In a survival situation would you, could you hold on until you were rescued or died or would you rather make a decision and let go?

I’d hold on in that particular situation, becasue I’m most afraid of dying by drowning… I’d be too afraid to let go. It really depends on the situation, but most likely, I wouldn’t let go. For a lot of different reasons, but the one I posted will suffice. :)

I can’t possibly know how I would react, and I don’t want to find out!

I have way too many things to do yet in this lifetime and there are too many people who love and care about me who still want me around for me to leave this earthly plane just yet. I would try my very best to do whatever I had to do to survive any perilous situation that I might find myself in. My survival instinct is very strong.

Amen, @elijahsuicide, I’d much rather just not have to find out in the first place!

I was in a situation where I almost drowned in the wave pool at a Virginia Beach Waterpark a couple years ago, it was SO scary, but that’s a different story. My dad wouldn’t even let me go home (to our rental house) after that!

I would fight until there was nothing left in me.

I sure as hell would never take my life jacket off and I am a trained life guard and swim team member.

As the mother of 3 children, I’d hang on ‘til my dying breath. If I only had myself to think of, I might make a different choice.

Simply because there are people in my life that would be heartbroken if I died, I would hang on as long as possible. I can’t know how long that would be, because I’ve never been in a situation like that, but I would try my hardest to survive.

I have a daughter who needs me. I’d cling on, even if I had to do it with my teeth. And God help any poor sharks that dared come near me at a moment like that.

But generally speaking I’m not a fighter at all. So if you’d asked me this question 5 years ago, I’d be the first to give up.

I’d hold on until I couldn’t hold on anymore. I’d be too scared to just let go. Hopefully, my wife would be with me. She is an ex-competitive swimmer and a former lifeguard. Plus, I’d trust her with my life in any situation.

I’m a wimp. I’d let myself die.

As a mother, I’d hang on. I’d fight as much as possible to live. The thought of my son and never seeing him smile again would be enough for me to do anything.

I’m pretty sure I would hold on for as long as I physically could, but if my muscles got too tired or I went too long without food or water, I don’t know. I think being in the water is definitely different than being lost in the woods or something, and I think my chances would be better in the latter situation.

Well yeah, Tits, the guys would miss you too much! :)

@mangeons: It would be a huge waste of huge tits.

I know, right?

You do know I’m a girl, right? xD

@mangeons: Yup :) There was actually confusion about my gender too…

I think I’d be so freaked out about what was about to eat my legs that I’d drown inadvertently.

I know, I thought you were a guy for the LONGEST time

@mangeons: Le sigh. I really thought the username would be an obvious clue…

I thought you were a man precicely because of the name. Never expected to meet a girl with a sense of humour…oops, did I say that loud?

@Jack79: That’s what I’ve heard from just about everyone. My thinking was that if you took a username as something you address someone as would there be many guys that would want to be addressed as “Tits”?

I’m pretty sure I would hang on. I think of the last couple of years, hearing different things from different doctors, until one told me that as long as I was willing to fight, so was he – I can’t imagine giving up.

People make their choices for different reasons, I can’t imagine how difficult that decision was to let go.

Everyones decision would be personal and probably situationally influenced. However, I can say with certainty that I would hang on until the bitter end. When you’ve been given a second chance (as cak said above), you don’t give up this gift of life.

I feel for the families of those men, what a horrible knowledge to live with – in addition to their loss.

Death grip. Sharks are food, too.

Removed by me for insensitivity.

I would hang on until the bitter end. I have three amazing little boys who count on me and one amazing big boy I am not ready to leave yet.

I’ll bet all those guys wanted to hang on forever. However, if you drink any salt water, or you go without sleep for very long, you start hallucinating, and you’re not thinking clearly. If you can’t hold it together, who knows what you might be thinking that would get you to take off your life jacket.

Also, they might have just fallen asleep, and let go, floating off. Who knows if the survivor’s story is reliable?

We can all bravely say we’d hold on until the last breath in our bodies. However, that last breath might come a lot sooner for some of us, not because of our will, but because of the way our brains work, or the the things we can’t control.

I, of course, would hang on until rescue, even if it took a year. I’m the only one who gets to kill me.

@Sueanne_Tremendous Lurve for sensitively self-censoring.

oh i could def. hold on