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by Zack on March 27th, 2008

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Anyone here on AB have a genuine fear of heights?

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  • by Anonymous on March 27th, 2008

    Anonymous

    Yes. I get jittery just standing on a chair.

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on March 27th, 2008

    singwell-is off researching a lot

    I did have, then I found out that phobias are largely due to stresses in childhood, when you feel you have been robbed of your security. I worked through this, and while I cannot say I LOVE heights, I can do a lot of things I never could have in the past, climb ladders, go up buildings, stand at the edge of lookouts etc

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  • by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on March 27th, 2008

    redcatt63 is around here somewhere......

    Not so much a fear of heights, but a fear of falling. I'm cool if I'm enclosed...or have a high barrier, like up on the observation deck of the Empire State Building...and up in the Arch here in St. Louis. But, if I were on a high place with no fence, barrier, wall, etc.,...I'd have a panic attack.

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  • by shammers still slogging along on March 27th, 2008

    shammers still slogging along

    I think so. For example, I'd never ever go out onto that new attraction they've built at the Grand Canyon.

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  • by RosieGHM Jetpacker on March 28th, 2008

    RosieGHM Jetpacker

    Me..except in a plane. Let me tell you how lame I am...if I am looking through a magazine and I come upon a view looking down from a building or a bridge my knees get weak..one time at Disneyland I rode on the people mover and when I got off at the other end my knees buckled and my date caught me before I fell! :)

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  • by Dee Dee just havin some fun on March 27th, 2008

    Dee Dee just havin some fun

    I'm afraid of heights, but I always forget that I am. I have climbed walls to get into a Quarry cave then was to afraid to get down. Once in a high rise building I looked out the window then that night I couldn't sleep because I kept feeling like I was falling I had to sleep on the floor. Another Time I climbed up a forest fire out look station and when I got to the top I was so scared I had to sit on the floor and go down the steps on my butt. When I sky and have to ride the sky lifts I always fight the feeling of jumping. It is so weird. I can ride on roller coasters and laugh all the way. I can climb anything, but when I get to the top I freeze.

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  • by king of ellipses on March 27th, 2008

    king of ellipses

    I'm afraid of widths.

    No really though, I can't stand heights. I can't even look up at tall buildings without almost having a panic attack. I think I have genuine vertigo. I can't go near the railiing at Niagara Falls. I can't llok up at the CN Tower from underneath...I'd fall over...it's very strange.
    I'm okay flying though, strangely enough.

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  • by Kal-El on March 27th, 2008

    Kal-El

    I used to be, but I think I've gotten over it.

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  • by eric on March 27th, 2008

    eric

    Anything over 3 stories makes my butthole pucker. LOL

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  • by chelsea on March 27th, 2008

    chelsea

    No, but my mom does.

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  • by LoyalTubist-CountryClub Life in Mindanao on March 27th, 2008

    LoyalTubist-CountryClub Life in Mindanao

    When I was little I saw a man jump out of an airplane at a skydiving show. His chute didn't open and he fell within 20 feet of where I was watching. I will never forget that.

    I get squeamish on highway flyovers, pedestrian bridges, ladders (not bad), some balconies, and other high places. I get nauseous when I watch workers on a skyscraper working without any kind of visible restraint. I've been in therapy and it used to be a lot worse.

    It's been almost 45 years.

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  • by Drastic on March 27th, 2008

    Drastic

    I freakin hate heights...yet I want to fly really bad.

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  • by Justmewonderinagain on March 27th, 2008

    Justmewonderinagain

    No but I know a guy who is afraid of heights and one time he was over at my house helping us build a shed and he wanted to help put siding on which required him to climb a ladder. Well he put aside his fears and climbed the ladder slowly- he was REALLY nervous though, but he refused to come down. Anyway shortly after he actually fell off the ladder, he was ok, but that just confirmed his fears. And to this day he hates heights and wont touch a ladder.

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  • by DiSTurBiA on March 27th, 2008

    DiSTurBiA

    only if like Im looking over the edge, and it's like 40+ feet down.

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  • by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on March 27th, 2008

    Chezter is going to save the Redheads

    If I'm at the top of a 200 foot ladder on a windy day I'll have a genuine fear of heights, but I think that's a natural fear, not a phobia

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on March 27th, 2008

    Im Alec has abandoned this account

    Definitely.More than a single flight if stairs makes me nervous. But not planes, of thy look solid. But a helicopter made me nervous, and a balloon was terrifying.

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  • by Nelson - Jetpacking from bed on March 27th, 2008

    Nelson - Jetpacking from bed

    I have an odd fear and lack of fear mix. If I am standing on somthing that is connected to the earth (building, cliff, etc) is does bother me. But get me in a plane or helicopter I am fine.

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  • by Symbeline on March 27th, 2008

    Symbeline

    Nope, I love heights. :)

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  • by huntergatherer on February 3rd, 2009

    huntergatherer

    i have had a fear of heights since i jumped off a bridge....i really dont like heights anymore =/

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  • by mahwish on July 3rd, 2008

    mahwish

    yah..i have fear of heights..i cant stand even on a four story building and look down..may be its fear of falling..!

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  • by Anonymous on June 17th, 2008

    Anonymous

    ME!

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  • by Cogitation7 on April 7th, 2008

    Cogitation7

    What's AB?

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  • by Grammy Robin on March 28th, 2008

    Grammy Robin

    Yeah I think so.
    Ferris wheels terrify me.
    And, I have dreams of dropping from great heights.

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  • by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on March 28th, 2008

    killdrphil - reasonable for a madman

    I don't have a fear of heights. I have a fear of widths.

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  • by curious on March 27th, 2008

    curious

    Me, scard of heights

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  • by Brian on March 27th, 2008

    Brian

    I think almost anyone would if the situation was precarious enough.

    Usually I don't consider myself as having a fear of heights.

    If I was in Lhasa, Tibet at 14,400 feet above sea level I wouldn't be feeling the least bit acrophobic but if I was standing on top of a wobbly 100' pole I sure would be. ;)

    I'm also comfortable with herbally induced internal heights. ;)

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  • by DorkPangs on March 27th, 2008

    DorkPangs

    I do not, have not, though I may well develop it in the future.

    Since I was a child, I loved heights, and would climb trees and fall and break bones, but then get up and climb it again.

    I did, however, have a bizarre fear of teddy bears for a long time. Teddy bears and Cabbage Patch Kids... They still unsettle me, but they don't make me burst into tears like they did when I was 3.

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  • by BigDaddyBS on March 27th, 2008

    BigDaddyBS

    Depends... If there's something I consider solid to hold onto or touch, NO. And I have no problems in planes. I also remember being in a helicopter over Gettysburg and not being afraid when I was younger.

    When I was a kid we went to Niagra Falls, the Grand Canyon, etc. The "observation decks" were a bit scary - walking up to the edge, but once I got the rail, and it felt solid, I was fine.

    Used to work on the 16th floor of a building. I could walk BY the windows (1 foot off the floor to 1 foot off the ceiling), but if I looked OUT of them, standing by them, I had to at least be able to touch the wall.

    And, looking OUT from a height doesn't bother me... It's looking DOWN than does. Phobia? I don't think so. Just the "butterflies" from my stomach to my shoulders! LOL

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  • by prof. mes solzhenitsy on March 27th, 2008

    prof. mes solzhenitsy

    If getting one's soul steadiness on the plane is a genuıne fear of heights, yep!

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  • by Lovehearts on March 27th, 2008

    Lovehearts

    I'm terrified of them. Pretty much.

    Sometimes I get dizzy just climbing the stairs. I could be a lot worse, though. My mum is awful with them.

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  • by Tinkerbell on March 27th, 2008

    Tinkerbell

    Yes I am none too find of them at all. Not terrible but I really don't like them.

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  • by Cogitation7 on March 27th, 2008

    Cogitation7

    I think everybody has a fear of hieghts just some people go to an extent where it becomes a major phobia. I get scared alittle but my testicles tingle for some wierd reason. (not in a good way)

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  • by Ms.A on March 28th, 2008

    Ms.A

    No.I have a mind-numbing fear of depths.

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  • by TRK360 on March 28th, 2008

    TRK360

    My friend's whole family has a deadly fear of heights, it's really interesting that all five of them share a similar fear, but that is why I always help them hang up Christmas Lights LOL.

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  • by loveschimps on March 27th, 2008

    loveschimps

    Nope I like mountain climbing and looking down. Cool view!!

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