The mind wandering to dark places is a natural, yet very questionable, action for many. The best example of this would be l’appel du vide, also known as the call of the void. The most famous example of the call of the void is when you’re up very high and you suddenly get the urge to jump. At first, many psychologists believed that only suicidal people had these types of thoughts. However, everyone experiences the call of the void at one point or another. The call of the void isn’t only the urge to jump off of a tall building. Some people
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