Wow. Last fall I did four tandem jumps and I loved it but my mind twists things up when I panic. It doesn’t have to be a situation where my safety is at stake. I think I could probably be fine on a solo skydive when things go fine but obviously there will be ones where things won’t be fine and my brain vomiting all over itself while having seconds to make a decision isn’t good. Unfortunately I don’t think I’m cut out for learning solos as much as part of me would absolutely love to do it. You’re a rockstar to me!

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Im going to do skydiving for the first time this coming Saturday and I am so excited.

@@mireynafashionlover You will LOVE it! If you are fearful just try to relax and go through with it anyway. When you are at the door of the plane keep your eyes open. Falling out with eyes closed is a big regret for many. Also, when you reach terminal velocity and can fall no faster it simply feels as though you are floating. This is due to the air pressure on your body. It feels like you are falling through a thick soup of air. It is pure BLISS!

@@georgejacob3162 thank you for the recommendations. 😆☺️

@@mireynafashionlover Oh, one more recommendation is do not have anything with milk in it before skydiving. Milk upsets the stomach. I found this out when I had milky breakfast cereal and milky drinks and then had a very intense aerobatic flight in a purpose built stunt plane. I wasn't actually ill but I was trying to be ill and that ruined my experience! Obviously do not have a heavy meal before flight. Keep it light like a sandwich and water or cola. Hopefully you will have a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Skydiving rocks!

How do you feel these two year later?

Since your post is a year ago, what did you end up doing in this year with skydiving?

I don’t know about blissful, but the most awesome experience ever? YES!!!!!

Bro I’m so glad to read this. I’m looking into skydiving to help my anxiety and depressed symptoms and this made me feel very hopeful for going down this road.

@@truthfulpurpose it certainly will. I am really afraid of heights I have flown in a plane so many times over the last couple of years. I could never imagine jumping out but life kind of got me to the point where I had no choice but to try. I was about a week from taking my life I was like a dam that was getting ready to break after years of frustration. I had booked a jump and backed out about a month before they told me they would hold my spot for when I was ready and there the day came. It was 80 degrees in Ohio in November the weekend I did it. It was if it was gods plan. It was clear skys no wind or clouds. I am 28 years old and I was a scared child the entire time going up in the plane was the scariest part and when that door opened my mind shut off at that moment and we jumped and I was even afraid. Your brain pushes out so many chemicals you just aren't afraid. I was scared again once the parachute was pulled but when I touched the ground I was recharged. I killed my job interview the following week and got a new job. I am still depressed but so many of the emotions were let go during that drop. You should do it. It is the ultimate reset.

@@williamjones7589 thanks so much man

How was it? I want to do it too!

@@Carol263Zim Like the video said, if you want to do it then DO IT!!!!! It’s an experience like no other!!! A fantastic, mind blowing experience!!!! And this is coming from someone that was terrified to jump. I ended up doing 3 more tandems after that. DO IT!!!!!

Yes, therapy at 14,500 feet! I jumped to face fear and I really feared skydiving! I’ve jumped 3 more times but I think about that first jump often. Maybe daily.

Lol I’d never do it again but it sure made my depression vanish

I get addicted to things that I love and going on my first tandem Saturday. Praying it kinda sucks because I can’t afford this hobby going solo 😆

@@bluesky5384 so since yours was 7 months ago. What did you end up doing?

I'm going in the morning 😊😊 I'm very excited.

How did it go

@@_quixote I think he died

RIP

Even a corn field is beautiful from the sky.

Did you ever end up doing it?

It's been two weeks for me and I'm still high with bliss! I can't stop staring at the sky! I'm going again in November. That way if I start to lose my buzz from this one... I've got the next one to look forward to LOL. Planning a third in March too

Jumped two days ago and still in awe and bliss. Nothing but presence. The anxiety that was is currently non existent. It was the ultimate letting go, and I'm happy to be amongst the self-healers.

For me the high lasted for weeks. Plus I went for 3 more jumps.

One cannot understand until they jump the first time. I knew immediately the moment we left the plane.

@@alchemicalsoul Did you end up taking it further after your first jump? I did 3 more tandems I loved it so much.

Let me try to convince you! Get down to the Indoor Skydiving Center first. You will then walk into the wind chamber and you will be able to feel what it is like to 'free-fall' at head/chest height. With the fan beneath you pushing the air up through the wire mesh floor you get the feeling of the free-fall and all at head/chest height with an instructor in there to keep you safe. I did Indoor Skydiving before doing the real thing. Skydiving helped me to overcome my fears. I have now done three tandem skydives, 2 bungee jumps, 1 stratosfear jump, a zip-line ride on the fastest zip-line in Europe, passenger flights in fully aerobatic aircraft and wing walking. Nearly all of which can be seen on my KZfaq channel including the Indoor Skydiving so you can see what goes on there. Once you overcome your fears nothing can faze you.

I’ve said that before but I’ve hit that point that I realize there’s more to this life than working myself to death.

Well skydiving isn’t something anyone has to do but it’s the experience of a lifetime!!! Nothing like a first jump!!!

If you want to then I say what he said, DO IT!! I was very afraid of skydiving but loved it so much after the first jump that I went 3 more times last year.

@@jasonjones2176 kinda hard when it's a helluva long way to get to it. Still on the bucket list

@@TSquared2001 Luckily our jump zone is only 5 miles away. How far is yours?

@@jasonjones2176 more than 25

@@TSquared2001 25 miles is no big deal unless you don’t drive.