aliengirl 0 #1 August 18, 2003 It seems like there are two types of people: People who land after their first jump and say 1) Wow, that was neat. Now I can say I did that, or 2) OHMYGOD sign me up for AFF!!! WHY?? Do adrenaline junkies have different chemicals in their brains? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 August 18, 2003 Quote Do adrenaline junkies have different chemicals in their brains? Yes. See; http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/genes/who_am_i/behaviour/just_the_way_you_are.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/jamesbond/speed.shtml http://observer.guardian.co.uk/drugs/story/0,11908,714226,00.htmlquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #3 August 18, 2003 QuoteWHY?? Do adrenaline junkies have different chemicals in their brains? If the people who made the "Adrenaline Rush" movie are correct, risk takers have low MAO seratonan (spelling?) levels. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blahr 0 #4 August 18, 2003 QuoteIt seems like there are two types of people: People who land after their first jump and say 1) Wow, that was neat. Now I can say I did that, or 2) OHMYGOD sign me up for AFF!!! Actually after my first jump I swore that I would NEVER do that again and I was ecstatic that i was back on terra firma! It took me about an hour to assimilate the experience. A little while later I couldnt wait to do it again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richardd 0 #5 August 18, 2003 i feel a bit sick on my way to the airfield and alive on the way home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #6 August 18, 2003 I knew i was going through AFF as soon as i put the tandem harness on, 3 tandems and 1 AFF level, here I am! There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RippedCord 0 #7 August 19, 2003 I did my tandem on August 12th 2002. It wasn't until July 2003 after being inside, sick for 3 days, that I called up Jim Wallace School and said "Sign me up for AFF training." Delayed assimilation? AMDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mirochristie 0 #8 August 19, 2003 I don`t know!!! But is true. It`s called epinephrine. It is the adrenaline inside the human body...I don`t know if it`s written that way, but it`s because the body has this by it`s nature, but certain people (Us!...adrenaline junkies) need MORE of this. And once we taste some...WE NEED MORE, AND MORE, AND MORE AND....there goes our bank account!LiquidSky @(^_^)@ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #9 August 19, 2003 It took me nearly a month to return after AFF 1 for level 2. Three weeks after that, I did level 3 and had a malfunction/cut. 3 days later I was back trying it again...and then once a week or so until I graduated... Funds prevent me from getting up and out as much as I'd like, but 3-6 jumps per month is good enough for me. I do also have clinical depression. I wonder if there's a correlation between taking an SSRI and jumping infrequently, and not taking one and wanting/needing to jump more is present.... Hrm.... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phonics1981 0 #10 August 19, 2003 I watched a program called "Risk Takers" a while back and it said that different people hae different amounts of dopamine receptors in the brain. Those with less receptors need more extreme things to give them the same feeling as those with more receptors. I'm sure seratonin levels have something to do with it too...... ------------------------------------------------------ "Ive given up on sigs cos I make a mess of them!" ------------------------------------------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richardd 0 #11 August 19, 2003 Sorry if this is perosnal or naieve. Not sure what SSRI is but does you're jumping help you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twnsnd 1 #12 August 19, 2003 I started jumping in the military and did not like it. But had to continue whether I liked it or not. Eventually I became comfortable with jumping as a form of flight, which I have always enjoyed. I think it is possible to take up skydiving not for the rush, but for the love of it. Besides, I only get a rush when I screw up a swoop. -We are the Swoophaters. We have travelled back in time to hate on your swoops.- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy2 0 #13 August 19, 2003 dont forget dopamine too. Its common to find people that do activities that produce natural "highs" to state that they participate in such to feel "normal". When that is exactly what they are doing, the activity elavates them to a plateau that "normal people" are usually at. --------------------------------------------- let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #14 August 19, 2003 Quote Sorry if this is perosnal or naieve. Not sure what SSRI is but does you're jumping help you? neither too personal nor demonstrating naivity. I'm very open about my depression...it sucks, and I hate it, but I will always talk about it should someone ask. SSRI's are medications which regulate the seratonin in your body. Meds like prozac, paxil, wellbutrin, lexapro etc. that I am sure you've heard of before are SSRI's (I beliee it stands for Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors). I was on SSRI's when I started, stopped taking them shortly after I started, and will consider taking them again should the depression get too bad, or all the warning signs are there this will be a bad episode. As to does jumping help me, yes, I believe it does. Does it "cure" me? No. So I am not sure about the seratonin/dopamine aspect of the discussion, because if it did, then I would think I'd be "cured" as long as I stayed jumping. But I do feel better about myself, and my self esteem is quite boosted (especially after something like this weekend's jumps), I feel better about things...but that doesn't mean I have enough seratonin/dopamine...it just means I feel better today than I did last week, or whatever. It would be hard to quantify it better than that...sorry if that's not terribly clear. Hope it does answer, at least a little bit! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joreilly 0 #15 August 20, 2003 Couldn't have said it better myself. The light is brighter, the colors more intense, the world more interesting, more...real. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #16 August 20, 2003 It is very weird. I have met several people that have done dives, but don't feel the need/want to do more. My girlfriend did a tandem, and that was it for her, no desire to be back in the sky, just likes to say she did it. Me, I did my first jump 6 wks ago and can't imagine being without it now. I guess I have less receptors, or low levels of happy chemicals, then. fwiw, I used to be on SSRI's, but stopped taking them a while back because I stopped liking the idea of being on drugs all the time. I didn't start jumping til well after that, tho, and prior to jumping I did hit some holes where i'd get really depressed over $$ problems, or loneliness, etc. It's only been 6 weeks, but i've been handling stress & $$ problems (bound to happen when u skydive) better than before I started jumping. Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydivinMedic 0 #17 August 21, 2003 All I know, is I thought it would be a one time thing just to experience it. Directly after my first tandem I went up for my second, and the weekend after I went back for my third and ground school!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waster 0 #18 August 24, 2003 As my canopy was opening up on my first jump(SL) my reaction was "WOAH WOAH WOAH I DIDN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL". But that was simply because I had never experienced such a rush of adrenaline so extreme before in my life-only being 16 at the time. When I got down on terra firma I wanted to try it again to see whether I would like it cos I wasn't sure whether I had enjoyed the experience on my first jump!!!!wierd I know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #19 August 24, 2003 i could have walked away from any of my first 3 aff jumps (never did a tandem) and not jumped again i loved it, it was awesome but when they let go for turns and flips is when i fell in love. the only scary part was when the door came open _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #20 August 25, 2003 QuoteIt seems like there are two types of people: People who land after their first jump and say 1) Wow, that was neat. Now I can say I did that, or 2) OHMYGOD sign me up for AFF!!! Then there are people like me who after AFF 1 went hmmm well that was kinda ordinary, dont see what all the fuss is about. I spoke to my instructor and he said he felt the same thing on his early jumps. So I had a feww more jumps and it wasn't until after AFF6 when I did my 1st solo comsolidation jump that I was hooked.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmin 0 #21 August 28, 2003 I'm running a study on that point....what makes us tick...xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vonSanta 0 #22 August 28, 2003 Michele wrote: As to does jumping help me, yes, I believe it does. Does it "cure" me? No. So I am not sure about the seratonin/dopamine aspect of the discussion, because if it did, then I would think I'd be "cured" as long as I stayed jumping. Ah, I have a depression problem too. Every three years or so I'll get one for no apparent reason. This year is one of 'em. Skydiving fixes me right up. Unfortunately, the effect wears off in a day and then (for me) it gets even worse. Everything is more bland and boring and tedious than before. After three more days, it gets back to normal. If I could skydive every other day, I'd stay happy. Maybe I should see if I could get skydiving accepted as 'depression treatment' . Saturday soon. Bliss! Santa Von GrossenArsch I only come in one flavour ohwaitthatcanbemisunderst Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma 0 #23 August 28, 2003 So...if we have 'special' brains, maybe that explains why we are all alcoholic, single freaks who find every job in the coroprate world as dull as ditchwater? I feel better already! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phonics1981 0 #24 August 28, 2003 QuoteSo...if we have 'special' brains, maybe that explains why we are all alcoholic, single freaks who find every job in the coroprate world as dull as ditchwater? I feel like you know me very well!! ------------------------------------------------------ "Ive given up on sigs cos I make a mess of them!" ------------------------------------------------------ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #25 August 28, 2003 QuoteSo...if we have 'special' brains, maybe that explains why we are all alcoholic, single freaks who find every job in the coroprate world as dull as ditchwater? I feel better already! :) Ahahaha, I'll bet I'm more alcoholic, single, freakish, and depressed (except @ the DZ!) than most skydivers! I'm afraid with more jumps though that I will start developing a "tolerance" for skydiving and it won't cheer me up or give me as big of a natural high as it does now. We'll see...www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
