freebird 0 #1 February 1, 2002 Hi to all. I just left class.The weather SUCKS in Houston. Hope it clears up here by Sunday. My teacher was making fun of "people who jump out of air planes". No one in my psychology class knows I jump. She said something about having a id and haveing too much of something .The longer you wait ........the more sense you get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #2 February 1, 2002 QuoteWhats Up WE ain't!Speed Racer"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #3 February 1, 2002 didn't the shrinks used to think that skydivers were crazy in some way, ie., like we had a death wish or something?Speed Racer"Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #4 February 1, 2002 Death wish?? I never feel more alive than when I'm in freefall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 February 1, 2002 I'm going crazy!!! It's sunny and warm outside with a little wind and I know SD Atlanta is running the plane today!!!! I'm stuck at work....this sucks!!! "It's the cans..they're defective. Stay away from the cans"-Steve MartinClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #6 February 1, 2002 Monty Python "Run Away! Run Away! Run Away!"From work not some ferocious carniverous rabbit....duh..I am pestering my boss right now to release me so I can get on a load today..........So thirsty for some warm air and cold brew........Seb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freebird 0 #7 February 1, 2002 When she said that there is a unconsious force that drives all people. She said our instincts to go to war , to do drugs, and people that jump out of planes have too much thanatus in our brain, thus yea we have a death wish.( WHATEVER)She is soooo F-ing Wrong. I have no death wish. I love to skydive. I am very careful to ensure my safety every time I jump. People fear what they do not understand.The longer you wait ........the more sense you get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #8 February 1, 2002 Watch out, its a whuffoe conspiracy, leave the class immediately, take up engineering right now! Found this a while back.....SKYDIVING and the BRAINPeople have always craved new and exciting experiences. The reason is that such experiences bring pleasure. And the feeling of pleasure is caused by activation of groups of nerve cells in certain parts of the brain. These nerve cells communicate with each other and with nerve cells in other brain regions by means of chemical messengers called "neurotransmitters" which transmit signals and activate nerve cells. The part of the brain which is activated by exciting experiences is the "limbic system", which is composed of the oldest part of the brain, "the rhinencephalon", the emotional part. SKYDIVING "kick-starts" this part of the brain activating the amygdala, which is concerned with emotional memories especially those arousing feelings of fear and avoidance, as well as the septal region and hypothalamus, "pleasure centers" of the brain. Activation of these regions by input from our bodies during the act of SKYDIVING causes nerve cells to release the neurotransmitters "seratonin and norepinephrine",which in turn activate other nerve cells locally and at a distance.The amount of seratonin and norepinephrine bathing nerve cells in different brain regions, regulate moods, from exhilaration to despair, from moment to moment, as well as over longer periods of time. Activation of these regions of the brain are responsible for the complex set of feelings we feel when we jump out of that airplane. by Denson G. Fujikawa, M.D. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ADRNALN 0 #9 February 1, 2002 I bet you can't wait to complete your prof. review at the end of the semester. Give it to her good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #10 February 1, 2002 Quotepeople that jump out of planes have too much thanatusThis is NO shit.....I was sitting around about a year ago thinking to myself "ya know I have too much thanatus on the brain....I think I'll go jump outa a perfectly good plane" !!jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites