Call of the void. My understanding is that it’s your brain inventing risky scenarios so that you can shrink from them in revulsion, as practice for “don’t do that.”
Brain: Dont drive off that cliff!
Me: Heueheuehe sharp left turn
In my case it’s more like, “You’re so clumsy you’re probably gonna chop your finger off. Look at you, I bet you will. Try and get real close to it like you’re chopping veggies without chopping your finger off. Bet you can’t. You probably can’t clean the blade real fast on the sharp side because you’ll chop your finger off. Pussy.”
The call of the void gets me pretty bad too, Stamets
I learned about this “call of the void” on Reddit and am surprised that so many people experience this.
I don’t. Am glad I don’t. Intrusive counterproductive dangerous deadly thoughts, ugh, why? Can psychotherapy cure people from having such thoughts?
Dafuq? You don’t? Man, this is that whole lack of inner monologue / afantasia thing all over again
Yup I’ve never experienced intrusive thoughts, so apparently it’s not a universal thing that all humans experience. I do have an inner monologe though, and I do visualize people’s faces in my mind, so please don’t diagnose me with aphantasia.
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I mean, you jump off one cliff and it’s fun and suddenly your body thinks all that dangerous deadly shit is gonna be wild I dunno that’s how it started with me. Now all the cliffs look fun even if there isn’t a safe landing spot unders and all the voids start looking more and more exciting. Go fig.
it’s that voice in the back that’s always there, but waits for a quiet moment to suggest crazy shit. I liken it to very very mild, controlled tourette’s - random impulses that shouldn’t even raise to the level of conscious thought but for whatever reason slip through the ‘noise’ filter.
don’t let the intrusive thoughts win!
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wait those thoughts aren’t normal?
The french pleasantly call this “The call of the void.”
Who’s it whispering to if not me? And is it talking about me?
Your brain tells you to? Mine literally tries to force me to jump from ledges.
You should go to the emergency room or call emergency services if you ever feel that way. That’s really not health and dangerous. You should get help.
Well one Stamets just shares content so not the author of the meme and second weird one off intrusive thoughts like these are pretty common. Now that being said if one begins dwelling and considering it rather than having the usual 'WTF brain" reaction we usually have then yes help maybe needed.
Imagine not knowing what the Call of the Void is
Uhh, you obviously mean “L’appel du vide”? ☝🤓
