A psychological perspective on dark urges

The Science behind the High Place Phenomenon

Tiptoeing around the void

Dennis Steppenwolf
3 min readJun 14, 2020

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The call of the void. Many have felt it, most shake it off immediately. It is better known as the high place phenonemon and can be understood as a special case of a sudden thought, that is — almost out of nowhere — intruding our mind.

Woah, where did that come from?

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Dennis Steppenwolf

Dad, editor and broadcast assistant in Cologne. Fascinated by liminal spaces, existentialism, alternate realities and the black goo that is the human psyche.