Would you jump off a bridge? Why or why not?

[height jumper 69]

Why not? How do I not be afraid?

Same result as any other method, painful, scary , time consuming, by the time it's done I won't have to suffer anymore

 

[Weebster]

Same result as any other method, painful, scary , time consuming, by the time it's done I won't have to suffer anymore

That would apply to natural deaths too, right?

 

[iforgotmyacc]

I wouldn't, I don't trust it to actually kill me I feel like I'll end up with broken bones or smth and still alive, paralyzed unable to attempt again.

Nembutal I can plan and be sure I will die. And it's not scary.

 

[Weebster]

I wouldn't, I don't trust it to actually kill me I feel like I'll end up with broken bones or smth and still alive, paralyzed unable to attempt again.

Nembutal I can plan and be sure I will die. And it's not scary.

Height guarantees success. But maybe the wind would cushion my fall. A final fuck you by god lol

 

[S like Siren]

Definitely, most instantaneous method available to me

Same for me,jumping is currently my method.
do i feel fear? Of course I feel a lot of fear but the real problem is the SI, unfortunately it will do everything to stop you ... as it happened to me last year on the sixteenth floor of a skyscraper.
I prefer to land on hard and smooth ground like asphalt, I don't like water, you have to use something to get stoned and then let go, if it's high enough you won't even notice it's all over right away

 

[iforgotmyacc]

Height guarantees success. But maybe the wind would cushion my fall. A final fuck you by god lol

You never know. God isnt as merciful as he is portrayed to be.

 

[y0dha]

I have too much vertigo for this.
I imagine my head getting crushed when landing, must be so quick, no real time to feel pain.
But just the thought of that is terrifying for i'd rather hang even though i know i'll be in pain for longer time...

 

[death137]

Nowadays I don't think so but 5-6 years ago it was my preferred method for different reasons. We used to live in an apartment and the day my father died I found out that we are going to change home so I said this is it I've to jump today. But they were worried about me and were surveilling me. At night I try to jump form a window but 3-4 ppl grabbed me. I would probably have jumped if they didn't grabbed me. After that incident I tried to find a place with a good height and I thought I found this construction site near our house. I checked few times from the outside and I thought ppl aren't present there so this one day I went with a strong intention to jump but I found workers inside. I quickly turned around and went out. They were calling me and I was shocked. The night of that day I went there again hoping they would be gone but I saw ppl still there so I lost hope. My intention to jump didn't suddenly disappeared after that day but gradually I started to lose hope in finding a good accessible place to jump. Later I found few good opportunities to jump but I didn't used them.

 

[FuneralCry]

I do not believe that I would ever be able to ctb by jumping, I have a fear of heights and I would be scared of it going wrong in someway. To me, jumping is terrifying. I deserve to exit this world in a peaceful way. I believe that someone must be really desperate to ctb by this method.

 

[Weebster]

Same for me,jumping is currently my method.
do i feel fear? Of course I feel a lot of fear but the real problem is the SI, unfortunately it will do everything to stop you ... as it happened to me last year on the sixteenth floor of a skyscraper.
I prefer to land on hard and smooth ground like asphalt, I don't like water, you have to use something to get stoned and then let go, if it's high enough you won't even notice it's all over right away

I have some opiate pain killers, but I don't know how many I would need. I would need to walk a ways to get to the location.

I do not believe that I would ever be able to ctb by jumping, I have a fear of heights and I would be scared of it going wrong in someway. To me, jumping is terrifying. I deserve to exit this world in a peaceful way. I believe that someone must be really desperate to ctb by this method.

I'm desperate to succeed if I attempt.

 

[Mocon33]

It somehow seems romantic to jump from El Capitan (Yosemite, California, USA). 3,000 foot drop, enough time for contemplation with an instant painless death at the end.

 

[S like Siren]

I have some opiate pain killers, but I don't know how many I would need. I would need to walk a ways to get to the location.

Get to the location first and then use all the painkillers you can get and this should help you let go and jump

 

[StrangePossum]

I don't think I could unless I was really desperate, I am afraid of heights and I think it would be hard for me to overcome that. I live not too far from the Golden Gate Bridge and it seemed like an appealing option for a while, but then I heard stories of people who jumped and ended up surviving. Surviving that high of a fall sounds horribly painful and I wouldn't want to risk it if there are better options available.

 

[NSA]

I used to think I could jump, until I read an article about a skydiver who's parachute failed and still survived the fall. Just my luck I'd break every bone in my body but not actually die (or die in agony days later).

 

[Red Scare]

Just my luck I'd break every bone in my body but not actually die (or die in agony days later).

I know exactly what you mean, it's just my luck, some shit like that would happen to me to. Even if the chance is one in a hundred million, there's a still a chance, and that is somehow always me who is that one unlucky son of a bitch.

I even worry about failing even things that are supposed to be assured, like drinking n. I read about one rare case a guy woke up 72 hours after being in a coma. I'm way too paranoid about failing to jump, or shoot myself, or anything like that.

 

[Aboutblue]

Every time I'm feeling really bad I drive to the local bridge which is famous for suicides. I can't even get out of my fucking car. I just drive across and park then drive back. It's so frustrating. I wish you could stand on this bridge like you can at golden gate. Ten years ago I spent so much time just standing there considering. But if I get out of my car on this bridge and don't jump it will be straight to the psych ward for me.

I'm scared of pain. I don't want to smash into concrete so I would have to jump into water but I just have this feeling I would live and drown. And drowning, especially in cold water, sounds awful.

I know I should just go with a more peaceful method but jumping I can do in the spur of the moment whereas I just can't pull the trigger on buying SN. I don't know why. I guess tbh I don't want to die 100% of the time. I want my ex to talk to me. I want a time machine. And since I can't have that... I want to die.

And that's my pathetic story. So yeah I've thought a lot about jumping off bridges. But I'm a failure at it obviously.

 

[people eater 2]

I picked one out a few years ago. It's a few hours away and really tall. I'm scared. I'd die upon landing, but I fear what my mind would experience on the way down. I already suffer from extreme anxiety.

yes i would jump i guess from any good place if i had the chance, jumping from somewhere is the method I want to try the most, 1 because I always wanted to fall from a high place, like bungee jumping or something, or even fly somehow and 2 because for me the feeling of falling must be wonderful

 

[notaboutangels]

I don't like heights. Also I would rather have a method where I can die in my bed, however if I was desperate I would do it. Although I would have to travel to some bridge over water as that's the only place I'd do it.

 

[knockedlooseagain]

I don't think I could do it. Like others said, I might need to be drunk to even try

 

[everydayiloveyou]

It's not my first choice since I'm deathly afraid of heights. Also, most of the larger bridges in my area have barriers already.

I would definitely do it if I had to though, it's free and very accessible

 

[Weebster]

It somehow seems romantic to jump from El Capitan (Yosemite, California, USA). 3,000 foot drop, enough time for contemplation with an instant painless death at the end.

Contemplate what? Past regrets?

Get to the location first and then use all the painkillers you can get and this should help you let go and jump

It's heavily watched. I wouldn't be able to down a bunch of pills without outing myself.

I don't think I could unless I was really desperate, I am afraid of heights and I think it would be hard for me to overcome that. I live not too far from the Golden Gate Bridge and it seemed like an appealing option for a while, but then I heard stories of people who jumped and ended up surviving. Surviving that high of a fall sounds horribly painful and I wouldn't want to risk it if there are better options available.

They survive because it's not high enough.

It's not my first choice since I'm deathly afraid of heights. Also, most of the larger bridges in my area have barriers already.

I would definitely do it if I had to though, it's free and very accessible

Some people bring ladders when there's a barrier. I saw a news article.

 

[a dreaded sunny day]

This is my preferred method beside hanging, I scouted out a bridge over a few hours from where I live and it looks promising enough, over 110 ft. Is this a good height?

Once you vault over the barrier (not as easy as it sounds, i know, i'll just count to three and let impulse take the wheel), gravity does the rest of the work and there's no chance of backing out.

The fear of failing and waking up in a hospital is what's keeping me from trying. Thinking about it gives me chills. But i'll take the temporary pain if it means I sleep forever afterwards.

 

[Starryeyes]

I'm scared of deep water so no

 

[Murasa]

I've tried jumping and here I am, it was an impulsive attempt and it hurt as hell. It requires a little more technique than you'd think, as I know, death will be instantaneous depending on how you land, even by jumping from a sixth floor you can survive for a while if you don't fall in the right way, that was the case of a guy who jumped from the tallest building of an university where I studied. if you want to increase the chances you should increase the height and that will give more time to appreciate your fall, it isn't a pleasant experience.

I wouldn't do it again, I'd rather try hanging

 

[nightnightnitrite]

I thought of that method and even picked out a bridge. There's a notorious bridge in NorCal nicknamed "suicide bridge" because of how many people jump off of it but I don't think I could ever jump. Just like @CommitSudoku explained perfectly: maybe if an invisible force were to push me but I definitely couldn't do so on my own due to talking myself out.

 

[☆AwaitingEntropy☆]

It's one of the options I'm considering, as there is a very high one a few hours away from where I live. But, I've never been anywhere so high, so I don't know if I'll end up being scared of heights at the last moment.

Just in case, I've been watching some videos of people cliff diving, sky diving, etc, to get a feel, and I'm thinking about traveling to an amusement park to go on a ride that drops to desensitize me, but I've no idea if any of that will actually help me. Survival instinct is dreadful. Not to mention, it will leave behind a terrible corpse for my loved ones, and I don't know if I can put them through that.