBing, GG is around 220 ft and Bay is closer to 190. Ideal confirmed death from water landing is ~240 I think. Gap is closing up on the finishing of the barrier soon tho which is why I'm scramblin

 

[bridgeluvr626]

would another local be able to take pictures of the bridge for me by any chance to show me where the remaining gaps in the railing are? All my friends and family have me on Find My Friends and would prob get hella suspicious if I went there. Idk if this is allowed but I would be willing to venmo lol...getting desperate, planning to CTB soon

 

[bridgeluvr626]

Lol so I got some binoculars and took a vid of the bridge, it's uploaded on my most recent post.
Unless my eyes deceieve me unfortunately it looks like it's completely sealed up now

 

[overthestorm]

Lol so I got some binoculars and took a vid of the bridge, it's uploaded on my most recent post.
Unless my eyes deceieve me unfortunately it looks like it's completely sealed up now

It's still pretty unclear

It's still pretty unclear

I know people are still jumping

 

[LastFlowers]

I get the feeling that very few suicidal people are actually worried about whether or not their death will be considered cliché. It's not like they're going to be getting a slap on the back for killing themselves creatively with some novel, trendy method that all the kids are raving about.

Yea I wish mine was more so, honestly. I'm worried about a particular method (commonly spoken about here) leading people back to this site or causing police to go an extra mile.

Jumping, hanging..that sort of thing doesn't usually raise further alarm after the fact, nor does it leave a narrow trail, because those are just the bread and butter of suicide methods that have a wide reach.

Nets.

Stupid phone

I was picturing a crowd of strangers making bets on whether a person would end up jumping or not.

Severe depression, ocd, anxiety etc.. I've tried every treatment and therapy you can think of aside from brain surgery. I'm done living in 24/7 terror and sorrow for no reason :(

I've seen it a number of times and have read Gene's blog entries too

They haven't. I live in the city. All they've installed is the long steel bars to hold the nets. People are still jumping

Maybe it's a deterrent..if enough people think there's nets, they won't even bother making the trip.