Answer
It's not the constant acceleration of $9.80~m/s^2$ of your freely falling body that hurts you, it's the large upward acceleration from the upward force of the ground acting on your body's mass.
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It's not the constant acceleration of $9.80~m/s^2$ of your freely falling body that hurts you, it's the large upward acceleration from the upward force of the ground acting on your body's mass.