Stories of second thoughts

[meetapple]

Have any of you heard the stories about people who attempt suicide by jumping from a bridge and then surviving? Most of them regret jumping on the way down. Does this deter you?

 

[Scribble Fan]

No, it doesn't really deter me. It just makes me be careful not to CTB on impulse.

 

[Rayzieka]

I feel like the people who jump and regret it on the way down are unfortunate because their SI kicked in so hard they believe they want to live for a while and likely just hit that extreme low again once those chemicals calm down. It must be really frustrating to get all that hope back for a while and crash again. But by then you're on suicide watch or people keep a closer eye on you so you cant do it again.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think if I was to jump from a bridge, I would make sure it is high enough so there is limited chance of survival. Many people ctb on impulse often regret it and fail, as they haven't thought through their decision and just do it spur of the moment and where they have jumped isn't high enough for death as they haven't planned it. I am certain in my desire to ctb, I have wanted to for a long time.

 

[JustAnumber]

My first attempt was jumping of a bridge in the middle of winter.
I was in a really dark place at the time with nothing more then the moonlight. It was in the middle of the night and my dark surroundings were how I was feeling at the time. I come across this bridge that was over a river so decided to hell with it and climbed over the wall on to the ledge. I couldn't see the water but i could hear it. I decided i had enough then went to jump. But something weird happened. As I jumped i turned around and tried to grab hold of the wall I just pushed my self away from. I was struggling to pull my self up and started to panic. I was pulling and hanging on then I got a footing on a small ledge. As I went to pull my self up my foot slipped and I went backwards into dark water below.
It felt like ages before I hit but when I did ifelt the impact all over my back part of my body. The water was freezing. I could see the moon light up above me but it got further away from me. The cold water felt like it was pulling me under as the moonlight got further away.

After what seem like ages the moonlight started getting closer and closer and I was starting to swim back to the surface. When I surfaced
I took massive gulps of air and started to breath heavy. I was able to find something for me to get myself out off the water but was having a massive panic attack. I was absolutely freezing and started to shake badly from the onset of hypothermia. Two people found me but my breathing just got quicker and quicker. I just tried to kill my self but survived. I was ill for a bit because of the hypothermia but recovered in the end. Ended up in hospital for a few months on suicide watch.

 

[S like Siren]

My first attempt was jumping of a bridge in the middle of winter.
I was in a really dark place at the time with nothing more then the moonlight. It was in the middle of the night and my dark surroundings were how I was feeling at the time. I come across this bridge that was over a river so decided to hell with it and climbed over the wall on to the ledge. I couldn't see the water but i could hear it. I decided i had enough then went to jump. But something weird happened. As I jumped i turned around and tried to grab hold of the wall I just pushed my self away from. I was struggling to pull my self up and started to panic. I was pulling and hanging on then I got a footing on a small ledge. As I went to pull my self up my foot slipped and I went backwards into dark water below.
It felt like ages before I hit but when I did ifelt the impact all over my back part of my body. The water was freezing. I could see the moon light up above me but it got further away from me. The cold water felt like it was pulling me under as the moonlight got further away.

After what seem like ages the moonlight started getting closer and closer and I was starting to swim back to the surface. When I surfaced
I took massive gulps of air and started to breath heavy. I was able to find something for me to get myself out off the water but was having a massive panic attack. I was absolutely freezing and started to shake badly from the onset of hypothermia. Two people found me but my breathing just got quicker and quicker. I just tried to kill my self but survived. I was ill for a bit because of the hypothermia but recovered in the end. Ended up in hospital for a few months on suicide watch.

oh my god is it really terrible what you went through ... i'm sorry. :( may I ask how high was the bridge?

 

[Largeletters]

This is part of what's stopped me from jumping the many times I ended up on a 5-story parking garage.

 

[BeautifulMosaics]

Have any of you heard the stories about people who attempt suicide by jumping from a bridge and then surviving? Most of them regret jumping on the way down. Does this deter you?

Tbh, it doesn't deter me probably because I'm such an indecisive person anyway... Always think of the "what ifs" and other perspectives.. And my issues are internal and are to do with apathy, I think I will never change so potentially having second thoughts doesn't deter me. I will probably end up in the same spot eventually.

 

[xLosthopex]

Doesn't deter me. Won't be able to regret anything when I'm dead