Health, Sports & Psychology
Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
...manage your emotions, it’s almost this dialectic of fear and pleasure that you really need to manage. But the rollercoaster example is interesting because some of the skydivers that I interviewed in that research were quite critical of that similarity being made between rollercoaster rides and fairground attractions and skydiving because with skydiving it is all about...