sunkenstate

Hi all! I recently completed my AFF course and did my first totally solo jump last week. This website has been and will continue to be a great source of information for me. If you see a student at Skydance in Davis, CA working towards his A license, come say "hey". It might be me!

I'm resurrecting a month-old post here, but the evenings after my first two days of AFF jumps, I also felt completely out of sorts. I actually started doing internet searches for "post-skydive feeling". While I can't be sure what your sensations were like, I felt a little manic: almost buzzing with energy but completely exhausted at the same time. It made me think of how one might feel the morning after pulling a stimulant fueled all-nighter. The first time was the evening after my first jump course and AFF Cat-A; the second time was after doing my Cat-B, C, and D1 in the same day. I just attributed it to the all-day emotional ups and downs: Nervous pulling up to the DZ, calm in the class, nervous learning safety drills, calm practicing safety drills, nervous suiting up, calm checking my gear, nervous getting on the plane, calm going up, crazy going to the door, super crazy exit, calm descent, crazy pull, nervous control check, calm flight to holding area, nervous about landing pattern, calm landing... Do that a few times in one day and it would make anyone feel "out of it"! I wouldn't worry about it, friend. :)