# Jumping off a cliff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-off-a-cliff/740323>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 13, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-off-a-cliff/740323 "2015-12-13T14:31:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-off-a-cliff/740323/1 "2015-12-13T14:31:11Z")

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> **[I have an urge to jump off a cliff. Does that mean I’m suicidal?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344357/i-have-an-urge-to-jump-off-a-cliff-does-that-mean-i-m-suicidal)**

When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I was riding on a fishing boat with my father in California, looking over the edge at the rotor churning the water below, thinking that I could easily leap into the water and just die if I wanted. There was an impulse to do so. It was a very real possibility, nobody could have stopped me. This is among my earliest memories.