Window Temptation

[Markisloggingout]

Anyone else just walk past a window on a high floor of a building and feel an overwhelming urge to leap from it? I work on the ninth floor and every so often it just pops into my head. I have to stop myself from standing up and marching over there.

 

[MourningFlower]

Not buildings, but whenever I walk on a high bridge or near a cliff, absolutely.

 

[hmnow]

Yes. It's my second choice after hanging

I have a place I can get on the roof and look over the edge. 15 stories

When I go up I wonder if I will be taking the quick way down.

 

[Galahad]

Yes, anywhere high I always have an urge to jump.

It's not a suicidal urge in itself, it's like I'm drawn to the edge.

 

[Nightfoot]

Yes, anywhere high I always have an urge to jump.

It's not a suicidal urge in itself, it's like I'm drawn to the edge.

The term for that impulse is the Call of the Void and is, apparently, common and probably often bewildering.