Probably more common than you think. I know someone who worked in the transport industry. They had one advice they gave everyone: “when you’re driving while tired or stressed, hyperfocus on the two lines on the road in front of you. NEVER look at any tree or pole on the side of the road.”
The call of the void is perfectly natural and almost everyone does it.
Brain: “hey, don’t do this scenario, it’ll kill you.”
Me: "yeah, no shit brain.
I have small kids. Believe me, this is the voice of your parents echoing back at you.
Child’s brain: “do it, it’ll be super rad!”
Parent: “oh lawd!”
Is it supposed to happen every time I see a thick enough tree by the roadside and every bridge stanchion though?
Probably more common than you think. I know someone who worked in the transport industry. They had one advice they gave everyone: “when you’re driving while tired or stressed, hyperfocus on the two lines on the road in front of you. NEVER look at any tree or pole on the side of the road.”
I’ve heard the same from bikers that narrowly dodged accidents by hyperfocusing on the gap between the cars, Jako302 in the thread explains it well
This only happened to me when i was in a mentally very bad state. It’s not healthy behavior.
But is it normal if it meows and steal my shrimps?
Very