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[SkyAnt 0]

I have a few goals in this sport and I always expected I would move onto something else down the track, as I have done before. Less than a hundred jumps into my skydiving career I now realize when that time comes I may not want to give it up.
Have any shrinks looked into how Skydiving screws up your brain in any sort of depth?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[jtval 0]

lol ,
Im just gonna sit and watch this debate!

I personally think Shrinks are the crazy ones

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[n2skdvn 0]

I don't need no checkup from the neck up!!!
i'm fine

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[turtlespeed 226]

Whuffo shrinks - or - skydiver shrinks?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[SkyAnt 0]

Well ya know. Plenty of people do tandems, that is one or two high intensity situations in a life time
(of that type). Going through your AFF can be a real roller coaster as is learning anything new and or making any kind of breakthrough in this sport.
Thus perhape we can assume that skydivers put themselves many many moments of extreme physical, mental and emotional stress.

I just took a number of weeks off work but kept jumping over the holiday. Normally its takes weeks for me to get back up to speed, so to speak. But this time it was like i never left only, but in a good way. I was refreshed, but very much alert.
Now thats a positive example.
Negatives. Anyone?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[quade 4]

As I've said repeatedly before, if you can imagine it, then it's probably already been done.

Do a google seach on the psychological effects of skydiving and you'll find at least a few articles.

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[mjosparky 4]

Skydiving causes a rush of adrenaline and adrenaline is additive.

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[turtlespeed 226]

I thought it was dopamine that was addictive...

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[Push 0]

Any neurotransmitter can be addictive, adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, endorphine, whatever. When you artificially increase their levels, the brain stops producing the neurotransmitter. Then, when you stop taking the drug, you are now very low on the neurotransmitter. This explains the jonesin' from some drugs, and why it's so difficult to quit.

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Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you.

[pilotdave 0]

I believe its the hypoxia. Makes ya feel euphoric. Ya get addicted to it like some people do to sniffing glue. Ok, it's either that or the heroin DZOs secretly spread around the planes. Not enough to notice, just enough to develop a physical addiction over time.

Dave

[turtlespeed 226]

shhh

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[SkyAnt 0]

Its not the addictive part that is really the problem.
I mean we all have other habbits that are addictive.
Like ....you know! And that doesn't kill you. Kills kittens. But i don't like cats anyway.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)