What's your overall opinion on jumping method?

[Walilamdzi]

I go from thinking this is a terrible method to thinking it's one of the easiest.

 

[lastNamePicked]

given the right height and a solid ground, this may as well be declared the most effective and efficient method possible.
if you have such a spot nearbly, that is.

 

[hegesias]

I don't have the balls to do it.

 

[JohnUK]

It's one of my methods. I think it's a good way to go providing you got a good height

 

[aspx]

It's a good method and very effective if you have access to a very tall building. You may need to drink some alcohol to be able to jump if you're scared of height or to prevent SI to kick in.

 

[ArtsyDrawer]

The problem with it, I think, is the potential for error.
I've read stories of people succeeding from as low as 2-3 floors, others failing at 10 floors.
20 floors seem to be a good point.
And then there are the freaks who survive airplane heights.

 

[Dead beat dad]

Despite the high mortality rate of this method it might be worth reflecting on the potential pain you might feel;
You jump.
You fall.
You hit the ground
If you don't die instantly, there will be a period of time when you are laying smashed on the floor, potentially feeling a world of physical pain not comprehensible.
You can do nothing but wait to die in agony or worse you get picked up by emergency services and live more if life with enhanced physical pain and disability.
Pick your spot wisely.

That to one side, overcoming the SI in this situation was something I was never able to do, didn't realise how powerful it could be at the time.

I will be a potentially violent and messy death at best.

Good luck friend.
Peace
DBD

 

[Chalken]

If you jump headfirst from a building seven stories high or more, there's a good chance you'll die. Still, it has its risks like many other methods: you could end up a vegetable, which is terrifying.

 

[Walilamdzi]

@lastNamePicked So there's a structure within driving distance. Only two or three people have died from jumping off it as far as I can tell. It's approximately 125 feet. If more people had done it, I guess I would consider it more seriously.

@hegesias I think I'd find it a tiny bit easier with something like the Golden Gate Bridge, because the 'idea' of jumping into water seems less painful, even if it is just as painful. I went to the place nearby and walked around a bit, and can't say I feel it would be easy to take the plunge and do it.

@JohnUK Do you know the structure/are you planning to jump into water or ground?

@aspx I guess alcohol could help a bit.

@Compodulator Yeah, it's astounding some of the heights that people have survived falling from.

@Dead beat dad I wish there was more data on whether it's a more or less instantaneous death/unconsciousness... to be conscious after the fall would be awful. Peace to you too ✌

@Chalken Yeah that is terrifying. What happens if you end up like that and have nobody to support you? Is it the law to keep you alive in a "care" home or something..?

 

[lastNamePicked]

@lastNamePicked So there's a structure within driving distance. Only two or three people have died from jumping off it as far as I can tell. It's approximately 125 feet. If more people had done it, I guess I would consider it more seriously.

@hegesias I think I'd find it a tiny bit easier with something like the Golden Gate Bridge, because the 'idea' of jumping into water seems less painful, even if it is just as painful. I went to the place nearby and walked around a bit, and can't say I feel it would be easy to take the plunge and do it.

@JohnUK Do you know the structure/are you planning to jump into water or ground?

@aspx I guess alcohol could help a bit.

@Compodulator Yeah, it's astounding some of the heights that people have survived falling from.

@Dead beat dad I wish there was more data on whether it's a more or less instantaneous death/unconsciousness... to be conscious after the fall would be awful. Peace to you too ✌

@Chalken Yeah that is terrifying. What happens if you end up like that and have nobody to support you? Is it the law to keep you alive in a "care" home or something..?

there are statistics published concerning the golden gate bridge. with this, you could argue it with mathematical precision lol

 

[Psilo]

I'm acrophobic is that a good or a bad thing?
Anyways theres always SN.

 

[TAW122]

It can be very effective and like others have stated, finding a sufficiently tall enough building/bridge/structure/place to jump from and hitting the ground (solid ground instead of a body of water). Also, it is one of the methods that usually don't cost much but does require one to (temporarily) overcome the fear of heights, enough to at least make the jump.

 

[locusdelicti]

Rating system based upon no experience or scientific data

Investment in Equipment: 10 (none needed)
Effectiveness: 9 (don't pick a stupid spot)
Duration: 9 (would give a 10, but docking a point if you pick a stupid spot and suffer a bit before going)
Willpower: 1 - you are literally staring down the end of your mortality and fighting your pre-programmed urge to survive at all costs.

 

[Circles]

@lastNamePicked So there's a structure within driving distance. Only two or three people have died from jumping off it as far as I can tell. It's approximately 125 feet. If more people had done it, I guess I would consider it more seriously.

@hegesias I think I'd find it a tiny bit easier with something like the Golden Gate Bridge, because the 'idea' of jumping into water seems less painful, even if it is just as painful. I went to the place nearby and walked around a bit, and can't say I feel it would be easy to take the plunge and do it.

@JohnUK Do you know the structure/are you planning to jump into water or ground?

@aspx I guess alcohol could help a bit.

@Compodulator Yeah, it's astounding some of the heights that people have survived falling from.

@Dead beat dad I wish there was more data on whether it's a more or less instantaneous death/unconsciousness... to be conscious after the fall would be awful. Peace to you too ✌

@Chalken Yeah that is terrifying. What happens if you end up like that and have nobody to support you? Is it the law to keep you alive in a "care" home or something..?

That's what frightens me more about this method. Just to be aware that you fucked up but can't move a muscle and in excruciating pain with guts and bones stuck out. If anything it's more of a last ditch method I'd choose if I don't have many options. It takes a lot of courage and will to do this and I just don't have what it takes to push through. Plus the thought of landing on someone or something like that French man who got impaled by a 3 foot pole and survived the fall but later died just makes shit scarier.

 

[Davy]

Drink your Sodium Nitrate, shoot up a lethal dose of heroin and then jump. Less chance of missing the bus if you catch it three times.

 

[JohnUK]

@Walilamdzi it is rocks but even if there was water it'll be shallow water and probably hit the rocks

 

[Meretlein]

I have seen so many videos of failed suicides. Most are jumpers who hesitate.

 

[Memento Mori]

Investment in Equipment: 10 (none needed)

Travelling seems to be necessary for many users here. And you should enjoy your last day before ctb and spend some :)

Drink your Sodium Nitrate, shoot up a lethal dose of heroin and then jump. Less chance of missing the bus if you catch it three times.

More chance of suffering lots of pain after failing the jump too, SN won't feel good. Are opiates muscle relaxants too? If yes then this is contraproductive for jumping I guess

 

[JohnUK]

I have seen so many videos of failed suicides. Most are jumpers who hesitate.

Or unfortunately caught by people who in my opinion think suicide is a sin and should not be allowed

 

[pinkblanket55]

@Meretlein what sort of height are the failed jumps?

 

[throwaway123]

It's my method. I've been trying to do this for years now and still haven't managed to jump. Let this be a lesson to you.

 

[Letmego. Please]

From experience i would say please don't, if nothing else i found ending up in hospital for months unable to walk kinda scuppered any chance to try again in the short term.

Plus research tells me it is not as clear cut as some would like to suggest, there are too many variables, too many survival stories of jumps/falls from even heights associated with skydiving.

Yes a lot of people die, but the same amount end up disabled to various degrees for the rest of their lives, some to the point that taking your own life becomes impossible without help from another person.

 

[Walilamdzi]

@Letmego. Please Hey, would you mind sharing any more about your experience?

 

[Divine Trinity]

I go from thinking this is a terrible method to thinking it's one of the easiest.

Very simple, and guaranteed death if you have an elementary understanding of aerodynamics and physics with an adequate elevation. However, the fear/panic I think is equatable to self-immolation, suicide-by-cop, and drowning.

 

[Walilamdzi]

Very simple, and guaranteed death if you have an elementary understanding of aerodynamics and physics with an adequate elevation. However, the fear/panic I think is equatable to self-immolation, suicide-by-cop, and drowning.

Do you think it's an instant death upon impact? Or would it take some time?

 

[Divine Trinity]

From experience i would say please don't, if nothing else i found ending up in hospital for months unable to walk kinda scuppered any chance to try again in the short term.

Plus research tells me it is not as clear cut as some would like to suggest, there are too many variables, too many survival stories of jumps/falls from even heights associated with skydiving.

Yes a lot of people die, but the same amount end up disabled to various degrees for the rest of their lives, some to the point that taking your own life becomes impossible without help from another person.

How many did not account for their CoM and/or "landing" structure (grass vs pavement)? Or even the wind.

 

[Walilamdzi]

CoM?

 

[Divine Trinity]

Do you think it's an instant death upon impact? Or would it take some time?

Depends on how you land, what you've impacted, and velocity. Pretty much if you don't land on your head it's going to be agonizingly painful and you might be rescued by the ICU.

CoM?

Center of Mass, the main factor of how an object lands.

 

[Walilamdzi]

@Divine Trinity Wouldn't you be likely to land kind of flat? I can see it would hurt to land on your feet though.

 

[ArtsyDrawer]

I did some googling. Unless I'm willing to go to China, I can get to a 100-86 meter train bridge thing. It has a tiny, puddle-deep "river" going under it.
Alternatively, there's ground, but no concrete underneath it. Does it sound like a decent spot?