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Likewise, I read a news story (long time ago, source forgotten) that interviewed several people who had survived jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. The report
by johnbenwoo 11y ago
Likewise, I read a news story (long time ago, source forgotten) that interviewed several people who had survived jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. The reporter asked each one what thoughts went through their head after jumping before hitting the water. It wasn't relief or clarity - almost unanimously, it was "What have I done?!?" and immediate regret.
- blackkettle 11y agoThis was phrased really well in the movie/article, worth looking up: > “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I'd thought was unfixable was totally fixable — except for having just jumped."
- jlewallen 11y agoI was reminded of the same thing and got a few sentences into my reply before noticing yours. Here's a link to a study I had turned up as well: http://seattlefriends.org/files/seiden_study.pdf http://seattlefriends.org/files/seiden_study.pdf
- npizzolato 11y agoHere's the article in question. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers Another powerful quote: "The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He’d written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’"