It’s usually done under influence - not drugs, but the high of emotions, self-talk spiral, setting one’s mind to it, etc, to overcome the will to survive. A sudden shock can break it all down. And that kind of shock she had, and pain, and danger, would make one default to instincts and either climb out yourself or follow the command of others. She was probably unavailiable for a hour or two after it happened, still shaking and afraid of what happened and what did not.
“It was at that moment immediately after jumping from the bridge that I realised that all of the problems in my life that seemed so severe and so unsolvable were actually not so, apart from the fact that I had just jumped off of a bridge.”
I don’t remember where this quote is from, or if its fact or fiction.
Yep and completely negating that are the examples of people who lived, climbed back up and did it again. That’s why I don’t like this quote and that guy.
With you there. The fact that he’d tell his story when it isn’t universally applicable to everyone is frankly ridiculous, and it is very rude of him to have personal experiences that don’t fit into your world view
It’s usually done under influence - not drugs, but the high of emotions, self-talk spiral, setting one’s mind to it, etc, to overcome the will to survive. A sudden shock can break it all down. And that kind of shock she had, and pain, and danger, would make one default to instincts and either climb out yourself or follow the command of others. She was probably unavailiable for a hour or two after it happened, still shaking and afraid of what happened and what did not.
“It was at that moment immediately after jumping from the bridge that I realised that all of the problems in my life that seemed so severe and so unsolvable were actually not so, apart from the fact that I had just jumped off of a bridge.”
I don’t remember where this quote is from, or if its fact or fiction.
“The view from halfway down.”
It was said by someone who survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
I think it was in the documentary “The Bridge.”
Yep and completely negating that are the examples of people who lived, climbed back up and did it again. That’s why I don’t like this quote and that guy.
With you there. The fact that he’d tell his story when it isn’t universally applicable to everyone is frankly ridiculous, and it is very rude of him to have personal experiences that don’t fit into your world view
Thought you were being serious for a second.
The dude is lying by omission. He is aware of these counterexamples and essentially implies everyone who has jumped feels that.
The person being rude about a personal experience that doesn’t fit others’ worldviews is him.
Kind of odd to actively dislike them, the reality is everyone feels a bit different, one person’s story doesn’t invalidate others and vice versa.
If it helps keep some people around longer that’s not so bad right?