“It’s an urge for … destruction. Have you ever been driving down the road and thought to yourself, what would happen if I swerved into oncoming traffic? Or have you ever been on the edge of a cliff staring down into nothing and thought, what would happen if I just took one more step? It’s not suicidal. It’s an impulse. A need somehow embedded into our genetic code. Most don’t act upon it because we are capable of rational thought. But there, buried in our lizard brain, is always the what-if. Your hands on the steering wheel and there’s an oncoming semi. The
