What We Get Wrong About the Golden Gate Bridge Suicides

They’ve been romanticized for years — why that’s dangerous

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If you’ve ever felt the sudden urge to leap off of a tall building, you’re already familiar with the concept of l’appel du vide — a French term that literally translates as “the call of the void” and refers to a sudden but passing urge to engage in self-destructive…