“L'appel du vide” is when you have self-destructive thoughts for a split second - like swerving your car into oncoming traffic or imagining yourself jumping when you’re standing at the edge of a cliff even though you’d never really do it. The phrase literally translates as ‘the call of the void’. Source Source 2
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In 1887, American journalist Nellie Bly had herself committed to New York’s notorious Blackwell’s Island insane asylum – on purpose, as part of an assignment from the New York World newspaper. When she was released 10 days later, she had seen cruelty that made her shudder. In her account for the World, she wrote:
“I left the insane ward with pleasure and regret. Pleasure that I was once more able to enjoy the free breath of heaven; regret that I could not have brought with me some of the unfortunate women who lived and suffered with me, and who I am convinced are just as sane as I was and am now myself.”
The story that resulted is called “Ten Days in a Mad-House,” and it’s one of many pieces collected in a new volume, Nellie Bly: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings — released this year in honor of Bly’s 150th birthday. The book’s editor, Jean Lutes, talked about Bly’s legacy on Morning Edition yesterday.
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