Exactly, idk about call of the void but I do know that I don't trust my own friggin legs to save my life by remaining stable or not tripping into a sure death slope. I also don't trust the railings or whatever else any form of protection that edge gives me to not fail in that very moment. Like the saying "You can hope for misfortune to not happen to you, but don't assume that it won't"
@@SaintNarcissaI've also have that and I've been regularly taking trains to school for a little over a year now. As far as I remember, I feel that everytime the train arrives. Christmas break ends for me soon so I cam check if I still feel it just to make sure.
As another theory, it's possible that when you are at a large height your brain cannot properly comprehend how far the ground is away, as it has never experienced moving in such a way. Naturally, it tries to imaging what moving to the ground would be like, so it can grasp the distance you would travel. You then feel like you want to jump, when really you were imagining jumping because you wanted to know what it would feel like. It makes sense to me, and additionally, when I feel 'the call of the void' it's almost like I'm thinking "what would happen if I jump off of here." Which fits with the theory.
Vsauce called it "cognitive dissonance" and instead of jumping he asked: have you ever been in high place with someone and thought... Why don't I push him/her? No one would know... "😢 I've felt that myself, one of the most terrifying things I've experienced...
Uhhh.. there should be studies done on that cause I definitely wouldn’t think that. I’d always sacrifice myself (even intrusively) before I do that to someone else. I feel people who think like that can be homicidal while the people who would jump themselves are more suicidal
There actually is a reason for intrusive thoughts like this, the urge to jump, to harm yourself or someone around you. It reinforces your desire to not do those things by exposing you to the possibilities of what might happen if you did. When you get the urge to jump and it would be so easy for you to do it too, but you're horrified by what might happen if you actually did. Similarly, you might have the urge to turn into oncoming traffic while driving, or to punch someone for no reason, but you're frightened by what the consequences might be so not only do you not do it, you REALLY don't want to do it. Notice you never get an intrusive thought like "Eat all that ice cream" because the consequences are... oh no you just ate too much ice cream. Doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you, just that your ability to recognize danger and consequence is normal and healthy.
Yes I was going to post something similar. It's a consequence of the fact that if you have free will, you always have to option to sabotage yourself, so it's necessary that certain decisions are not possible to take lightly. Also, by considering a scenario when you are not in a pressure situation, you are better prepared to know where the line would be if you were in a pressure situation. Like if you had to turn to avoid something when driving, and one of the options was to turn into oncoming traffic. Your instincts are pre-honed for more complex situations.
I do get thoughts of 'eat all the icecream' and a lot of other odd stuff, but I have eating disorders and I do it to 'help' relieve stress and because I want to make myself feel sick, bad etc I guess. Plus I'm lactose intolerant so that's another level of weird self harm
Thank you for this explanation. This must be included in the video. I always thought that one day I could do what I don’t want to do and that drives me mad 😢
I believe Sartre's theory makes the most sense. Sometimes I'll be driving and my brain is like, "Swerve into oncoming traffic." And in those moments, I'm reminded just how much freedom I have in a terrifying sort of way
Brain: Yo, what if you just, like, turn the steering wheel a bit to the left, directly into the truck coming towards you? Me: wtf why are you like this?
While I'm driving I constantly think of situations like this, "what if you turned the wheel right now?" or "what if THAT truck turned the wheel right now?"
Sometimes in any scenario my mind just asks itself what if? And proposes very crazy answers, things that it overthinks and get worried of itself, being the mind me, wondering if some day I won't be able to control the obviously stupid and demential urge to the worse scenarios possible.
@@circumcizednun1814 Holy shit, that also happens to me! Just realizing you could end someones life that easy kind of makes me want to do it.But its not right is it?
@@ares843 I think it’s really a phenomenon and a subconscious thought process of picturing yourself in that persons position, how easy it is for you or somebody else you “trust” or even don’t fucking know can end your life,just like that. Unless it’s an urge and you are stopping g yourself from actually doing that I believe that is just some type of flip thought process of humans to process how precious life is.
Yes yes it’s like it a bit lol but I’m just getting off my my neck right after work work I’ll get my hair cleaned lol I’ll let her get her up in in my house like a few sore minutes before my car is going going be be like crazy like I’m going back home home and get some stuff and stuff for now and I her I’m I’m not stuff I’m hilling get her lol I just saw saw the other stuff like this
People who aren't used to experiencing heights and standing on tall ledges, even if they aren't afraid of heights, will back away because the sheer intensity of the perspective leaves them afraid they will lose their balance. Losing your balance when in such a position would be fatal. So they step backwards. "They cannot trust themselves" isn't entirely wrong, it's more about that they cannot trust their own body to give way, worrying that perhaps their joints would simply collapse causing them to tumble like a sack of potatoes and having them fall to their death as a freeze response of fear. It is not a newfound appreciation of life that they find when standing on a ledge, but rather it's just them instantly learning that it may be unwise to remain there.
As someone who has experience with heights and doesn’t have a fear of them, the original explanation works better for me. But that is a good explanation for others. I recently visited Canyon lands in Moab, UT, USA the cliffs were about 700-800ft tall and it was another 2,000ft to the canyon floor. Looking down, I felt stable. I could trust myself to stand, but the longer I looked the less I trusted my mind to not move my body and throw me off the cliff. Even though I was in control, I feared my mind. I backed away fearing that I might talk myself into doing it.
@@ddmproductions446 do you think you were feeling unbalanced unconsciously? Because my guess to try and explain that would be that it’s like riding a motorcycle, you always wanna look where you want to go. Same with a car if you look directly left, you’ll start drifting that way.
I never felt an urge to jump, rather a fear a falling and a greater pull of gravity. Being up somewhere high and looking over the edge makes me literally feel like gravity is pulling me more then when I am flat on the ground
@@kakakshi3710 technically gravity gets weaker further you are from the center of the earth, what happens is that higher you are, more time you have to experience the acceleration and faster you get
@@kakakshi3710 Gravity will always pull you at the same speed no matter what. what increases is your velocity as your inertia increases your speed. i think gravity pulls at like a 10 m/s squared if i remember my physics right
That's called "cute aggression", when something is so cute you want to be aggressive towards it Like dog owners feeling the urge to swallow the goddamn dog when he's being cute
For anyone coming across this: you can go prone on the ground and this feeling instantly dissapears. If you do it several times, then holding onto something while looking down also ceases to have you have that reaction. I found out about it as a kid and now I hardly ever come across this eerie feeling.
Call of the void almost always happens if I’m near or doing anything “dangerous”. Driving a car fast on a highway, if I’m at a shooting range/ if there’s a gun in my house etc. It’s crazy to think that your whole reality can change from a decision that takes less than a 10th of a second
This makes me think of a weird form of call of the void I have. Basically, when I'm in a car(in motion, obviously) and I notice that the door isn't locked, I feel the sudden urge to open it. Unless I manage to distract myself quickly, I'm forced to lock it cause otherwise it makes me extremely anxious.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yes! I have the exact same thing except it doesn´t matter if the door is unlocked for me. I feel it everytime I´m in a car moving quickly. It´s weird and there´s been sometimes where I have to seriously talk myself out of it.
This past Monday I had this very same sensation I was driving home from a long distance with my pregnant wife and dog who were asleep in the car. Out of no where my mind starts to creep into the thought of just sharply turning the wheel all the way to the left to hit the freeway center divider. I start playing the scenario in my head of the car flipping over and my wife, unborn child, dog and I just dying in that instant. Their lives were in my hand as well as my own. It was a long drive home about 3 hrs. I literally held my right arm against the center console with my right knee the whole way fighting the thought of self destruction. I thought I was losing my mind and thought I needed mental evaluation. Funny enough this video pops up into my feed 2 days later…
When I tell people I experience this “urge” they never really seem to understand. Thankfully this phenomenon has a name and I’m not the only one feeling it.
You're not the only one. I get it too. I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid that I might jump on a whim. I have no suicidal tendencies, so it never really made sense to me.
The so-called "call of the void" is just height induced vertigo in people with an external locus of control. Such people have no insight because insight requires an internal locus of control, so they assume the height induced vertigo is a call to jump off the cliff. The reason height induces vertigo in people not used to heights is because the sense of being physically balanced comes from the semicircular canals in the inner ear and from one's surrounding visual references. Height removes visual references causing disturbance to balance if one is not used to heights. The sense of potential danger produces some cortisol and adrenaline release too, which those with external loci of control experience as fear and anxiety.
@@JBplumbing12 ""call of the void" is just height induced vertigo" The above only explains (perfectly) vertigo, which in the topic is an optional symptom, but neither cause nor the same effect at all. For example, I can justify that I personally don't feel dizziness or spinning at height. Just a definite obsession to make one more step forward. So though the trigger of vertigo and 'call of void' may be (or be not) the same - it is definitely wrong to put equals sign between them. PS yes, humans are simple, but they are simple in too many ways...
I did this as a kid lol. A few years back doctors detected a heart attack my mom had a while ago and I'm pretty sure she had it in the exact moment when I opened the door on an Autobahn XDDD I still have the urge sometimes but since I'm usually driving myself it doesn't happen very often luckily
As a carpenter, I often work on the edge of the roof and I can relate this feeling, when you look at the ground and you feel like you could jump at any time.. this video was a great explanation thx ❤
This is the first video I watched from this channel... and I gotta say, what get me hooked to the very end (excepting the amaizing quality of the video, animation, writing) it's THE voice. I could listen to it non-stop, talking about anything, true or not... and I wouldn't get bored. It's just that good. This is why I love UA-cam... it's creators like this.
"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real?" -Morpheus When we face a new situation, we quickly imagine what it might be like to take a variety of actions, such as jumping off a cliff. To get the ball rolling, the brain precedes the imagined jump with an imagined desire to jump. We recognize the act of jumping as imagination and dismiss it, but we don't do the same with the imagined desire.
@@cyberdroid2300 shortly after writing this comment I googled "what would happen if I open the emergency exit mid flight" And as it turns out, the air pressure inside the cabin would prevent anyone from opening the door. Thank God lol
Never had that because I know they do not open during flight. They open inward and the pressure inside is much higher. So you would probably pull the handle off (if you actually could) before the door opened.
In Vsauce's video "Why Are Things Creepy?" he put a name on this phenomenon: "Cognitive dissonance". I recommend watching his video on it, he explains it very well. Some get this same feeling when having a 1 on 1 conversation and they're standing just a little too close for comfort, and experiencing an inexplicable urge to just punch them, for no apparent reason. Or another example is when you're standing over a cliff with somebody else, and having an inexplicable urge to push them off and/or jump off yourself. Not because you want to or would ever do it of course, but because your brain's fight or flight is telling you it's an option. Sometimes I get nervous around babies because I know they are so small and fragile, and I can't help but visualize how easy it would be to accidentally drop it, so it's easier to just step back instead of holding it, like explained in the video. Even though I know I won't drop a baby, I hold things all the time everyday, my brain still freezes up when presented with this situation, like somebody offering you to hold their baby. Another common example is while driving, you realize all it would take is to pull the wheel in one direction for just a moment and then it's all over. It makes us all seem a little psychotic even though it's normal to get these random urges as a result of our brain's common struggle with ambiguity and anxiety in certain situations. I think basically his explanation is that our brain can get cognitively overloaded when we realize we are in a potentially dangerous, high pressure, or awkward situation, and the immediate decision making part of our brain (fight or flight) is essentially short circuiting itself, knowing it has so much power with so little effort before it, even if it's totally contrary to what would be right or normal. This is my non-scientific paraphrase, but that's how I understand it.
Unexplainable urge to punch someone in the mouth for no reason? What kind of dickhead shit is that? I’ve felt the other things but that I’ve never felt
@@2kmichaeljordan438 its more like a feeling of "what would happen if i were to just punch this person for no reason?", kinda like in a videogame when you wonder what will happen when you kill an npc you're not supposed to
Even though I know this is normal it scares me so much I avoid ledges as much as possible. I think it's mainly because I've struggled with suicidal ideation and so that call from the void feels more sinister than I suppose it feels for most people.
Brain : "what if we go off road down that cliff ?" Me : "Sir, step out of the car" Brain : "Yeah, exactly, open the door right now and jump off !" Me : "Ok, I'll stop the car at next cafe, we need to talk."
Once i was standing on a pier by the beach. I was quite bored because my friend forced me to accompany him on his fishing trip, and since I didn’t have anything to do i decided to go and look at the water (yeah that bored). So i got to the edge and stared down at the very still surface not too far below. Out of nowhere I just took a step forward and fell in. At that moment I was too busy panicking at the fact that I was falling into the water to think about what happened but after struggling my way to shore I realize how bizarre that was. There were no winds, not even slight breezes to even nudge me forward. My friend was nowhere near me to play a prank as tasteless as that. But I, at least my legs didn’t, hesitate to step forward at all, it moved like it knew exactly what it was doing. I’m pretty sure I was a pretty mentally healthy person at the time. I even remember thinking the very opposite thing of jumping in and that was to be very mindful while standing on a ledge (y’know, common sense). After that incident I never trust myself around ledges again so I avoid them completely.
Glad to know I’m not crazy. I always get this feeling when I’m on a balcony and it’s REALLY strong. Anytime I get a hotel room with a balcony I lock the door and never step out because I’m afraid that I’ll actually do it.
I feel like im just paranoid for even feeling it on Like, being near glass fences of a mall Holding a knife in general Being on a vehicle with an open door (public transport) The gap of a train Deep sea Animal zoo that you can fall into Holding chemical stuff Being near a big smoking engine
@@GengUpinIpini know it sounds weird but maybe relatable..I’m so glad about this comment, it just shows me that all humans seem to be similar in many ways (even when it’s just weird thoughts)
Wow, I thought it was just me that got this weird feeling. I hate heights but strangely took up paragliding and got my license to fly, which is SO different because you’re actually gliding like a bird and not falling. Really don’t think I could do a Bungy Jump or sky dive , paragliding no worries.
As someone who has experienced this and has major depression, *both* theories made some sense. I think neither is incorrect, actually- they aren’t mutually exclusive. I’m inherently terrified of open heights, so a big part of it for me is that I’m afraid I’d trip. I’m uncoordinated. But in terms of driving, I’m quite proficient, so it would make no sense for me to be afraid I’d swerve into oncoming traffic or a concrete pillar on accident… and yet. My mind says ‘What if’ and my body says ‘bro wtf.’ I can see it as appreciating life, because there’s always a relief and sort of gratitude I didn’t go through with the weird impulse. But there’s also the question, the doubt if I could or would have. I tell myself no, but I don’t trust myself. I had the choice and I’ve always said no, but it only takes saying yes once. I’m definitely going to do some independent research of my own after this. Thank you for making this video! It explains the phenomenon in terms of jumping well, and I didn’t know psychological research existed around this strange and frankly difficult to study feeling. (Edit: Grammar)
Or the urge to take a random bus? Or the urge to walk out of a moving vehicle??? Don't know if this my intrusive thoughts or just plain old depression or both
And than you realise, your brain is a greater a*hole than you. Father in law gifted me a t-shirt: I walk with you to the end of the world... And then I give you a push.
I always thought it was a survival reflex due to the fact that your inner ear and your balance is affected in high places, its your body's way off keeping you away from a tall edge to compensate for an impaired sense of balance. Its probably a way to artificially make experience the fear of falling before it happens.
Brain: “Kill yourself, now” Us, humans “Awww you’re so nice helping me avoid danger and death” Brain: “You do not understand, I’m literally asking you to die”
I think this is similar to that feeling you sometimes get when you see something/someone and it triggers this urge to do something stupid, violent, or anything beyond common sense to that thing or person just so you could see what would happen as a result. Basically, a "I wonder where this timeline would lead" moment.
I literally imagine the most stupid and strange things when this happens. For example, "What would happen right now if i punched this dude to the balls with all my strength"? Or "Why not push this guy off this ledge?" It is so strange and all theese thoughts go away by themselves a little after. Crazy how the mind plays tricks like this
As a Psychologist, I tend to lean more on that idea where it's because we realize that at this instant, we could choose to get flatlined by the jump. Then we realise we're contemplating that idea and get shivers down our spine, and keep doing what we were doing, avoiding that thought.
The so-called "call of the void" is just height induced vertigo in those with an external locus of control. Such people have little or no insight because insight requires an internal locus of control. So they assume the height induced vertigo is a call to jump off the cliff. The reason height induces vertigo in people not used to heights is because the sense of being physically balanced comes from the semicircular canals in the inner ear, proprioception, and from visual references on one's surroundings. Height removes visual references causing a degree of disturbance to one's sense of balance if one is not used to heights. The sense of potential danger produces some cortisol and adrenaline release too, which those with an external locus of control experience as fear and anxiety.
@@JBplumbing12 On the other end, it could be what I stated earlier : the meta cognition on the thought that we could kill ourselves right now stops us from thinking about it, and even allow us to forget about it, putting that away of our conciousness. Not everything is binary, with people either having external or internal locus of control even though I liked that idea.
@@hibana364 Naturally, int/ext locus of control is not binary. Many people have the two attitudes mixed and it depends on the issue as to which controls. Most of our clients tend to be external.
I was on a cruise ship years ago. It was cold and foggy that day. I went outside to the railing and stared at the ocean below. There weren’t any people around. I had the strongest urge to jump and I didn’t know why. I grabbed the railing and started to shake. I’m in no way suicidal. It was like I was being drawn in by something. I’ve never shared this with anyone. It still freaks me out when I think about it.
I've had this feeling all my life. I don't intentionally think about jumping but when I find myself at a ledge or something similar, I get this weird "pull" to jump. I have to back away not from the fear of falling but from the damn pull. It's a very strange phenomenon.
I also had that feeling the urge to jump, and telling myself how will they find me in the middle of the ocean in pitch black darkness, these weird thoughts of "what if"
A lot of those theories focus on height, but I think it can't be just explained by something correlating with height, because I experienced the call of the void once when standing on a train stop with the train just arriving. It couldn't have had anything to do with height
It's called an intrusive thorght most people get them but regular people don't think about it theu just move on people with ocd an anxiety disorder will dwell on these thoughts and think they have meaning resulting in them looking for more thoughts and so thinking of it more causing more anxiety. I think the video was bull shit honestly and has caused trouble to alot of people who experience intrusive thoughts. People with ocd are no more or less starisicaly likely to comit any crimes relating to intuitive thoughts because they don't reflect there values and actions they are just thoughts and are completely normal 😊
Same. Sometimes when I’m by the rails on a train station, I’m scared that I’m gonna be jumping out in front of the train when it gets there, because of similar thoughts. I know I don’t want to actually do it, but I don’t trust my body to feel the same
@@SophiiLuca literally whenever I see the subway coming in the station I take a few steps back for safety. Not sure if to protect me from myself or from others
My personal theory for this has always been that, considering there's a chance I'll lose my balance and fall, why not preempt fate and just jump? Jumping would take away all the uncertainty of "But what if I fall?"
It’s power. Being so high, feeling above the world, and knowing that you can change all your life and reality with such a simple action. It’s like having so much power and freedom in that little instant.
I feel so good when I get a punch to the face. The after effects feel amazing. I don't know what this condition is though. I don't even know if its a condition.
I can imagine you getting punched by someone and you being like "Ahhhh yeah punch me again bro hit me alittle harder" And them being confused and scared😂😂😂😂
Rain world was a great game, but I couldn't get through it. I just couldn't. It was too punishing for me. The rain, not knowing where the shelter is, the predators. It was too difficult for me, which was a shame, cause I loved it. If it wasn't for the rain killing you all the time, I wouldn't abandon the game.
My whole life I always had the background looming of depression, but I don't think I ever EVER had an urge to jump off somewhere high. As a kid I loved climbing high places, trees, buildings, etc., but I was always mindful and careful doing so. However, not so long ago I was standing in a mall on one of the upper floors, watching swaths of people rushing down there. So I started daydreaming, trying to imagine in great detail what would it feel like to climb over the railing and jump down. What was very surprising is that it wasn't scary at all. I felt that you wouldn't have time to be scared, because of how much adrenalin would be pumping through your body, as just imagining it brought me a strange sense of serenity, unlike all other times, when I cringed and backed off. Flying down you would probably just brace for impact with your head completely empty. Anyways, it was a fun thought experiment.
I believe it has been properly explained since the release of this video Your subconcious is ALWAYS running theoretical scenarios, how they would likely happen, and how to react to them. That's why sometimes you react very quickly, accurately, and precisely to sudden situations, and other times you don't. Most of the time, these subconcious thoughts stay fully subconcious. However, sometimes by chance, and other times when you are in a situation of percieved danger, your brain waves get overcharged, and subconcious thoughts start flooding over into the councious mind in the form of slight, but different feeling urges. Thus, the "call of the void" takes place
I agree. I feel like it could be our curiosity. The 'what if' is intriguing to our brain and so a part of us want to explore like it can take over us easily especially when we are just one step away of finding out hence we cant trust ourselves sometimes.
Me: Holy sh*t thats a big drop i dont wanna fall down there. Brain: It'd be funny if you jumped lmao Me: Yeah you're right but nah ima get a sandwich. -Sheep with internet
I like the theory that because the hunter/gatherer and kill or be killed lifestyle our ancestors lived, our brains evolved to look out for and worry about danger. And that because of this our brains are constantly assessing and analyzing every possible situation, and 'The Call Of Void' is the subconscious voice that occasionally slips out.
The only person who actually survived jumping off the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California said that as soon as he jumped, he wished he hadn't, and before he even landed in the water, his self preservation instinct that is innate in all living things desperately wanted him to live.
Not disagreeing, I think just adding on: Inertia would imply that since the body was currently in motion, it would continue that motion almost instinctually, until there was an outside force such as the conscious/sub-conscious realization that continuing such a motion would be fatal. So if you're walking, you continue walking until you get to your destination, usually? With a cliff, especially one you haven't walked before, you're unsure of the exact distance from where you are to your destination, the ledge. Not even really touching on the void, just talking about that moment of hesitation really. Normally, you would just keep walking through a seemingly unobstructed path yet in the case of heights, if your body continues to be in motion, it will soon cease to be able to ever move again. Summed up, you're moving and you don't want to stop moving, unless it means that you'll never move again. Then you stop. I think that's the hesitation, sorta. There's obviously a lot more, I was just trying to comprehend it better
That's interesting...but doesn't explain similar things like getting the urge/call/thought(while at a ledge) to throw your phone, or push someone else. For me that feeling is more or less the same as the "call of the void" feeling. It might not be that intimately related tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i don't think inertia works this way because by moving your body you're actively expending energy but your body doesn't want you to, in fact moving your body around feels draining while stopping requires less energy. So i don't think it's about inertia but still i don't know what it's about
@@handsomebear. ikr. Might not be related but when i was young, i used to go to my friends house and his grandfather used to serve me tea, which is pretty delicious and i like it so much, and just like 'the call of the void' I'm scared that i couldn't control myself and throw that tea which he served me at him and cursed him. Pretty childish lmao.
The worst kind of call of the void is like "what if I hurt this person" and you get a vivid idea of the shock and horror, not to mention the remorse if they ended up dead. I feel like bring disturbed by the intrusive thought shows you're not likely to act on it, but still spooky
Yeah but it is fucked up in some way. I really don't get what the real reason is for that. Maybe it is like a test for the brain where your subconciousnes is testing if it can trust you or if you can trust your self preservation instincts or something like that.
I've always believed that intrusive thoughts were your brain "recalibrating" itself. It reminds itself that it can do it, but quickly reorganizes itself that it shouldn't. If we hadn't had those thoughts, then we would be more likely to actually do it without thinking. Maybe something evolutional. Ancestors jumping off cliffs without thinking about it. Now it just reminds you every now and again.
This is so interesting. I've had this my whole life. It has developed into a fear of heights, but it started out in my childhood as not being able to trust myself not to jump. This is the explanation near the end of the video. 3:40 As a weird contrast I used to have dreams that I could fly. Our brains are so weird 😂
"Even now, standing on the edge. It’s that feeling you get, hm? Right on the back of your head. That impulse. That strange little impulse. That mad little voice saying, “Go on! Go on. Go on. Go over, go on!” Doctor Who, S2, The Satan Pit
I sometimes get weird urges to say something or do really bizarre stuff, like if I’m in a job interview I’m thinking, “would would happen if I just throw my coffee on this lad asking questions?” or “what if I yelled super loud here in church?”. It’s really weird, I thought I was the only one who experienced the high place phenomenon too but I guess not.
It's especially interesting to see what happens in certain people with certain types of brain damage. Some of them lose all inhibitions or the "filter" that for you or me would prevent us from acting out on all of these urges. Whatever impulse they get, they will take. Even if it's objectively a terrible idea. In that sense making them essentially an adult version of a toddler.
i used to think that it is more of a curiosity thing. Because most of the people who have jumped from a cliff have not survived, they didn't had the chance to adapt to it and change their act. Due to which, most of the human race has no experience in jumping from high spots. This is why skydivers probably wont have such thoughts( tho it is not tested on skydivers but one can do it in order to verify). But because we have learned about what will happen if we jump off from a building, we back off. The thought of jumping off is curiosity, and us backing off is reaction to those thoughts combined with our knowledge of the potential result of jumping off. Though there are many things debatable in this theory, i just wanted to put it out anyways.
it's a solid train of thought, I just doubt it actually holds any water since, well, we tend to avoid things that can kill us lmao. not to mention, there'd really be no reason to 'experience' falling from high areas since we know it to be fatal and thus shouldn't really be tested. (unless you're a madman lmao)
Just saw your post. And yes, I don't have that urge anymore after skydiving. Now I kind of get it but it is quickly followed by my memory of free fall.
I love this feeling. This is why I love swimming in the ocean, the possibility to getting carried away into the big blue never to be seen again is both terrifying and exciting.
Idk I love swimming in the ocean and feel so comforted by the waves and like nothing bad will happen to me. I am horribly afraid of heights though and standing on a chair could send me sobbing. I don’t want to or think I will die in the ocean. I do NOT want to jump and avoid being near any ledge. But when driving I’m like.. that tree tho….?
I have the fear of heights ( so much that I can't even stand up on a chair, feels to high ) , so I've rarely put myself in situations where I'd be high. But, I visited the Eiffel Tower ( to the highest floor possible ) . As I was trying to approach the barriers to look down, I was walking to it very slowly, and terrified. Sure, having the fear of heights played a big part in this. But, I've never felt any call of the void ( no urge to jump at all ) . However, despite the barriers, I was scared of losing my balance ( which would be caused by my fear of heights ) and fall down. I was feeling like I was about to lose my balance so badly I'd fall over the barriers and fall down, so I quickly stepped back. Felt too dangerous, despite the barriers. The idea of approaching the barriers was to scary and I couldn't get to them anymore. I didn't want to jump at all, but felt the conviction I was gonna lose my balance and fall down. Never went anywhere high after that day ( too scared of doing so ) . I must add, I have a very poor sense of balance ( so bad that I'm unable to ride a bike, I immediately fall on one side or the other ) . So, knowing my terrible sense of a balance, combined with my fear of heights. Yep. I would never put myself in the same situation I did at the Eiffel Tower, ever again. 'Cause I'm absolutely sure I'd lose my balance and fall over the barriers, no matter how high they are.
Can't say I can relate but, the closest i've felt to this is when I'm asleep and dreaming of being in a high place. I'd be perhaps walking normally on a cliff edge then I look down and notice, "woah! that's pretty high, I could fall" , then as I'm saying that my legs become all noodly and the floor all butter. Gravity begins to tilt me downwards towards the edge of the cliff and I end up falling off. I close my eyes as I feel the wind brush past me and I squint them in anticipation of the agony of the pain from the drop. Then I strike a rock and it shocks my eyes open and I see how very far i've fallen as my eyes begin to dim and the light fades, AND THEN I WAKE UP, WITH MY HEART PACEING FAST! [ Why am I like this :( ]
Honestly, same. I've never felt the urge to jump. It's just the height is so intense I feel like I'm about to fall. That's not the same as wanting to jump.
@@persephonehades7547 Agreed. When I'm near a high ledge I have an intense fear of falling. My backing away from the ledge has nothing to do with being afraid I'll jump and everything to do with preservation of my own safety. My brain, ever the master of catastrophic thinking, will Dr. Strange its way through every possible scenario that could result in me falling, but not a single one of those scenarios involves me willfully jumping.
i feel the same thing, when i'm really high up my legs starts failing, but about falling over the barrier thing, it won't happen, trust me. It's just anxiety fucking with you, falling over a big ass barrier is an irrational fear, you'd only fall over if you tried to really hard, but anxiety makes it feel like it'll happen.
Holy shit. I had the SAME experience. I have this call of the void thing and when I visited the Eiffel Tower, my family wanted to take a picture in front of the railing and as soon as I got close, I HAD to step back. Felt the exact same way as you.
The weak breeze whispers nothing The water screams sublime His feet shift, teeter-totter Deep breath, stand back, it’s time Toes untouch the overpass Soon he’s water bound Eyes locked shut but peek to see The view from halfway down A little wind, a summer sun A river rich and regal A flood of fond endorphins Brings a calm that knows no equal You’re flying now You see things much more clear than from the ground It’s all okay, it would be Were you not now halfway down Thrash back to break from gravity** What now could slow the drop All I’d give for toes to touch The safety from the top** But this is it, the deed is done Silence drowns the sound Before I leaped I should’ve seen The view from halfway down I really should’ve thought about The view from halfway down I wish I could’ve known about The view from halfway down
Is it similar to why when your driving you have an idea like "I can just turn into oncoming traffic and there's nothing to stop me" although you're never going to do it
I don't think it's true that there is no danger just standing or walking on the edge. You could so easily stumble by yourself and fall. That's why you back away from the edge. I personally don't even go to the edge. I always keep a meter away from it.
It's odd that so many theories are related to fear. For me, the urge always felt appealing, relaxing even. It's a rush, even after you consider that it would kill you.
So that's what it's called?! I've had this for years and never knew how to explain it to people. Pretty much all of that goes through my head when I'm up somewhere high along with a lot of irrational fear. One thing I'd like to add though is that I've also grown up being taught that it's important to face and conquer your fears, and with fear I also get impatient so I just wanna get through it and move on. So I think part of my brain is also telling me to just get a parachute, jump, conquer my fear, and then move on to other things. When I was torn about how to handle this, my dad told me that it's ok to be afraid of heights and that he is too, because fear is a survival instinct that helps keep us alive. So now I'm no longer ashamed to be afraid of things that could harm me, but if I'm around a high place for too long I still get irrationally scared and those thoughts come back. I don't want to stop being afraid of heights, but having those weird signals mixed in of not being able to trust myself is really hard to deal with and I just can't get my legs to move anywhere but away from the ledge(s). What concerns me the most about this isn't the fear itself, it's that if someone I know is in danger of falling off of something I think I'd be way too scared to try and help them out. I'm worried I won't be able to push through the fear and this call of the void thing when the chips are down, so to speak. I have no desire to harm myself in any way, which is why this gets me so weirded out whenever it happens to me.
I think this is similar to that feel when your brain says: "wouldn't it be funny if you did this particularly violent thing for no reason?"
Take care 🤣
Intrusive thoughts are a weird thing
I don't have compulsion or ocd yet I have some intrusive thoughts
Yep
@@Exoousia I have intense paranoia due to OCD and I get intrusive thoughts on the daily.
When I’m on the edge of a roof/cliff I normally think “I could jump right now and no one could stop me” it gives me a weird sense of control/power
It would be fun until the landing
Interesting take
I feel that way whenever I realize how often I'm unsupervised and could very easily start a fire
i feel the same way
Okay let’s not let any of you get in power at all you are evil
I know someone who did a study on this. Sadly, he only did one test.
Hol up-
Something wrong aint right
The results must be interesting
escotg GAMING Bro... you out of pocket for that one...
Dayum. This is darcc
"Why did you back away if it was safe?"
Because I don't trust myself to not trip and fall to my death in the most humiliating accident ever
Exactly, idk about call of the void but I do know that I don't trust my own friggin legs to save my life by remaining stable or not tripping into a sure death slope.
I also don't trust the railings or whatever else any form of protection that edge gives me to not fail in that very moment.
Like the saying "You can hope for misfortune to not happen to you, but don't assume that it won't"
Thats actually another possible explanation of this. It´s a warning to be carefull, but made weird by being filtered through our conciousness.
"The urge to sabotage yourself is completely human"
Oh... Okay... I guess I'm good at this human life thing.
I've perfected it
I hatee that this is actually truth!! 💀😓
Damn that’s deep bruv
I seem to be really good too
Oh wow I guess I'm a normal human after all these years of self doubt!!!
The call of the void is a vestigial instinct from pre historic times when people used to be able to fly like Superman.
I miss these times man!
Haha hollow pfp
im taking this
i hate how they patched that out
You mean before Newton had to go and invent gravity trapping all of us to the ground?
Call of the Void would be an amazing title for a movie or show
Enter the Void is pretty close
I trade marked it now
@@mr_hannya here! ™
@@jesuschrist3000ADHD empty, and become wind
@@Swamp_Monster yes
Its not just for heights, it also happens when a vehicle passes by
Jfc you have problems
I've felt this at train tracks too. It's like my feet want to walk, but my lizard brain says 'nope'.
@@juliebraden6911maybe you have problem for not simulating fast enough
@@SaintNarcissaI've also have that and I've been regularly taking trains to school for a little over a year now. As far as I remember, I feel that everytime the train arrives. Christmas break ends for me soon so I cam check if I still feel it just to make sure.
Base jumpers and skydivers are the only ones who answer the call of the void successfully.
I mean, technically they are failing at it all the time, they are blue-balling the void.
Well, and those who are suicidal.
Not true, my friend answered the call too. I miss him.
@@JuanContreras-tr2gy dam 😢
@@digitaal_boog he said successfully
As another theory, it's possible that when you are at a large height your brain cannot properly comprehend how far the ground is away, as it has never experienced moving in such a way. Naturally, it tries to imaging what moving to the ground would be like, so it can grasp the distance you would travel. You then feel like you want to jump, when really you were imagining jumping because you wanted to know what it would feel like.
It makes sense to me, and additionally, when I feel 'the call of the void' it's almost like I'm thinking "what would happen if I jump off of here." Which fits with the theory.
This makes the most sense to me. Thank you 🙏🏽
Taiwan is a country 🇹🇼
@@Polyglot_English what
@@Polyglot_English tf is wrong with you
So... we're just really smart hamsters with superior depth perception?
I love how Lovecraftian the term "Call of the void" sounds
"The Void calls, and it's a call to return home. It wants you back. It's darkness wishes to embrace you once more."
How about that?
Call of cthulu
@@gremlinfifty2308 cthulu
@@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750 the void calls and it wants chicken
frrrrrr tho
Vsauce called it "cognitive dissonance" and instead of jumping he asked: have you ever been in high place with someone and thought... Why don't I push him/her? No one would know... "😢
I've felt that myself, one of the most terrifying things I've experienced...
Uhhh.. there should be studies done on that cause I definitely wouldn’t think that. I’d always sacrifice myself (even intrusively) before I do that to someone else. I feel people who think like that can be homicidal while the people who would jump themselves are more suicidal
@@joshabrillo4237 Grim Reapercidal
@@BlueBerryBronzerWhat if you've had BOTH thoughts before?
@@joshabrillo4237You were isekai'd from the cool isekai magic world to this one. Sorry dude. Bad luck.
What if you're thinking the other persom could just push you off?
There actually is a reason for intrusive thoughts like this, the urge to jump, to harm yourself or someone around you. It reinforces your desire to not do those things by exposing you to the possibilities of what might happen if you did. When you get the urge to jump and it would be so easy for you to do it too, but you're horrified by what might happen if you actually did. Similarly, you might have the urge to turn into oncoming traffic while driving, or to punch someone for no reason, but you're frightened by what the consequences might be so not only do you not do it, you REALLY don't want to do it. Notice you never get an intrusive thought like "Eat all that ice cream" because the consequences are... oh no you just ate too much ice cream. Doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you, just that your ability to recognize danger and consequence is normal and healthy.
Yes I was going to post something similar. It's a consequence of the fact that if you have free will, you always have to option to sabotage yourself, so it's necessary that certain decisions are not possible to take lightly. Also, by considering a scenario when you are not in a pressure situation, you are better prepared to know where the line would be if you were in a pressure situation. Like if you had to turn to avoid something when driving, and one of the options was to turn into oncoming traffic. Your instincts are pre-honed for more complex situations.
Id like to oppose to the "wat all that ice cream" part. Me and my brain argue alot on that
I do get thoughts of 'eat all the icecream' and a lot of other odd stuff, but I have eating disorders and I do it to 'help' relieve stress and because I want to make myself feel sick, bad etc I guess. Plus I'm lactose intolerant so that's another level of weird self harm
Can we use this to our advantage?
Thank you for this explanation. This must be included in the video. I always thought that one day I could do what I don’t want to do and that drives me mad 😢
"An urge to jump affirms to urge to live".....that makes it clear why i never felt the urge to jump.....nice
Vertified
@@AFFROBO Im cool with that
Fr
id just jump
It could also be that you just don't trust your balance
pretty much the same thing when I'm cleaning a sharp knife.
Brain: " Dude, what if you just stab yourself?"
So I'm not the only one
Same. I think about it almost every time.
I think you got "yourself" mixed up with "someone else"
@@anonymousperson3023 nope. I always feel a strange urge to stab myself when I am holding a sharp knife
I have the stabbing myself urge more than the jumping urge...
I believe Sartre's theory makes the most sense. Sometimes I'll be driving and my brain is like, "Swerve into oncoming traffic." And in those moments, I'm reminded just how much freedom I have in a terrifying sort of way
Brain: Yo, what if you just, like, turn the steering wheel a bit to the left, directly into the truck coming towards you?
Me: wtf why are you like this?
O yeah i feel you.
While I'm driving I constantly think of situations like this, "what if you turned the wheel right now?" or "what if THAT truck turned the wheel right now?"
Sometimes in any scenario my mind just asks itself what if? And proposes very crazy answers, things that it overthinks and get worried of itself, being the mind me, wondering if some day I won't be able to control the obviously stupid and demential urge to the worse scenarios possible.
Ugh same
but.. you are *the brain* ..
Void: Stab Yourselft
Brain: No, lol
Void: Understable have a great day
or stab someone else xD
so fucking weird! Im cutting up somre vegetables with my best friend next to me, suddenly my head imagines aggressively stabbing him in his throat
@@circumcizednun1814 Holy shit, that also happens to me! Just realizing you could end someones life that easy kind of makes me want to do it.But its not right is it?
it's scarier for firearm owners. ... probably
@@ares843 I think it’s really a phenomenon and a subconscious thought process of picturing yourself in that persons position, how easy it is for you or somebody else you “trust” or even don’t fucking know can end your life,just like that. Unless it’s an urge and you are stopping g yourself from actually doing that I believe that is just some type of flip thought process of humans to process how precious life is.
I was literally just asking myself about this in an office building the other day. Bless you, algorithm.
what if you're just in a solipsistic simulation
They use the mic and recommend you, maybe
Let's not bless the algorithm
Hahahah
Or Google listening in to what you're talking about.
This is probably the most informative thing that has only took up 4 and a half minutes. Love it. Straight to the point.
Underrated for sure
Fr
ya
yup
Yessir
Come claim your before 1m views
Brain: "You should jump, it's the easiest way to get down there"
Me: Yeah and the easiest way to fucking die
@Nathan Gonzalez Mission failed successfully
Brain: You should jump… it’s the easiest way down.
Me: Yeah and the easiest way to fucking die
Brain: Seems like a win win situation to me.
What about water being below there?
@@ServeraServera0You'll still die
@@ServeraServera0ou had too much video games my buddy
Damn I was expecting to see like 5 million views, then boom 2k. Hope you get hit with the algorithm man
I think the algorithm is working
Oh he will…the philosophical part of youtube primarily hits everyones at night
Yes yes it’s like it a bit lol but I’m just getting off my my neck right after work work I’ll get my hair cleaned lol I’ll let her get her up in in my house like a few sore minutes before my car is going going be be like crazy like I’m going back home home and get some stuff and stuff for now and I her I’m I’m not stuff I’m hilling get her lol I just saw saw the other stuff like this
it must be working
The algorithm slowly hitting now
I can’t believe undertale: call of the void was so popular they made it real
fr
People who aren't used to experiencing heights and standing on tall ledges, even if they aren't afraid of heights, will back away because the sheer intensity of the perspective leaves them afraid they will lose their balance. Losing your balance when in such a position would be fatal. So they step backwards. "They cannot trust themselves" isn't entirely wrong, it's more about that they cannot trust their own body to give way, worrying that perhaps their joints would simply collapse causing them to tumble like a sack of potatoes and having them fall to their death as a freeze response of fear.
It is not a newfound appreciation of life that they find when standing on a ledge, but rather it's just them instantly learning that it may be unwise to remain there.
Well said
As someone who has experience with heights and doesn’t have a fear of them, the original explanation works better for me. But that is a good explanation for others. I recently visited Canyon lands in Moab, UT, USA the cliffs were about 700-800ft tall and it was another 2,000ft to the canyon floor. Looking down, I felt stable. I could trust myself to stand, but the longer I looked the less I trusted my mind to not move my body and throw me off the cliff. Even though I was in control, I feared my mind. I backed away fearing that I might talk myself into doing it.
@@ddmproductions446 so on point
@@ddmproductions446 do you think you were feeling unbalanced unconsciously? Because my guess to try and explain that would be that it’s like riding a motorcycle, you always wanna look where you want to go. Same with a car if you look directly left, you’ll start drifting that way.
Could be either
I never felt an urge to jump, rather a fear a falling and a greater pull of gravity. Being up somewhere high and looking over the edge makes me literally feel like gravity is pulling me more then when I am flat on the ground
Well the higher you are up when you fall gravity will pull you down faster
you explained it so good..i feel exactly
the same thing
@@kakakshi3710 technically gravity gets weaker further you are from the center of the earth, what happens is that higher you are, more time you have to experience the acceleration and faster you get
Damn, the first youtuber with a million subs that hasn't gotten top comment...
@@kakakshi3710 Gravity will always pull you at the same speed no matter what. what increases is your velocity as your inertia increases your speed. i think gravity pulls at like a 10 m/s squared if i remember my physics right
Brain: Oh my god look at this cute hamster in your hand!
Me: I know right?! Its so cute!
Brain: *Crush it.*
Right. Same thing with hugs.
That's called "cute aggression", when something is so cute you want to be aggressive towards it
Like dog owners feeling the urge to swallow the goddamn dog when he's being cute
I've had thoughts of flushing babies in toilets by using a plunger. Yes, the memory is still fresh when I was a kid.
Oh man… I understand this on a cellular level… I’ve been fighting the urge to bite my kids’ faces since they were born they’re so fecking cute
That’s what I think when I see a baby, but instead of crushing it, I have a urge to punt it
For anyone coming across this: you can go prone on the ground and this feeling instantly dissapears. If you do it several times, then holding onto something while looking down also ceases to have you have that reaction. I found out about it as a kid and now I hardly ever come across this eerie feeling.
Cool to see its not just me that does this lol
Call of the void almost always happens if I’m near or doing anything “dangerous”. Driving a car fast on a highway, if I’m at a shooting range/ if there’s a gun in my house etc. It’s crazy to think that your whole reality can change from a decision that takes less than a 10th of a second
Ye literally my whole life changed in just one move in less than a second
This makes me think of a weird form of call of the void I have. Basically, when I'm in a car(in motion, obviously) and I notice that the door isn't locked, I feel the sudden urge to open it. Unless I manage to distract myself quickly, I'm forced to lock it cause otherwise it makes me extremely anxious.
I guess its the curiosity
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yes! I have the exact same thing except it doesn´t matter if the door is unlocked for me. I feel it everytime I´m in a car moving quickly. It´s weird and there´s been sometimes where I have to seriously talk myself out of it.
This past Monday I had this very same sensation I was driving home from a long distance with my pregnant wife and dog who were asleep in the car. Out of no where my mind starts to creep into the thought of just sharply turning the wheel all the way to the left to hit the freeway center divider. I start playing the scenario in my head of the car flipping over and my wife, unborn child, dog and I just dying in that instant. Their lives were in my hand as well as my own. It was a long drive home about 3 hrs. I literally held my right arm against the center console with my right knee the whole way fighting the thought of self destruction. I thought I was losing my mind and thought I needed mental evaluation. Funny enough this video pops up into my feed 2 days later…
When I tell people I experience this “urge” they never really seem to understand. Thankfully this phenomenon has a name and I’m not the only one feeling it.
You're not the only one. I get it too. I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid that I might jump on a whim. I have no suicidal tendencies, so it never really made sense to me.
Ask them again and see if they became better or worse at lies.
The so-called "call of the void" is just height induced vertigo in people with an external locus of control.
Such people have no insight because insight requires an internal locus of control, so they assume the height induced vertigo is a call to jump off the cliff.
The reason height induces vertigo in people not used to heights is because the sense of being physically balanced comes from the semicircular canals in the inner ear and from one's surrounding visual references. Height removes visual references causing disturbance to balance if one is not used to heights.
The sense of potential danger produces some cortisol and adrenaline release too, which those with external loci of control experience as fear and anxiety.
@@JBplumbing12 ""call of the void" is just height induced vertigo"
The above only explains (perfectly) vertigo, which in the topic is an optional symptom, but neither cause nor the same effect at all. For example, I can justify that I personally don't feel dizziness or spinning at height. Just a definite obsession to make one more step forward.
So though the trigger of vertigo and 'call of void' may be (or be not) the same - it is definitely wrong to put equals sign between them.
PS yes, humans are simple, but they are simple in too many ways...
@@GVerny An individual with a consolidated internal locus of control will not feel drawn to jump off.
This is like when I suddenly have an urge to open the car door whilst it’s moving
im not the only one anymore :0
Man! So many of the comments under this video are things I've though of doing lol. Turns out I'm not the only one LOL.
I don't recall having the urge to open the car door, but I'm always afraid of the door opening for no reason
I did this as a kid lol. A few years back doctors detected a heart attack my mom had a while ago and I'm pretty sure she had it in the exact moment when I opened the door on an Autobahn XDDD I still have the urge sometimes but since I'm usually driving myself it doesn't happen very often luckily
@@KaienKuran ON THE AUTOBAHN!!!! Bruv you were quite the mischevious little lad lol
As a carpenter, I often work on the edge of the roof and I can relate this feeling, when you look at the ground and you feel like you could jump at any time.. this video was a great explanation thx ❤
wonder if cats feel this urge too...
Curiosity killed the cat
But satisfaction brought it back ;)
They probably feel the urge to push you off the cliff
Surprised I wasn't the only without this urge
No, they fear heights instinctive like all animals
They're natural parkour experts so I don't think so
This video is so interesting, but i literally couldn't pay any attention to it after 1:50 because of how mad this play made me
This was the accurate representation of a guy playing in a mobile game ad
same shit I swear
Made my brain regret living
Made me want to answer the void's call
Man I had to put the video back couple of times to see if it really was intentional or not...
We just wanna fly, like the poor Kiwi.
That video is enough to make a grown man cry 😢
You unlocked an ancient memory.
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoQ/v-deo.html
More like Brandon Stark
Right :(
This is the first video I watched from this channel... and I gotta say, what get me hooked to the very end (excepting the amaizing quality of the video, animation, writing) it's THE voice. I could listen to it non-stop, talking about anything, true or not... and I wouldn't get bored. It's just that good. This is why I love UA-cam... it's creators like this.
"Call of the void" sounds so badass
Might try later
get it tatted .
Cool name for metal band.
Yeah play Hollow Knight
Carl Johnson so how did it go?
My brain when I’m on a ledge: *The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be..unnatural*
lol
_Is it possible to learn this power?_
@@RuyVuusen Not from a Jedi...
@@bread3599 I mean Windu has some experience falling from incomprehensible heights.
“The feeling disappeared as quickly as it came”
Jokes on me that feeling never goes away
I was going to say, who has that feeling leave? You never really forget an intrusive thought, or at least I don't.
Lol same
That’s also what she said
@Swag Monke ok ifunny user
hahaha you need therapy
I don’t think it’s the urge to jump, it’s the urge to *fall*
DOCTOR WHO REFERENCE
@@sarawithnoh9449 God, I was waiting for that.
DR WHO 4 LIFE 🗣️🗣️💙
Yea that's true
"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real?" -Morpheus
When we face a new situation, we quickly imagine what it might be like to take a variety of actions, such as jumping off a cliff. To get the ball rolling, the brain precedes the imagined jump with an imagined desire to jump. We recognize the act of jumping as imagination and dismiss it, but we don't do the same with the imagined desire.
Wtf I just started watching the Matrix
(first time watching it so no spoilers)
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoo/v-deo.html
@@sovietunion6530 no
i litterally just watched the matrix how
U called?
Me sitting at the emergency exit row at an airplane: "so nice, all the extra legroom"
My brain : "but what if you tried to open the door midflight"
I know this feeling lol
@@cyberdroid2300 shortly after writing this comment I googled "what would happen if I open the emergency exit mid flight"
And as it turns out, the air pressure inside the cabin would prevent anyone from opening the door. Thank God lol
@@danny91pr LOL
At cruising altitude, you physically cannot open the door. You would have to be the equivalent of Hercules to even begin to open the door.
Never had that because I know they do not open during flight. They open inward and the pressure inside is much higher. So you would probably pull the handle off (if you actually could) before the door opened.
In Vsauce's video "Why Are Things Creepy?" he put a name on this phenomenon: "Cognitive dissonance". I recommend watching his video on it, he explains it very well. Some get this same feeling when having a 1 on 1 conversation and they're standing just a little too close for comfort, and experiencing an inexplicable urge to just punch them, for no apparent reason. Or another example is when you're standing over a cliff with somebody else, and having an inexplicable urge to push them off and/or jump off yourself. Not because you want to or would ever do it of course, but because your brain's fight or flight is telling you it's an option. Sometimes I get nervous around babies because I know they are so small and fragile, and I can't help but visualize how easy it would be to accidentally drop it, so it's easier to just step back instead of holding it, like explained in the video. Even though I know I won't drop a baby, I hold things all the time everyday, my brain still freezes up when presented with this situation, like somebody offering you to hold their baby. Another common example is while driving, you realize all it would take is to pull the wheel in one direction for just a moment and then it's all over. It makes us all seem a little psychotic even though it's normal to get these random urges as a result of our brain's common struggle with ambiguity and anxiety in certain situations. I think basically his explanation is that our brain can get cognitively overloaded when we realize we are in a potentially dangerous, high pressure, or awkward situation, and the immediate decision making part of our brain (fight or flight) is essentially short circuiting itself, knowing it has so much power with so little effort before it, even if it's totally contrary to what would be right or normal. This is my non-scientific paraphrase, but that's how I understand it.
This was amazing
It makes me sad that it also applies to success and how I know I can be a millionaire by now but I choose to take life easy. :(
Unexplainable urge to punch someone in the mouth for no reason? What kind of dickhead shit is that? I’ve felt the other things but that I’ve never felt
@@2kmichaeljordan438 idk it’s just there, nothing against the person or anything, you just get the urge
@@2kmichaeljordan438 its more like a feeling of "what would happen if i were to just punch this person for no reason?", kinda like in a videogame when you wonder what will happen when you kill an npc you're not supposed to
Even though I know this is normal it scares me so much I avoid ledges as much as possible.
I think it's mainly because I've struggled with suicidal ideation and so that call from the void feels more sinister than I suppose it feels for most people.
Brain: How about we crash into that tree there?
Me: WHO STARTS A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS?
Brain: What if you jump on the tracks as the subway train approaches?
Me: WTF, who are you?!
Brain : "what if we go off road down that cliff ?"
Me : "Sir, step out of the car"
Brain : "Yeah, exactly, open the door right now and jump off !"
Me : "Ok, I'll stop the car at next cafe, we need to talk."
Brain:Punch that stray dog
Me:its twice my size
Brain:Dew it
Me:no
Brain:dont got the balls
Me:dont want em bitten off
@@arbsallaku6478 no balls
*cleaning a sharp knife*
Brain: *STAB YOURSELF*
WTF 😐
Once i was standing on a pier by the beach. I was quite bored because my friend forced me to accompany him on his fishing trip, and since I didn’t have anything to do i decided to go and look at the water (yeah that bored). So i got to the edge and stared down at the very still surface not too far below. Out of nowhere I just took a step forward and fell in. At that moment I was too busy panicking at the fact that I was falling into the water to think about what happened but after struggling my way to shore I realize how bizarre that was. There were no winds, not even slight breezes to even nudge me forward. My friend was nowhere near me to play a prank as tasteless as that. But I, at least my legs didn’t, hesitate to step forward at all, it moved like it knew exactly what it was doing. I’m pretty sure I was a pretty mentally healthy person at the time. I even remember thinking the very opposite thing of jumping in and that was to be very mindful while standing on a ledge (y’know, common sense).
After that incident I never trust myself around ledges again so I avoid them completely.
Taiwan is a country 🇹🇼 🇹🇼
Your brain just wanted to swim
Somewhere in the distance: Uk’otoa (Uk’atoa Uk’atoa...)
@@seang7578 ah a critter
@@Polyglot_English no it’s not
"To this day there is no explanation to this feeling" - turns off the video
scientism much?
@@69mviewsnt The title is literally why it's experienced. If it isnt answered and is why they clicked on the video, it is pointless.
this is not math or a yes/no question so a concrete answer is not a guarantee
_OP was making a jooooke_
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoo/v-deo.html
Undertale Call of the void moment
Real
Glad to know I’m not crazy. I always get this feeling when I’m on a balcony and it’s REALLY strong. Anytime I get a hotel room with a balcony I lock the door and never step out because I’m afraid that I’ll actually do it.
Same, especially cause I've had suicidal issues
I feel like im just paranoid for even feeling it on
Like, being near glass fences of a mall
Holding a knife in general
Being on a vehicle with an open door (public transport)
The gap of a train
Deep sea
Animal zoo that you can fall into
Holding chemical stuff
Being near a big smoking engine
@@GengUpinIpini know it sounds weird but maybe relatable..I’m so glad about this comment, it just shows me that all humans seem to be similar in many ways (even when it’s just weird thoughts)
Wow, I thought it was just me that got this weird feeling. I hate heights but strangely took
up paragliding and got my license to fly, which is SO different because you’re actually gliding like a bird and not falling. Really don’t think I could do a Bungy Jump or sky dive , paragliding no worries.
Yup
As someone who has experienced this and has major depression, *both* theories made some sense. I think neither is incorrect, actually- they aren’t mutually exclusive. I’m inherently terrified of open heights, so a big part of it for me is that I’m afraid I’d trip. I’m uncoordinated. But in terms of driving, I’m quite proficient, so it would make no sense for me to be afraid I’d swerve into oncoming traffic or a concrete pillar on accident… and yet. My mind says ‘What if’ and my body says ‘bro wtf.’ I can see it as appreciating life, because there’s always a relief and sort of gratitude I didn’t go through with the weird impulse. But there’s also the question, the doubt if I could or would have. I tell myself no, but I don’t trust myself. I had the choice and I’ve always said no, but it only takes saying yes once.
I’m definitely going to do some independent research of my own after this. Thank you for making this video! It explains the phenomenon in terms of jumping well, and I didn’t know psychological research existed around this strange and frankly difficult to study feeling.
(Edit: Grammar)
It really is a strange phenomena. I hope that you can get better, have a good day.
Yea man I hope u don’t go through with any of it
@@titanue6717 left your hope for yourself
Wow congrats you just sayed youre deppressed 😑😑👏👏😑👏👏😑👏
@@Prvee16 applaud
exact same feeling as
brain: hey what if you got off the bus?
me: but this isnt my stop and its far from it
brain: e x a c t l y
bro i think there is not a single human who cant relate to that
I CAN RELATE :D
Same as me in football.
This is for the game I gotta score
Brain: *fumble the ball and punch the coach in the face*
Like wtf?
me too except it's the urge to stay in it
Or the urge to take a random bus? Or the urge to walk out of a moving vehicle??? Don't know if this my intrusive thoughts or just plain old depression or both
0:24 how the Last Breath anime intro starts:
cotv*
Snas
Brain: "Wanna jump on a cliff"
Me: "Why?"
Brain: "Idk just 'cause"
And than you realise, your brain is a greater a*hole than you. Father in law gifted me a t-shirt: I walk with you to the end of the world... And then I give you a push.
bro be jumping on cliffs
@@thepotatolizerd33😂😂 new trend these days
@@Messup7654 #1 on Trending UA-cam
I always thought it was a survival reflex due to the fact that your inner ear and your balance is affected in high places, its your body's way off keeping you away from a tall edge to compensate for an impaired sense of balance. Its probably a way to artificially make experience the fear of falling before it happens.
Maybe!
Brain: “Kill yourself, now”
Us, humans “Awww you’re so nice helping me avoid danger and death”
Brain: “You do not understand, I’m literally asking you to die”
Thiswas my thought too tbh
I think this is similar to that feeling you sometimes get when you see something/someone and it triggers this urge to do something stupid, violent, or anything beyond common sense to that thing or person just so you could see what would happen as a result. Basically, a "I wonder where this timeline would lead" moment.
I literally imagine the most stupid and strange things when this happens. For example, "What would happen right now if i punched this dude to the balls with all my strength"? Or "Why not push this guy off this ledge?"
It is so strange and all theese thoughts go away by themselves a little after. Crazy how the mind plays tricks like this
UA-cam’s like “you’re feeling okay, right?” And they put the hot lines in. I’m like, I JUST CLICKED WHAT WAS IN MY RECOMMENDED
“Call of The *Void*”
Hollow Knight players: oh yeah this is all coming together
**that one guy in the lighthouse**
No cost too great.
Well played
EMRACE THE VOID
Warframe players: say no more
As a Psychologist, I tend to lean more on that idea where it's because we realize that at this instant, we could choose to get flatlined by the jump. Then we realise we're contemplating that idea and get shivers down our spine, and keep doing what we were doing, avoiding that thought.
The so-called "call of the void" is just height induced vertigo in those with an external locus of control.
Such people have little or no insight because insight requires an internal locus of control.
So they assume the height induced vertigo is a call to jump off the cliff.
The reason height induces vertigo in people not used to heights is because the sense of being physically balanced comes from the semicircular canals in the inner ear, proprioception, and from visual references on one's surroundings. Height removes visual references causing a degree of disturbance to one's sense of balance if one is not used to heights.
The sense of potential danger produces some cortisol and adrenaline release too, which those with an external locus of control experience as fear and anxiety.
@@JBplumbing12 copy paste comment
I felt exactly this when I was in the Pyrenees on a hang bridge 400 meter above between some cliffs. Just like the last theory. You are right.
@@JBplumbing12 On the other end, it could be what I stated earlier : the meta cognition on the thought that we could kill ourselves right now stops us from thinking about it, and even allow us to forget about it, putting that away of our conciousness.
Not everything is binary, with people either having external or internal locus of control even though I liked that idea.
@@hibana364 Naturally, int/ext locus of control is not binary. Many people have the two attitudes mixed and it depends on the issue as to which controls. Most of our clients tend to be external.
I was on a cruise ship years ago. It was cold and foggy that day. I went outside to the railing and stared at the ocean below. There weren’t any people around. I had the strongest urge to jump and I didn’t know why. I grabbed the railing and started to shake. I’m in no way suicidal. It was like I was being drawn in by something. I’ve never shared this with anyone. It still freaks me out when I think about it.
Happy you're still here. (Now, a joke) Maybe it was mermaids.
I've had this feeling all my life. I don't intentionally think about jumping but when I find myself at a ledge or something similar, I get this weird "pull" to jump. I have to back away not from the fear of falling but from the damn pull. It's a very strange phenomenon.
Thanks for sharing. Seems like we're in this together.
I’ve felt this on a ship late at night as well! I think just staring off and only seeing waves and water and blackness was really something
I also had that feeling the urge to jump, and telling myself how will they find me in the middle of the ocean in pitch black darkness, these weird thoughts of "what if"
A lot of those theories focus on height, but I think it can't be just explained by something correlating with height, because I experienced the call of the void once when standing on a train stop with the train just arriving. It couldn't have had anything to do with height
It's called an intrusive thorght most people get them but regular people don't think about it theu just move on people with ocd an anxiety disorder will dwell on these thoughts and think they have meaning resulting in them looking for more thoughts and so thinking of it more causing more anxiety. I think the video was bull shit honestly and has caused trouble to alot of people who experience intrusive thoughts. People with ocd are no more or less starisicaly likely to comit any crimes relating to intuitive thoughts because they don't reflect there values and actions they are just thoughts and are completely normal 😊
Oh my god I replied to the wrong c9ment ahha someone was talking about pushing people into trains sorry
@@bekah5935 all good haha
@@bekah5935 Thanks very much for this comment. This is the correct answer not the video
This is a certified “Close your eyes, you’ll be here soon” moment
omori moment
don’t remind me of bad ending Omori -
clothes :)
close -👄-
oh
The being afraid of not trusting yourself is so true sometimes I feel like I’m going to jump on my own
Same. Sometimes when I’m by the rails on a train station, I’m scared that I’m gonna be jumping out in front of the train when it gets there, because of similar thoughts. I know I don’t want to actually do it, but I don’t trust my body to feel the same
@@SophiiLuca literally whenever I see the subway coming in the station I take a few steps back for safety. Not sure if to protect me from myself or from others
Ugh same
i feel the same, i think what happens if i lose control suddenly and jump
I am personally just go back from cliff border in the moment i feel it
My personal theory for this has always been that, considering there's a chance I'll lose my balance and fall, why not preempt fate and just jump? Jumping would take away all the uncertainty of "But what if I fall?"
That's exactly what I feel and I'm very afraid of heights
It’s power. Being so high, feeling above the world, and knowing that you can change all your life and reality with such a simple action. It’s like having so much power and freedom in that little instant.
Could be.
I feel so good when I get a punch to the face. The after effects feel amazing. I don't know what this condition is though. I don't even know if its a condition.
Adrenaline most likely
I can imagine you getting punched by someone and you being like "Ahhhh yeah punch me again bro hit me alittle harder"
And them being confused and scared😂😂😂😂
I think you haven't been punched hard enough
It’s called a kink
@@nothingsomething5056 i-😭😭 "punch me daddy"
See ya'll in 3 weeks when this video has 1.5 million views
Rez.
Aight
Yuh ok
aight
I hope
"Let go of earthly tether. Enter the void, empty and become wind"
- Zaheer
Technically it was Guru Lahima
@@reecio-exe6324 and then zaheer 😶
@@reecio-exe6324 Guru what?
@@kappachino3431 Guru Lahima
Guru Lahima?
Thanks for doing the research to something that we've all wondered but never bothered to study. You're a good egg
"Call of the void"
Me who's played rain world: "oh yeah, it's all coming together"
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoQ/v-deo.html
Five pebbles trolling
Triple affirmative! Triple affirmative!
Rain world was a great game, but I couldn't get through it. I just couldn't. It was too punishing for me. The rain, not knowing where the shelter is, the predators. It was too difficult for me, which was a shame, cause I loved it. If it wasn't for the rain killing you all the time, I wouldn't abandon the game.
some fellow rain world fans?? around this this corner of the internet?? hell yeah
My whole life I always had the background looming of depression, but I don't think I ever EVER had an urge to jump off somewhere high. As a kid I loved climbing high places, trees, buildings, etc., but I was always mindful and careful doing so.
However, not so long ago I was standing in a mall on one of the upper floors, watching swaths of people rushing down there. So I started daydreaming, trying to imagine in great detail what would it feel like to climb over the railing and jump down. What was very surprising is that it wasn't scary at all. I felt that you wouldn't have time to be scared, because of how much adrenalin would be pumping through your body, as just imagining it brought me a strange sense of serenity, unlike all other times, when I cringed and backed off. Flying down you would probably just brace for impact with your head completely empty.
Anyways, it was a fun thought experiment.
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoo/v-deo.html
Take care, man
The voices John, they won't stop in my head
you always got a plan
I believe it has been properly explained since the release of this video
Your subconcious is ALWAYS running theoretical scenarios, how they would likely happen, and how to react to them.
That's why sometimes you react very quickly, accurately, and precisely to sudden situations, and other times you don't.
Most of the time, these subconcious thoughts stay fully subconcious.
However, sometimes by chance, and other times when you are in a situation of percieved danger, your brain waves get overcharged, and subconcious thoughts start flooding over into the councious mind in the form of slight, but different feeling urges.
Thus, the "call of the void" takes place
I agree. I feel like it could be our curiosity. The 'what if' is intriguing to our brain and so a part of us want to explore like it can take over us easily especially when we are just one step away of finding out hence we cant trust ourselves sometimes.
Yeah I've always felt it that way. It's scary.
Me: Holy sh*t thats a big drop i dont wanna fall down there.
Brain: It'd be funny if you jumped lmao
Me: Yeah you're right but nah ima get a sandwich.
-Sheep with internet
Wise
inspirational Sheep with internet access 🥲
He has such a way with words🥰
Are you a sheep with internet?
@@Foolishly_Royalty yeah
-Sheep with internet
I like the theory that because the hunter/gatherer and kill or be killed lifestyle our ancestors lived, our brains evolved to look out for and worry about danger. And that because of this our brains are constantly assessing and analyzing every possible situation, and 'The Call Of Void' is the subconscious voice that occasionally slips out.
The only person who actually survived jumping off the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California said that as soon as he jumped, he wished he hadn't, and before he even landed in the water, his self preservation instinct that is innate in all living things desperately wanted him to live.
Not disagreeing, I think just adding on: Inertia would imply that since the body was currently in motion, it would continue that motion almost instinctually, until there was an outside force such as the conscious/sub-conscious realization that continuing such a motion would be fatal.
So if you're walking, you continue walking until you get to your destination, usually?
With a cliff, especially one you haven't walked before, you're unsure of the exact distance from where you are to your destination, the ledge.
Not even really touching on the void, just talking about that moment of hesitation really.
Normally, you would just keep walking through a seemingly unobstructed path yet in the case of heights, if your body continues to be in motion, it will soon cease to be able to ever move again.
Summed up, you're moving and you don't want to stop moving, unless it means that you'll never move again. Then you stop. I think that's the hesitation, sorta. There's obviously a lot more, I was just trying to comprehend it better
That's interesting...but doesn't explain similar things like getting the urge/call/thought(while at a ledge) to throw your phone, or push someone else. For me that feeling is more or less the same as the "call of the void" feeling. It might not be that intimately related tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i don't think inertia works this way because by moving your body you're actively expending energy but your body doesn't want you to, in fact moving your body around feels draining while stopping requires less energy. So i don't think it's about inertia but still i don't know what it's about
You're probably wrong
You thinkin too hard Brodie. Let’s jus go shoot sum heron
@@handsomebear. ikr.
Might not be related but when i was young, i used to go to my friends house and his grandfather used to serve me tea, which is pretty delicious and i like it so much, and just like 'the call of the void' I'm scared that i couldn't control myself and throw that tea which he served me at him and cursed him. Pretty childish lmao.
The worst kind of call of the void is like "what if I hurt this person" and you get a vivid idea of the shock and horror, not to mention the remorse if they ended up dead. I feel like bring disturbed by the intrusive thought shows you're not likely to act on it, but still spooky
Yeah but it is fucked up in some way. I really don't get what the real reason is for that. Maybe it is like a test for the brain where your subconciousnes is testing if it can trust you or if you can trust your self preservation instincts or something like that.
I've always believed that intrusive thoughts were your brain "recalibrating" itself. It reminds itself that it can do it, but quickly reorganizes itself that it shouldn't. If we hadn't had those thoughts, then we would be more likely to actually do it without thinking.
Maybe something evolutional. Ancestors jumping off cliffs without thinking about it. Now it just reminds you every now and again.
This is so interesting. I've had this my whole life. It has developed into a fear of heights, but it started out in my childhood as not being able to trust myself not to jump. This is the explanation near the end of the video. 3:40
As a weird contrast I used to have dreams that I could fly. Our brains are so weird 😂
Has anyone actually died from this, because I get that feeling a lot it's pretry strong
well if they did they wont respond to you
@@knine1341 well if some relative or friend might comment.
@@3phone16 well they wouldn’t know if the person was just suicidal or if it was actually the affect.
Im pretty sure they wont be able to answer that question
@@Cloak-m6o yeah I thaught of that after I replied, they would probably lie.
"Even now, standing on the edge. It’s that feeling you get, hm? Right on the back of your head. That impulse. That strange little impulse. That mad little voice saying, “Go on! Go on. Go on. Go over, go on!”
Doctor Who, S2, The Satan Pit
UA-cam is beginning to scare me with how accurate the recommendations are.
Hopefully they were fast enough.
Same
call of the void? like like UNDERTAEL
CALL OF THE VOID!!
@@frost_xm "human im sorry but i must answer the call of the void"
I sometimes get weird urges to say something or do really bizarre stuff, like if I’m in a job interview I’m thinking, “would would happen if I just throw my coffee on this lad asking questions?” or “what if I yelled super loud here in church?”. It’s really weird, I thought I was the only one who experienced the high place phenomenon too but I guess not.
It's especially interesting to see what happens in certain people with certain types of brain damage. Some of them lose all inhibitions or the "filter" that for you or me would prevent us from acting out on all of these urges. Whatever impulse they get, they will take. Even if it's objectively a terrible idea. In that sense making them essentially an adult version of a toddler.
omg 😂 I have that too. Haven't found an explanation yet. But good to know I am not the only one having these weird thoughts xD
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoQ/v-deo.html
I like laughing at peoples funerals . It’s best when the other people there realise they don’t know who you are and start laughing too.
my fear of heights is so strong that even watching this animated clip of high places gives me anxiety holy freaking sheet.
i used to think that it is more of a curiosity thing. Because most of the people who have jumped from a cliff have not survived, they didn't had the chance to adapt to it and change their act. Due to which, most of the human race has no experience in jumping from high spots. This is why skydivers probably wont have such thoughts( tho it is not tested on skydivers but one can do it in order to verify). But because we have learned about what will happen if we jump off from a building, we back off. The thought of jumping off is curiosity, and us backing off is reaction to those thoughts combined with our knowledge of the potential result of jumping off.
Though there are many things debatable in this theory, i just wanted to put it out anyways.
it's a solid train of thought, I just doubt it actually holds any water since, well, we tend to avoid things that can kill us lmao. not to mention, there'd really be no reason to 'experience' falling from high areas since we know it to be fatal and thus shouldn't really be tested. (unless you're a madman lmao)
Just saw your post. And yes, I don't have that urge anymore after skydiving. Now I kind of get it but it is quickly followed by my memory of free fall.
i agree to this. It feels like its curiousity in play
“Watching this video makes u hallucinate some three skeletons”
Imagine not knowing what intrusive thoughts are and then spending years trying to study why one specific case of it happens.
ua-cam.com/video/MEI9IzuCjQoQ/v-deo.html
" Have you ever been up somewhere really high?"
Yea Im high rn lol
I can tell
Ok
Lmao
your pfp checks out
@big boi why not
I love this feeling. This is why I love swimming in the ocean, the possibility to getting carried away into the big blue never to be seen again is both terrifying and exciting.
Not saying keep doing that but keep doing that I need more Mr ballen and horror stories to listen to
@@Messup7654I should not have laughed at this 😂 oh well, hell here I come!
i feel like none of us are mentally stable because we all relate to shit like this
I agree 100 percent
Nothing makes you feel more alive then being close to death
Idk I love swimming in the ocean and feel so comforted by the waves and like nothing bad will happen to me. I am horribly afraid of heights though and standing on a chair could send me sobbing.
I don’t want to or think I will die in the ocean. I do NOT want to jump and avoid being near any ledge. But when driving I’m like.. that tree tho….?
WHO REPORTED THIS! 😡! THIS IS AN AMAZING PHYCOLOGY VIDEO
I have the fear of heights ( so much that I can't even stand up on a chair, feels to high ) , so I've rarely put myself in situations where I'd be high.
But, I visited the Eiffel Tower ( to the highest floor possible ) . As I was trying to approach the barriers to look down, I was walking to it very slowly, and terrified.
Sure, having the fear of heights played a big part in this. But, I've never felt any call of the void ( no urge to jump at all ) . However, despite the barriers, I was scared of losing my balance ( which would be caused by my fear of heights ) and fall down. I was feeling like I was about to lose my balance so badly I'd fall over the barriers and fall down, so I quickly stepped back. Felt too dangerous, despite the barriers.
The idea of approaching the barriers was to scary and I couldn't get to them anymore.
I didn't want to jump at all, but felt the conviction I was gonna lose my balance and fall down.
Never went anywhere high after that day ( too scared of doing so ) .
I must add, I have a very poor sense of balance ( so bad that I'm unable to ride a bike, I immediately fall on one side or the other ) .
So, knowing my terrible sense of a balance, combined with my fear of heights. Yep. I would never put myself in the same situation I did at the Eiffel Tower, ever again. 'Cause I'm absolutely sure I'd lose my balance and fall over the barriers, no matter how high they are.
Can't say I can relate but, the closest i've felt to this is when I'm asleep and dreaming of being in a high place. I'd be perhaps walking normally on a cliff edge then I look down and notice, "woah! that's pretty high, I could fall" , then as I'm saying that my legs become all noodly and the floor all butter. Gravity begins to tilt me downwards towards the edge of the cliff and I end up falling off. I close my eyes as I feel the wind brush past me and I squint them in anticipation of the agony of the pain from the drop. Then I strike a rock and it shocks my eyes open and I see how very far i've fallen as my eyes begin to dim and the light fades, AND THEN I WAKE UP, WITH MY HEART PACEING FAST! [ Why am I like this :( ]
Honestly, same. I've never felt the urge to jump. It's just the height is so intense I feel like I'm about to fall. That's not the same as wanting to jump.
@@persephonehades7547 Agreed. When I'm near a high ledge I have an intense fear of falling. My backing away from the ledge has nothing to do with being afraid I'll jump and everything to do with preservation of my own safety. My brain, ever the master of catastrophic thinking, will Dr. Strange its way through every possible scenario that could result in me falling, but not a single one of those scenarios involves me willfully jumping.
i feel the same thing, when i'm really high up my legs starts failing, but about falling over the barrier thing, it won't happen, trust me. It's just anxiety fucking with you, falling over a big ass barrier is an irrational fear, you'd only fall over if you tried to really hard, but anxiety makes it feel like it'll happen.
Holy shit. I had the SAME experience.
I have this call of the void thing and when I visited the Eiffel Tower, my family wanted to take a picture in front of the railing and as soon as I got close, I HAD to step back. Felt the exact same way as you.
The weak breeze whispers nothing
The water screams sublime
His feet shift, teeter-totter
Deep breath, stand back, it’s time
Toes untouch the overpass
Soon he’s water bound
Eyes locked shut but peek to see
The view from halfway down
A little wind, a summer sun
A river rich and regal
A flood of fond endorphins
Brings a calm that knows no equal
You’re flying now
You see things much more clear than from the ground
It’s all okay, it would be
Were you not now halfway down
Thrash back to break from gravity**
What now could slow the drop
All I’d give for toes to touch
The safety from the top**
But this is it, the deed is done
Silence drowns the sound
Before I leaped I should’ve seen
The view from halfway down
I really should’ve thought about
The view from halfway down
I wish I could’ve known about
The view from halfway down
Is it similar to why when your driving you have an idea like "I can just turn into oncoming traffic and there's nothing to stop me" although you're never going to do it
Exactly!
Well well
Well there’s people who probably have, we should get their take on this
I don't think it's true that there is no danger just standing or walking on the edge. You could so easily stumble by yourself and fall. That's why you back away from the edge. I personally don't even go to the edge. I always keep a meter away from it.
It's odd that so many theories are related to fear. For me, the urge always felt appealing, relaxing even. It's a rush, even after you consider that it would kill you.
yeah i agree. life can be so stressful and overwhelming sometimes, and the idea that you can just jump and make all that go away is very relaxing
This felt like a Ted video: really well made and interesting as fuck
Holy sht, you're right, that's why I thought about it being familiar. It does hold the quality of a Ted video
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A TED VIDEO UNTIL YOU MENTIONED IT
So that's what it's called?! I've had this for years and never knew how to explain it to people. Pretty much all of that goes through my head when I'm up somewhere high along with a lot of irrational fear. One thing I'd like to add though is that I've also grown up being taught that it's important to face and conquer your fears, and with fear I also get impatient so I just wanna get through it and move on. So I think part of my brain is also telling me to just get a parachute, jump, conquer my fear, and then move on to other things. When I was torn about how to handle this, my dad told me that it's ok to be afraid of heights and that he is too, because fear is a survival instinct that helps keep us alive. So now I'm no longer ashamed to be afraid of things that could harm me, but if I'm around a high place for too long I still get irrationally scared and those thoughts come back. I don't want to stop being afraid of heights, but having those weird signals mixed in of not being able to trust myself is really hard to deal with and I just can't get my legs to move anywhere but away from the ledge(s).
What concerns me the most about this isn't the fear itself, it's that if someone I know is in danger of falling off of something I think I'd be way too scared to try and help them out. I'm worried I won't be able to push through the fear and this call of the void thing when the chips are down, so to speak. I have no desire to harm myself in any way, which is why this gets me so weirded out whenever it happens to me.
"If I jump, I won't need to work tomorrow anymore" I think that what most people thinking