cocheese 0 #1 May 22, 2004 Is it higher than normal ?I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts.Anyone have facts or theories ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoostedXT 0 #2 May 22, 2004 yeah.....sounds about right. I like to have sex. JoeFor long as you live and high you fly and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry and all that you touch and all that you see is all your life will ever be. Pedro Offers you his Protection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #4 May 22, 2004 I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts.Quote Yeah,,..... alcohol has nuttin to do with it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rehmwa 2 #5 May 22, 2004 Ignorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiver30960 0 #6 May 22, 2004 You're right. All those yahoos at Comic Book Swaps, Dungeons and Dragons meets, and Star Trek Conventions are all just as horny as us. ... the difference is that we're so much cooler that we actually get laid, instead of just going back to our rooms to jerk off while we think about Counsellor Troi! Elvisio "speaker of truth" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MarkM 0 #7 May 23, 2004 Quote ... the difference is that we're so much cooler Huh, I was a geek when I started skydiving and I'm still a geek 4 years later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KrisFlyZ 0 #8 May 23, 2004 Quote I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts.Quote That has nothing to do with it either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BASE813 0 #9 May 23, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fallman 0 #10 May 23, 2004 i don't think he meant that skydiving makes us hornier. I think he was referring to the same chemical imbalances that motivate risky behavior may be linked to sex drive. Although i don't have any facts on this, i will say that i also like to have sex woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RoysPlayThing 0 #11 May 23, 2004 QuoteQuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... I very much agree with both of you!! .... I was always this horny, and I have only been hanging around the skydiving scene for a year or so... .... Also, the men that were not skydivers that I hung around with were pretty horny too.. _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChrisL 2 #12 May 23, 2004 Quote I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts. This is a sweeping generalization and as such is completely without merit. I'm sure you are one horny mofo but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the fact that you skydive nor does the fact that you skydive have anything to do with your labido. I do not believe that the desire to jump is even remotely connected to the desire for sex. They do not have the same root cause or motivation. Sex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. The desire to jump from planes for the thrill is purely mental/emotional. For myself, I do not believe that I am "extra" horny. I believe my sex drive is normal. My jump drive is very high though The only physical connection ever observed in "thrill seeking" people is possibly a lower than normal level of dopamine receptors in the brain. You COULD, through that theory, link the desire to skydive with the same root cause of alcoholism and drug addiction, but not sex drive.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #13 May 23, 2004 Another example of certain people thinking they're better than others because they skydive. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudynot 0 #14 May 23, 2004 With the excitement of flying I would have to say yes on the boost. Clouds are cool to move through but not if they are NOT jumpable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #15 May 23, 2004 What i'm saying is : Only one in 100 people will skydive and just a few out of 100 of those will do it again, and out of those just a few will be obsessed with it. So maybe we are obsessive /compulsive people in general who need our pleasure center button pushed more often. Maybe all the adrenalin causes something. Maybe it has a reverse effect, who knows ? I never think i am self serving better than anyone etc. Chill out people. Just asked if anyone had any theories or facts about andrenalin junkies having higher sex drive or not. Seems like a good question to me. Maybe someone needs a jump or hump. Maybe I need both. Just trying to liven up the place. Continue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #16 May 23, 2004 QuoteContinue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Awwwwwww, SOMEBODY needs a good shagging. Maybe release some stress in your life. Maybe skydiving causes irritable, moody, outbursts followed by temper tantrums? Give me your address. I'm mailing you my last six pack. You need it more than me. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #17 May 23, 2004 Guess that makes me sound better than everyone. Ha.Maybe skydiving or lack of it causes something. I'll get back with ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #18 May 23, 2004 QuoteI'll get back with ya. I'll be eagerly awaiting your complete, professional analysis. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #19 May 24, 2004 Great now i have to be complete and professional.O.k. so skydiving and sex have nothing to do with each other. Is that complete and professional ? Am i done ? can I go ? Can i still post again if i promise to not talk about things i no nothing about (sex and skydiving for instance) ?insert 100 smily faces to show I'm joking. just in case someone forgets and accidently takes me serious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiver51 0 #20 May 24, 2004 QuoteSex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. I'm not a shrink but I don't think that is 100% accurate. Impotence can be caused by mental reasons. So can lack of sex drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Fast 0 #21 May 24, 2004 sheesh The mind is very complex who knows. Would have to talk to a psychologist.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SublimeBreeze 0 #22 May 24, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. No you are the one who is wrong Infact Skydivers have a larger sex drive Read Risky Business Research suggests that confirmed risk-takers are biologically different from the rest of us. In fact, they’re distinctive personality types and genetically predisposed to crave novelty, adventure and the intense stimulus that comes from living on the edge. The next time you’re amazed by a stunt, such as a solitary sail across the Atlantic or a stubborn attempt to conquer the world in a balloon, consider that the boy — thrill seekers are mostly male — can’t help it. He may even have been born that way. “The sensation-seeking trait is the first of the normal personality traits for which genetic markers have been found. High sensation seekers, HSS, have a dopamine receptor gene variant that diminishes their capacity to feel pleasure; thus they take various sorts of risks to do so. They tend to assess risks differently and take more risks. Low sensation seekers (LSS) are risk-avoidant. LSS have a dopamine transporter gene variant that leaves too much dopamine in synapses, a constant state of overstimulation,” says Dr. Keith Johnsgard, a professor of clinical and sports psychology at San Jose State University. By analyzing blood chemistry, researchers have discovered that HSS typically show lower levels of monoamine oxidase (MAO), an enzyme that manages chemicals associated with pleasure and arousal. The resulting lack of control manifests both positively and negatively as sensation-seekers seek to gratify their need for excitement in various ways – including extreme sports and adventure, intellectual challenge and discovery, uninhibited social behavior, and the habitual pursuit of change as a method of countering a low boredom threshold. And it may be like father like son. “While normal personality traits average about 50 per cent genetic predisposition, the SS trait is between 60 and 70 per cent a product of genetics. It’s therefore familial,” says Dr. Johnsgard, whose book Conquering Depression and Anxiety through Exercise will be released in the spring (available at Amazon.com). Women have higher levels of MAO than men do and MAO is known to increase as we age, which may help explain why young adolescent males awash in testosterone are the greatest risk-takers. Sixteen to 19-year-old boys exhibit double the affinity for sensation seeking compared to their considerably mellowed 50-year-old counterparts. “I spent a decade studying the personalities of HSS – more than 400 amateur and professional racecar drivers and 50 world-class parachutists. These are normal men and women; however, they have a common unique personality profile. In comparison to most of us, they have a high drive to be best and dominate. They’re tough-minded and unsentimental, often more detached and cool, less troubled by guilt and anxiety, fiercely independent and are non-joiners or non-conformists. They don’t like to be told what to do, are more assertive, more exhibitionistic, have a higher sex drive and are more creative,” says Dr. Johnsgard, who is careful to note that these characteristics are reflective of difference and not pathology. High-Sensation Seekers Are Different from the Rest of Us: They tend to minimize risk when evaluating situations and experience less anxiety. Have a higher tolerance for pain Enjoy more colorful dreams Have a facility for assimilating figures and symbols faster Are generally more permissive sexually Possess higher levels of testosterone, estrogen and estradiol, an estrogenic hormone According to Dr. Johnsgard, the profiles of racecar drivers, parachutists, fighter pilots and pilots in general aviation are very similar and very different from men and women who engage in team sports. “Female HSS profiles are virtually identical to those of men,” he says. “They are most like HSS men, next most like men in general and least like women. They’re tomboys from birth.” So what do you do if someone you love is determined to jump from tall buildings in a single bound? Sit tight and cross your fingers, advises Dr. Johnsgard. “You don’t change HSS. You just wait for them to grow older.” http://leisurefitness.fitdv.com/new/articles/article.html?artid=285 Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #23 May 24, 2004 ROFL! That article is entertaining. Nothing more. Bottom line, skydivers are just like everyone else. THe fact that we do things most others don't/wouldn't doesn't make us better in bed or more horny than anyone else. THe majority of you all need to quit being so self-serving and just be humble about what you do. Do you realize how many times I've been at bars and hear some rookie skydiver try and brag to women and anyone else who will listen that he's a skydiver? Jump and be humble. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SublimeBreeze 0 #24 May 24, 2004 Its easy to dismiss it as "Just being an article" and someone that studyed this for a decade is wrong on the mere fact that you have a billion jumps and dont feel that way. I am humble, but I think there is some truth to the article. And I dont think skydiving is the only sport in which this applies, it is all risky sports. I dont think this is the only article out there saying that same thing. I dont think this is some evangelist either trying to prove a point. Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #25 May 24, 2004 Well I'm with the doc on this who studied the groups.I felt i fit the mold described by the doc like the most accurate horoscope i ever heard. Anyone else have any info or opinions ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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rehmwa 2 #5 May 22, 2004 Ignorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #6 May 22, 2004 You're right. All those yahoos at Comic Book Swaps, Dungeons and Dragons meets, and Star Trek Conventions are all just as horny as us. ... the difference is that we're so much cooler that we actually get laid, instead of just going back to our rooms to jerk off while we think about Counsellor Troi! Elvisio "speaker of truth" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #7 May 23, 2004 Quote ... the difference is that we're so much cooler Huh, I was a geek when I started skydiving and I'm still a geek 4 years later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisFlyZ 0 #8 May 23, 2004 Quote I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts.Quote That has nothing to do with it either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BASE813 0 #9 May 23, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fallman 0 #10 May 23, 2004 i don't think he meant that skydiving makes us hornier. I think he was referring to the same chemical imbalances that motivate risky behavior may be linked to sex drive. Although i don't have any facts on this, i will say that i also like to have sex woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RoysPlayThing 0 #11 May 23, 2004 QuoteQuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... I very much agree with both of you!! .... I was always this horny, and I have only been hanging around the skydiving scene for a year or so... .... Also, the men that were not skydivers that I hung around with were pretty horny too.. _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChrisL 2 #12 May 23, 2004 Quote I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts. This is a sweeping generalization and as such is completely without merit. I'm sure you are one horny mofo but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the fact that you skydive nor does the fact that you skydive have anything to do with your labido. I do not believe that the desire to jump is even remotely connected to the desire for sex. They do not have the same root cause or motivation. Sex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. The desire to jump from planes for the thrill is purely mental/emotional. For myself, I do not believe that I am "extra" horny. I believe my sex drive is normal. My jump drive is very high though The only physical connection ever observed in "thrill seeking" people is possibly a lower than normal level of dopamine receptors in the brain. You COULD, through that theory, link the desire to skydive with the same root cause of alcoholism and drug addiction, but not sex drive.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #13 May 23, 2004 Another example of certain people thinking they're better than others because they skydive. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudynot 0 #14 May 23, 2004 With the excitement of flying I would have to say yes on the boost. Clouds are cool to move through but not if they are NOT jumpable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #15 May 23, 2004 What i'm saying is : Only one in 100 people will skydive and just a few out of 100 of those will do it again, and out of those just a few will be obsessed with it. So maybe we are obsessive /compulsive people in general who need our pleasure center button pushed more often. Maybe all the adrenalin causes something. Maybe it has a reverse effect, who knows ? I never think i am self serving better than anyone etc. Chill out people. Just asked if anyone had any theories or facts about andrenalin junkies having higher sex drive or not. Seems like a good question to me. Maybe someone needs a jump or hump. Maybe I need both. Just trying to liven up the place. Continue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #16 May 23, 2004 QuoteContinue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Awwwwwww, SOMEBODY needs a good shagging. Maybe release some stress in your life. Maybe skydiving causes irritable, moody, outbursts followed by temper tantrums? Give me your address. I'm mailing you my last six pack. You need it more than me. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #17 May 23, 2004 Guess that makes me sound better than everyone. Ha.Maybe skydiving or lack of it causes something. I'll get back with ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #18 May 23, 2004 QuoteI'll get back with ya. I'll be eagerly awaiting your complete, professional analysis. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #19 May 24, 2004 Great now i have to be complete and professional.O.k. so skydiving and sex have nothing to do with each other. Is that complete and professional ? Am i done ? can I go ? Can i still post again if i promise to not talk about things i no nothing about (sex and skydiving for instance) ?insert 100 smily faces to show I'm joking. just in case someone forgets and accidently takes me serious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiver51 0 #20 May 24, 2004 QuoteSex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. I'm not a shrink but I don't think that is 100% accurate. Impotence can be caused by mental reasons. So can lack of sex drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Fast 0 #21 May 24, 2004 sheesh The mind is very complex who knows. Would have to talk to a psychologist.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SublimeBreeze 0 #22 May 24, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. No you are the one who is wrong Infact Skydivers have a larger sex drive Read Risky Business Research suggests that confirmed risk-takers are biologically different from the rest of us. In fact, they’re distinctive personality types and genetically predisposed to crave novelty, adventure and the intense stimulus that comes from living on the edge. The next time you’re amazed by a stunt, such as a solitary sail across the Atlantic or a stubborn attempt to conquer the world in a balloon, consider that the boy — thrill seekers are mostly male — can’t help it. He may even have been born that way. “The sensation-seeking trait is the first of the normal personality traits for which genetic markers have been found. High sensation seekers, HSS, have a dopamine receptor gene variant that diminishes their capacity to feel pleasure; thus they take various sorts of risks to do so. They tend to assess risks differently and take more risks. Low sensation seekers (LSS) are risk-avoidant. LSS have a dopamine transporter gene variant that leaves too much dopamine in synapses, a constant state of overstimulation,” says Dr. Keith Johnsgard, a professor of clinical and sports psychology at San Jose State University. By analyzing blood chemistry, researchers have discovered that HSS typically show lower levels of monoamine oxidase (MAO), an enzyme that manages chemicals associated with pleasure and arousal. The resulting lack of control manifests both positively and negatively as sensation-seekers seek to gratify their need for excitement in various ways – including extreme sports and adventure, intellectual challenge and discovery, uninhibited social behavior, and the habitual pursuit of change as a method of countering a low boredom threshold. And it may be like father like son. “While normal personality traits average about 50 per cent genetic predisposition, the SS trait is between 60 and 70 per cent a product of genetics. It’s therefore familial,” says Dr. Johnsgard, whose book Conquering Depression and Anxiety through Exercise will be released in the spring (available at Amazon.com). Women have higher levels of MAO than men do and MAO is known to increase as we age, which may help explain why young adolescent males awash in testosterone are the greatest risk-takers. Sixteen to 19-year-old boys exhibit double the affinity for sensation seeking compared to their considerably mellowed 50-year-old counterparts. “I spent a decade studying the personalities of HSS – more than 400 amateur and professional racecar drivers and 50 world-class parachutists. These are normal men and women; however, they have a common unique personality profile. In comparison to most of us, they have a high drive to be best and dominate. They’re tough-minded and unsentimental, often more detached and cool, less troubled by guilt and anxiety, fiercely independent and are non-joiners or non-conformists. They don’t like to be told what to do, are more assertive, more exhibitionistic, have a higher sex drive and are more creative,” says Dr. Johnsgard, who is careful to note that these characteristics are reflective of difference and not pathology. High-Sensation Seekers Are Different from the Rest of Us: They tend to minimize risk when evaluating situations and experience less anxiety. Have a higher tolerance for pain Enjoy more colorful dreams Have a facility for assimilating figures and symbols faster Are generally more permissive sexually Possess higher levels of testosterone, estrogen and estradiol, an estrogenic hormone According to Dr. Johnsgard, the profiles of racecar drivers, parachutists, fighter pilots and pilots in general aviation are very similar and very different from men and women who engage in team sports. “Female HSS profiles are virtually identical to those of men,” he says. “They are most like HSS men, next most like men in general and least like women. They’re tomboys from birth.” So what do you do if someone you love is determined to jump from tall buildings in a single bound? Sit tight and cross your fingers, advises Dr. Johnsgard. “You don’t change HSS. You just wait for them to grow older.” http://leisurefitness.fitdv.com/new/articles/article.html?artid=285 Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #23 May 24, 2004 ROFL! That article is entertaining. Nothing more. Bottom line, skydivers are just like everyone else. THe fact that we do things most others don't/wouldn't doesn't make us better in bed or more horny than anyone else. THe majority of you all need to quit being so self-serving and just be humble about what you do. Do you realize how many times I've been at bars and hear some rookie skydiver try and brag to women and anyone else who will listen that he's a skydiver? Jump and be humble. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SublimeBreeze 0 #24 May 24, 2004 Its easy to dismiss it as "Just being an article" and someone that studyed this for a decade is wrong on the mere fact that you have a billion jumps and dont feel that way. I am humble, but I think there is some truth to the article. And I dont think skydiving is the only sport in which this applies, it is all risky sports. I dont think this is the only article out there saying that same thing. I dont think this is some evangelist either trying to prove a point. Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #25 May 24, 2004 Well I'm with the doc on this who studied the groups.I felt i fit the mold described by the doc like the most accurate horoscope i ever heard. Anyone else have any info or opinions ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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BASE813 0 #9 May 23, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallman 0 #10 May 23, 2004 i don't think he meant that skydiving makes us hornier. I think he was referring to the same chemical imbalances that motivate risky behavior may be linked to sex drive. Although i don't have any facts on this, i will say that i also like to have sex woa....that was cool.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #11 May 23, 2004 QuoteQuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. Could not have said it better......... next you will be saying all Irish are thick, all americans are fat and loud, all UK are posh, all blacks are criminals, and all germans are nazis........... WTF? - just another example of the sydivers self perception of being special.......... load of shite.... I very much agree with both of you!! .... I was always this horny, and I have only been hanging around the skydiving scene for a year or so... .... Also, the men that were not skydivers that I hung around with were pretty horny too.. _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #12 May 23, 2004 Quote I think people like us have a higher drive because of our thrill seeking instincts. This is a sweeping generalization and as such is completely without merit. I'm sure you are one horny mofo but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the fact that you skydive nor does the fact that you skydive have anything to do with your labido. I do not believe that the desire to jump is even remotely connected to the desire for sex. They do not have the same root cause or motivation. Sex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. The desire to jump from planes for the thrill is purely mental/emotional. For myself, I do not believe that I am "extra" horny. I believe my sex drive is normal. My jump drive is very high though The only physical connection ever observed in "thrill seeking" people is possibly a lower than normal level of dopamine receptors in the brain. You COULD, through that theory, link the desire to skydive with the same root cause of alcoholism and drug addiction, but not sex drive.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #13 May 23, 2004 Another example of certain people thinking they're better than others because they skydive. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudynot 0 #14 May 23, 2004 With the excitement of flying I would have to say yes on the boost. Clouds are cool to move through but not if they are NOT jumpable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #15 May 23, 2004 What i'm saying is : Only one in 100 people will skydive and just a few out of 100 of those will do it again, and out of those just a few will be obsessed with it. So maybe we are obsessive /compulsive people in general who need our pleasure center button pushed more often. Maybe all the adrenalin causes something. Maybe it has a reverse effect, who knows ? I never think i am self serving better than anyone etc. Chill out people. Just asked if anyone had any theories or facts about andrenalin junkies having higher sex drive or not. Seems like a good question to me. Maybe someone needs a jump or hump. Maybe I need both. Just trying to liven up the place. Continue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #16 May 23, 2004 QuoteContinue on with your lame ass posts. Whiners. Awwwwwww, SOMEBODY needs a good shagging. Maybe release some stress in your life. Maybe skydiving causes irritable, moody, outbursts followed by temper tantrums? Give me your address. I'm mailing you my last six pack. You need it more than me. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #17 May 23, 2004 Guess that makes me sound better than everyone. Ha.Maybe skydiving or lack of it causes something. I'll get back with ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #18 May 23, 2004 QuoteI'll get back with ya. I'll be eagerly awaiting your complete, professional analysis. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #19 May 24, 2004 Great now i have to be complete and professional.O.k. so skydiving and sex have nothing to do with each other. Is that complete and professional ? Am i done ? can I go ? Can i still post again if i promise to not talk about things i no nothing about (sex and skydiving for instance) ?insert 100 smily faces to show I'm joking. just in case someone forgets and accidently takes me serious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #20 May 24, 2004 QuoteSex drive is a hormone driven biological imperative. I'm not a shrink but I don't think that is 100% accurate. Impotence can be caused by mental reasons. So can lack of sex drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #21 May 24, 2004 sheesh The mind is very complex who knows. Would have to talk to a psychologist.~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SublimeBreeze 0 #22 May 24, 2004 QuoteIgnorant - people are people. Skydiving doesn't make anyone special one way or the other, it's a little deeper than what your favorit hobby is. Putting people into biased groups is self serving and vain. No you are the one who is wrong Infact Skydivers have a larger sex drive Read Risky Business Research suggests that confirmed risk-takers are biologically different from the rest of us. In fact, they’re distinctive personality types and genetically predisposed to crave novelty, adventure and the intense stimulus that comes from living on the edge. The next time you’re amazed by a stunt, such as a solitary sail across the Atlantic or a stubborn attempt to conquer the world in a balloon, consider that the boy — thrill seekers are mostly male — can’t help it. He may even have been born that way. “The sensation-seeking trait is the first of the normal personality traits for which genetic markers have been found. High sensation seekers, HSS, have a dopamine receptor gene variant that diminishes their capacity to feel pleasure; thus they take various sorts of risks to do so. They tend to assess risks differently and take more risks. Low sensation seekers (LSS) are risk-avoidant. LSS have a dopamine transporter gene variant that leaves too much dopamine in synapses, a constant state of overstimulation,” says Dr. Keith Johnsgard, a professor of clinical and sports psychology at San Jose State University. By analyzing blood chemistry, researchers have discovered that HSS typically show lower levels of monoamine oxidase (MAO), an enzyme that manages chemicals associated with pleasure and arousal. The resulting lack of control manifests both positively and negatively as sensation-seekers seek to gratify their need for excitement in various ways – including extreme sports and adventure, intellectual challenge and discovery, uninhibited social behavior, and the habitual pursuit of change as a method of countering a low boredom threshold. And it may be like father like son. “While normal personality traits average about 50 per cent genetic predisposition, the SS trait is between 60 and 70 per cent a product of genetics. It’s therefore familial,” says Dr. Johnsgard, whose book Conquering Depression and Anxiety through Exercise will be released in the spring (available at Amazon.com). Women have higher levels of MAO than men do and MAO is known to increase as we age, which may help explain why young adolescent males awash in testosterone are the greatest risk-takers. Sixteen to 19-year-old boys exhibit double the affinity for sensation seeking compared to their considerably mellowed 50-year-old counterparts. “I spent a decade studying the personalities of HSS – more than 400 amateur and professional racecar drivers and 50 world-class parachutists. These are normal men and women; however, they have a common unique personality profile. In comparison to most of us, they have a high drive to be best and dominate. They’re tough-minded and unsentimental, often more detached and cool, less troubled by guilt and anxiety, fiercely independent and are non-joiners or non-conformists. They don’t like to be told what to do, are more assertive, more exhibitionistic, have a higher sex drive and are more creative,” says Dr. Johnsgard, who is careful to note that these characteristics are reflective of difference and not pathology. High-Sensation Seekers Are Different from the Rest of Us: They tend to minimize risk when evaluating situations and experience less anxiety. Have a higher tolerance for pain Enjoy more colorful dreams Have a facility for assimilating figures and symbols faster Are generally more permissive sexually Possess higher levels of testosterone, estrogen and estradiol, an estrogenic hormone According to Dr. Johnsgard, the profiles of racecar drivers, parachutists, fighter pilots and pilots in general aviation are very similar and very different from men and women who engage in team sports. “Female HSS profiles are virtually identical to those of men,” he says. “They are most like HSS men, next most like men in general and least like women. They’re tomboys from birth.” So what do you do if someone you love is determined to jump from tall buildings in a single bound? Sit tight and cross your fingers, advises Dr. Johnsgard. “You don’t change HSS. You just wait for them to grow older.” http://leisurefitness.fitdv.com/new/articles/article.html?artid=285 Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #23 May 24, 2004 ROFL! That article is entertaining. Nothing more. Bottom line, skydivers are just like everyone else. THe fact that we do things most others don't/wouldn't doesn't make us better in bed or more horny than anyone else. THe majority of you all need to quit being so self-serving and just be humble about what you do. Do you realize how many times I've been at bars and hear some rookie skydiver try and brag to women and anyone else who will listen that he's a skydiver? Jump and be humble. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SublimeBreeze 0 #24 May 24, 2004 Its easy to dismiss it as "Just being an article" and someone that studyed this for a decade is wrong on the mere fact that you have a billion jumps and dont feel that way. I am humble, but I think there is some truth to the article. And I dont think skydiving is the only sport in which this applies, it is all risky sports. I dont think this is the only article out there saying that same thing. I dont think this is some evangelist either trying to prove a point. Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #25 May 24, 2004 Well I'm with the doc on this who studied the groups.I felt i fit the mold described by the doc like the most accurate horoscope i ever heard. Anyone else have any info or opinions ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
