Sometimes, when I look down while I'm standing high above ground, I imagine what it would be like to fall from there. I don't do this intentionally, but I just do. It's just pops in my head. Am I weird? or do you people do that as well? (I actually told this to few of my friends and they also admitted that they do that sometimes...)
2007-03-13 17:43:24 · 13 answers · asked by aji 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think it's pretty clear that you're not the only one who ponders falling! So no, you're not weird, and it isn't just you.
I have a fear of heights, and doing some research on it a while back, I came upon a study that suggested that the actual fear is based on a strong impulse to fling yourself over the edge! Yikes.....
:D
2007-03-13 18:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Jane D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always do that when I am up high. It is a very wierd feeling because I would never actually do it but for some strange reason It just pops in my head!! So if you are wierd than I am too!
2007-03-14 00:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by talk2bobbie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Time and the realization that gravity hurts should make you wonder what that might feel like. It's just self-preservation. Makes you almost wish you'd never jumped off of anything when you were a kid, or fallen down while getting older; of course then you'd might just jump to check it out.
That's my two cents for ya.
2007-03-14 00:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by dontsmokecrackorshootthatsmack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this is completely natural. Part of it is "the what if?"
What if i fall? What would it feel like to jump? What would happen when I land?
Then leads into questions of self worth.. Will anyone miss me if I die? Who? Who would help me if I'm injured?
2007-03-14 00:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by smile_girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I've done that. I've also imagined just punching some random starager in the face. As long as you just imagine that's okay...I hope.
2007-03-14 00:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by ohbrother 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is normal, I feel like i am falling down and my legs starts to shake.
2007-03-14 02:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by Caring Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done that once! It was kinda creepy. It feels like your just gonna free fall any second.
2007-03-14 00:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by David C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously it's not just you. See ya on the way down.
2007-03-14 00:47:07 · answer #8 · answered by sean1201 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people do. It's called vertigo.
2007-03-14 00:45:27 · answer #9 · answered by -meredith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course. And if you have fear of heights like I do, the feeling and the fear is heightened.
2007-03-14 00:46:01 · answer #10 · answered by Dowland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋