FmbyMFWhat was your most intrusive thought?
Beemo DachbodenAt my last workplace there was a central staircase with a gap in the middle through the whole building.
I very often had an intrusive thought of jumping down 4 stories.
It came even more often when one of the lights inside this gap started flickering and I could have taken it down with me.
👍Maximum Derek👍I get that urge time I use a helical staircase with a human (or larger) sized central air gap. I think it’s a niche form for High Place Phenomenon… maybe because I watched too much Batman (TAS) as a kid.
An urge to jump affirms the urge to live: an empirical examination of the high place phenomenon - PubMed
The HPP is commonly experienced among suicide ideators and non-ideators alike. Thus, individuals who report experiencing the phenomenon are not necessarily suicidal; rather, the experience of HPP may reflect their sensitivity to internal cues and actually affirm their will to live.