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Has this ever happened to you?

It happens to me every so often, I was reading about it, and it says it’s a normal occurrence, but it seems crazy how dark our mind really has to be, for it to be considered normal..

Ok, so have you ever been like at a really high place, like a skyscraper, or a cliff maybe, the roof of a building, and out of nowhere the intense need to jump kicks in. Like, you know in the back of your head that it’s stupid, but you get the feeling, even for just a moment, to jump off, even when you know it’ll end your life?

Because that happens to me all the time, and it doesn’t have to be in high places, for me it’s any situation that I think could possibly end my life, for example traffic, or jumping off the car in the middle of the express. Or maybe, I’m cooking, and I’d be holding a knife, and the “what if” thoughts start rushing in. Maybe I’m loosing my mind..... But I swear it happens a lot, but only for a few seconds, and then I realize how stupid I’m being.
SW-User
Then I must be abnormal cuz I have never thought of that even once
TexChik · F
@SW-User nope ! You’re the normal one !!!
NicoleA · 26-30, F
@TexChik
It’s a phenomenon, and it’s been said to be connected to survival instincts... I don’t know, many scientific studies, show that although it seems odd, it’s normal.
TexChik · F
@NicoleA I would imagine those type of people will remove themselves from the gene pool
Pherick · 41-45, M
Its not that abnormal.

https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/study-explains-that-strange-urge-to-jump-when-near-cliffs

[quote]Although new to American psychologists, the French had already coined the phenomenon as L’appel du Vide, or The Call of the Void — arguably a much cooler name.

In any case, the researchers reasoned their study could help explain Freud's idea of the death drive, or maybe why some people seem to commit suicide impulsively.

So they surveyed an online sample of 431 nearby undergraduate college students about whether they had ever experienced the sudden and unexplainable urge to jump from a high place. The respondents were also assessed for their history of ideation, depressive symptoms, abnormal mood episodes and sensitivity to anxiety, which was measured by how fearful respondents were of its physical symptoms.[/quote]
Effloresce · 26-30, F
Yes I’ve had many thoughts like that before. Or just general thoughts about potential death situations that could happen to me throughout the day
Gusman · 61-69, M
Happened to me when I first moved into a high rise building.
9th floor. When I walked out onto the balcony and looked down my right leg actually started to lift up by itself preparing to jump.
I quickly went back inside. It was several days before I went on the balcony again.
There is a name for this feeling.
Unimaginatively it is called "High Places Phenomenon"
PaleandPolluted · 36-40, F
I often get impulses which are bad, just crazy human nature.
Groofydorkgerdo · 56-60, M
I thought that was normal.
NicoleA · 26-30, F
@Groofydorkgerdo
I’m pretty sure it is. But it being normal, doesn’t stop it from feeling odd and scary
SW-User
Intrusive thoughts. Yes. They're not uncommon.
xinbaba · 61-69, M

 
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