Heights

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:06 PM

Maybe someone else has this or knows what it's called besides batshit insane.

Have you ever been up high, say the second level of the mall, look over the railing below to the first floor and envision yourself jumping? Kind of picturing the fall and in the back of your mind have a slight urge to do it? Not that you'd ever actually jump but maybe even a slight twinge to try it? Or like in the balcony level of an arena.

What is that other than just really disturbed?

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 01:09 PM

Suicidal.

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 01:11 PM

I remember something like that happening at prom.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:11 PM

It's just heights though that bring these thoughts. There no thoughts of knife or gunplay or anything.

prom does it too

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 01:12 PM

Maybe your mind wants you to go sky diving or bungee jumping or something.

Anthony · 04-30-2008, 01:13 PM

i'm 6'1"

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 04-30-2008, 01:13 PM

I have a similar urge when I see people in a crosswalk. I want to hit the accelerator rather than the brake. I'd never do so, but it's still there in the back of my mind.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:14 PM

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 01:15 PM

I'm 5'8" or so.

Mustang · 04-30-2008, 01:16 PM

I've envisioned pushing people over a railing that are looking over said railing. I figure I'm just giving them the needed push to do what they really want to do in the first place.

Pumpy Tudors · 04-30-2008, 01:16 PM

Anthony · 04-30-2008, 01:16 PM

there are times with me when this happens, we're in the same boat. i do get the twinge like my body is gonna prepare to jump as well.

i liked the premise of The Matrix so much, i guess it's more of "what if this really is the matrix i'm in right now, and if i were to jump i really wouldn't get hurt and it'd be all in my mind?". i've got that idea once or twice. on a rare occasion i'd get the image in my head to push people off from heights.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

I've envisioned pushing people over a railing that are looking over said railing. I figure I'm just giving them the needed push to do what they really want to do in the first place.

that would suck if you pushed me because I didn't really want to jump. I was just thinking about it.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

there are times with me when this happens, we're in the same boat. i do get the twinge like my body is gonna prepare to jump as well.

i liked the premise of The Matrix so much, i guess it's more of "what if this really is the matrix i'm in right now, and if i were to jump i really wouldn't get hurt and it'd be all in my mind?". i've got that idea once or twice. on a rare occasion i'd get the image in my head to push people off from heights.

It's like if you let your guard down your body would probably just jump but you don't because you maintain control.

RendeR · 04-30-2008, 01:20 PM

6 foot 2 inches tall and an athletic 275 lbs.

Getting more fit as I go too =)

Logan · 04-30-2008, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

I have a similar urge when I see people in a crosswalk. I want to hit the accelerator rather than the brake. I'd never do so, but it's still there in the back of my mind.

Stop playing GTA.

RendeR · 04-30-2008, 01:25 PM

Oh that wasn't the question.....

Mustang · 04-30-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

that would suck if you pushed me because I didn't really want to jump. I was just thinking about it.

Then I suggest you avoid the Siren's call of the railing. I'm not a mind reader.

Anthony · 04-30-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

It's like if you let your guard down your body would probably just jump but you don't because you maintain control.

exactly. usually i'll just say "i'm just gonna do it - the next step i take will be to jump off from this level" (not in a suicidal way whatsoever) and my heart rate will spike up for a second as i get what's probably a morsel of adrenaline and i tell myself i'm not gonna restrain myself from doing it and i get the sensation that my muscles are preparing to jump and then i just take it all back in the last second.

this doesn't happen all the time, mind you, but enough to be able to relate.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

Then I suggest you avoid the Siren's call of the railing. I'm not a mind reader.

my bad

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

exactly. usually i'll just say "i'm just gonna do it - the next step i take will be to jump off from this level" (not in a suicidal way whatsoever) and my heart rate will spike up for a second as i get what's probably a morsel of adrenaline and i tell myself i'm not gonna restrain myself from doing it and i get the sensation that my muscles are preparing to jump and then i just take it all back in the last second.

this doesn't happen all the time, mind you, but enough to be able to relate.

man that's scary right on

Ksyrup · 04-30-2008, 01:30 PM

The bathroom is on the 26th floor of my office building. What urges would you have if you were to occupy a stall that high up?

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The bathroom is on the 26th floor of my office building. What urges would you have if you were to occupy a stall that high up?

I might want to take a shit in the elevator shaft.

Icy · 04-30-2008, 01:32 PM

Have not had that feeling for years, but used to feel it a lot when younger, dunno why, just felt like some kind of attraction to jumping. I guess it's a mix of fear but curiosity at same time, hard to explain. Never said to anybody as i thought it was something so weird to feel. Now that you reminded it to me, I wonder why i don't feel it anymore.

Dr. Sak · 04-30-2008, 01:34 PM

I first thought this thread was going to be about that TV show, The Heights, with Jamie Walters singing How do yo talk to an angel.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 04-30-2008, 01:34 PM

This post makes me want to start playing GTA4 when I get home. I want to climb to the top of the Empire State Building and see if you can jump off it.

Ksyrup · 04-30-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bsak16

The Heights

That's well done if intentional.

FrogMan · 04-30-2008, 01:36 PM

have we not had this discussion before? I mean someone posted about being at a stadium and having the urge to jump over the railing or something, no?

I swear I'm having deja vu...

FM

Anthony · 04-30-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bsak16

How do yo talk to an angel.

did anyone ever get the answer to this question?

Cringer · 04-30-2008, 01:38 PM

I have probably had that urge/feeling. WHat I would say is probably the same thing has happened much more to me because of my job.....

The urge to drive my 70,000-80,000 lb. truck off a bridge, and wondering what it would be like. Wondering what it would be like if I didn't hit the brakes and went flying into the backup on the freeway at about 60 MPH. How would things play out if I just all of the sudden cranked the wheel and pulled the tractor brakes only.

There are all sorts of fun things to imagine when driving a truck.

edit: former job, I still forget, can't shake it...

Dr. Sak · 04-30-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

did anyone ever get the answer to this question?

No. It is one of those song mysteries like:

What exactly won't Meatloaf do for love?

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 01:40 PM

When I was at the Grand Canyon with my girlfriend, she leaned over at one point and her sunglasses fell right off her head. Down down down they went.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

I have probably had that urge/feeling. WHat I would say is probably the same thing has happened much more to me because of my job.....

The urge to drive my 70,000-80,000 lb. truck off a bridge, and wondering what it would be like. Wondering what it would be like if I didn't hit the brakes and went flying into the backup on the freeway at about 60 MPH. How would things play out if I just all of the sudden cranked the wheel and pulled the tractor brakes only.

There are all sorts of fun things to imagine when driving a truck.

oh shi. I was just about to post about the same urge only in the sense of driving down the highway and yanking the wheel in one direction. That one is concerning. Doesn't come up much but when it does it's a bit unsettling.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 01:50 PM

I get the same urges, both at heights, and in vehicles. What would happen if I steered into the edge of that cement wall. As for the jumping thing, I'm scared of heights, so throw in a little vertigo for some real fun. A slightly dizzy feeling of should I jump. I get it at Ikea when I look down to the floor level from up above.

Actually, I get quite a few self-destructive impulses.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 01:52 PM

Wow is this therapeutic. I thought I was some weirdo. Moreso than normal weird.

Icy · 04-30-2008, 01:55 PM

I have felt the car driving one tons of times, you're not alone

As i said before, I guess the answer to this is fear but curiosity at same time, we know we are not going to do it, but we would like to know how would it feel to do it.

Pumpy Tudors · 04-30-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bsak16

What exactly won't Meatloaf do for love?

I had him at my house once, and I asked him this question. He told me the answer, and trust me, you don't want to know it.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:03 PM

What Meatloaf won't do is this: He won't cheat on her. She says "Sooner or later, you'll be screwing around" and then he says "I won't do that."

Mystery solved.

MrBug708 · 04-30-2008, 02:03 PM

cartman · 04-30-2008, 02:04 PM

My weird thought was always on an airplane, what it would look like in front of you as the airplane impacted the ground if it crashed.

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 02:06 PM

Sometimes when I'm having sex I wonder what the girl would do if I suddenly stuck it in her ass.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Sometimes when I'm having sex I wonder what the girl would do if I suddenly stuck it in her ass.

clinch up her butt cheeks and rip your dick off

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Sometimes when I'm having sex I wonder what the mannequin would do if I suddenly stuck it in her ass.

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Sometimes when I'm having sex I wonder what the girl would do if I suddenly stuck it in her ass.

Depends on the girl.

Dr. Sak · 04-30-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Sometimes when I'm having sex I wonder what the girl would do if I suddenly stuck it in her ass.

Meatloaf wouldn't do that.

Maple Leafs · 04-30-2008, 02:16 PM

There's a name for this, but I can't remember it right now. Essentially it's the urge (almost never followed through on) to do something terrible or destructive in a specific situation, like jump into traffic or push somebody down the stairs.

There's a part of your brain (the basal ganglia) which, among other functions, is thought to serve as a lockbox for the "unthinkable" things that we need to surpress. Conditions like OCD and Tourette's are linked to this area.

Dr. Sak · 04-30-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

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There's a part of your brain (the basal ganglia) which, among other functions, is thought to serve as a lockbox for the "unthinkable" things that we need to surpress.

Like accepting the fact that your team will never win a Stanley Cup while you are alive?

path12 · 04-30-2008, 02:17 PM

When I was in my early twenties I had a phase where I would occasionally close my eyes while driving. Never more than thirty seconds, but really, that's quite long enough.

rkmsuf · 04-30-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by path12

When I was in my early twenties I had a phase where I would occasionally close my eyes while driving. Never more than thirty seconds, but really, that's quite long enough.

wtf

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by path12

When I was in my early twenties I had a phase where I would occasionally close my eyes while driving. Never more than thirty seconds, but really, that's quite long enough.

Thirty seconds!! How are you still alive??

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Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	Have not had that feeling for years, but used to feel it a lot when younger, dunno why, just felt like some kind of attraction to jumping. I guess it's a mix of fear but curiosity at same time, hard to explain. Never said to anybody as i thought it was something so weird to feel. Now that you reminded it to me, I wonder why i don't feel it anymore. __________________

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