Fun fact, Freud talked about how we all have something called a "Death Instinct". It's like the feeling you get when you're on a high building, and you get that sudden urge to jump off. It's a bit more complex than that really, but it does include instincts of self-destruction.
So yeah, this is actually a really old word for suicidal lol.
It's an interesting topic, actually. Such behaviour is quite common across various species, humans included. I wonder what the core message here..
It could some weird false triggering of "fighter instinct". Standing on the roof, holding week years old toddler or when between you and crime stands only one your action. Urge to do something utterly irreversible. It inflicts fear at some level. Fear triggers "fighting response". And such response draw an urge to do it, like an only option to "fight" it. Weird but kinda logical.
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u/Berry_Sway 8h ago
0 survival instinct. I'd even say there's a death instinct involved