How Skydiving Lifted My Depression

[RevengeServedCold]

There is no cure for depression, however there are ways to manage it.

A little more than a month ago I was trudging through a depression that seemed to had lingered for several years. Social anxiety, low self-esteem, confidence was shot, you name it.

Tandem Skydiving had always been on my bucket list, however it never came to fruition only until recently. My best friend had mentioned he was going, I don't know what came over me but I asked if I could join him. Right then and there he called the skydiving center and they took our credit card numbers and before I knew it, I was scheduled to jump in 4 days.

The anticipation leading up to jump day was full of anxiety, I began thinking to myself, why did I agree to this? I then began researching skydiving fatalities and statistics to try and ease my worry. That did not help so much.

It's jump day and we arrive at the skydiving center, a couple of buildings and a strip of airfield. We sign waivers informing us of possibility of death, and disfigurement. Then we receive 5 mins of training, the instructors do all the work.

After our quick intro we are quickly herded to the plane, which was in my opinion in pretty good shape.

I would have to say the plane ride up to the clouds is the most anxiety you'll feel, my palms were sweating as we elevated toward the heavens.

Once you face out that door, nothing else matters. Your problems are below you 14,000 ft. All you feel is pure mental focus, your mind and body are warning you what you are doing isn't a good idea, yet against it's wishes you hurdle out of the plane.

Take risks, step out of your comfort zone. There is no cure for depression, however there are ways to manage it.

+Surround yourself with positive people in your life, remove the toxic ones.

+Start eating better, take care of your body.

+Exercise, even if you're out of shape. A little each day and you will start building endurance.

+Most of all, love yourself.

Thank you for reading this myTake I have prepared.

[bubble_tea]

Great take! I've always wanted to try skydiving, but after seeing your video I'm not so sure I wanna do it anymore lol. The view from the airplane is so scary lol.
I didn't know that skydivers let out that white little parachute way up there already. I thought you free fall until you need to open the big one.

[RevengeServedCold]

You should definitely consider it, maybe work up to it! That little parachute you see is a stabilizer, it helps level out the fall.

[bubble_tea]

I see! Did it slow your speed down a little once it was opened? I was planning on doing it this year, but now.. hmm lol The view from the airplane would probably not be as beautiful.. maybe I'll postpone 😂

[RevengeServedCold]

If you think you're going to feel that huge stomach drop sensation like from a roller-coaster. It's not like that.

The view from the plane is beautiful no doubt, I tried not to look but I took peeks every now and then as we gained altitude. The best view honestly is when the parachute deploys and you can see the surrounding area from above like a bird. :D

[Kabluie]

Good to hear it lifted, that's always a nice to hear something life changing!

In short words, how did you feel after that fall?

[RevengeServedCold]

All I could think of was how was I going to get back up in the air again.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

Thats on my bucked list too, how intense is that cold stab in your stomach you usually also get on roller coaster drops?

[RevengeServedCold]

Right when you exit the plane, it's sensory overload. nothing is going through your mind except the G-forces pushing and tumbling you through the air until you're stable. Then their is a slight drop feeling as you free-fall. Level of intensity, probably greater than any other extreme sport out there.

[MsShahad]

I've always wanted to go skydiving. Its been a dream of mine for as long as I remember. It's always felt like it would be the perfect getaway. Just you and the wind, without a third care in the world. Nothing else matters.

[RevengeServedCold]

You should! You won't regret it I promise. :D

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Skydiving is so terrifying yet so exhilarating! I wasn't depressed before or after I tried it. I had fun but I probably wouldn't do it again.

[RevengeServedCold]

That is good to hear. Everyone should give it at try at least.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Actually, I did it twice. Once in California & another here in the Philippines.

[BoobMan]

Nicely done dude! That's incredible! Glad you're feeling better now! A good lesson that when things are trudging along in a way that's bringing you down, sometimes it helps to shake things up a bit. And you and your buddy REALLY did that by jumping out of a freaking plane! Inspirational!

[JudgmentDay]

You're right about one thing. "There is no cure for depression, however there are ways to manage it."

@Unit1 See what I mean bro? We were spot on and right about how there's plenty of coping mechanisms to choose from in this world, and that's about all we really can do since we're all here on a time limit.

[Unit1]

Yeah, indeed. It's not "skydiving lifted my depression". It's "skydiving made me forget about my depression". Later on it will resurface because there is no known cure for depression. I'm a victim of long term depression myself.

But it's interesting how depression gets overridden by things like skydiving. Because you're potentially jumping into your own doom but you can save yourself easily.

[JudgmentDay]

@Unit1 INDEED LMAO!

[Ballin13]

I'm glad you face your depression head on. You took a giant step towards living a more positive life.

[RevengeServedCold]

Thanks, I figured if I could jump out of an airplane, I could do almost anything. Kind of the main reason I wanted to jump now that I think about it.

[AlphaMale1]

Had to share this as it may be related somehow lol

[SaltyBooze]

shit, i always wanted to skydive and you're making me really wanna do it. gonna start saving up money for it.

[monkeynutts]

Yeah its a good idea, the adrenaline shock to the system can break your depressive episode.

[zagor]

Skydiving can also cause a depression - in the ground, if the chute doesn't open.

[cupidkisses]

Wow! That's wonderful. These kind of videos take me just into another world. 😍😍

[BrittBratt2416]

You use adrenaline rushes to cope with it.

[RevengeServedCold]

I've read scientific journals hinting that adrenaline is important in the continuation of our species apparently.

[ovoxo_]

Bruh
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^ This is sooo gay

[cherryphi82]

Good job! That looks like fun

[PrincessPie]

Great take :D

[RevengeServedCold]

Thank you @PrincessPie!

[PrincessPie]

much braver than i would be lol

[RevengeServedCold]

Who knows. Maybe you'll sign up for a jump one day :P

[PrincessPie]

I'd like to but even the video scared me :P

[RevengeServedCold]

Fear is normal. Without it honestly the human race wouldn't make it far. Just knows it's the most fun you can have with your clothes still on! :D

[LegateLanius]

Oh, that would be scary

[COCOCHANEL]

wow cool

[CT_CD]

Interesting myTake

[RevengeServedCold]

Thanks for giving it a look.

[NovissimumVirorum]

Interesting

[Revolver_]

I will skydive too