fear of heights

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I have this phobia, how do I overcome it?

Pujan Mukherjee @pujanmukherjee5 (298) • Kolkata, India 29 Sep 20

I am one among all those people who is afraid of heights. It is a phobia and is called acrophobia, and it can lead to anxiety attacks and of course, avoidance of high places like taking a little peek towards the ground from the...

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Please tell me why I should not be afraid to ride an Airplane

grecychunny26 @grecychunny26 (9482) • Philippines 5 Mar 17

I am afraid of riding an Airplane. I never experienced it. I think I am scared because of the feeling of you are up and if something happen you cannot just get out of the vehicle. Or maybe because I have fear of heights and closed...

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Stepped Way Outside My Comfort Zone Last Night

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 20 Aug 16

I do not like heights. Thanks to a series of baby steps, I'm no longer paralyzed from fear when I'm in high places. But, I do still prefer to avoid them. However, since it was just my wife and me at the fair yesterday evening, I...

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My first experience of zipline!

Firefly @cttolledo (5459) • Legaspi, Philippines 22 Mar 13

Hi mylotters! Heights is always my weakness since then. But In one group adventure that I had few weeks ago, I overcome my fear of heights and Its a good feeling that I did it despite of my extreme fear. It was scary at...

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weird fear of heights

goingeagle3 @eagletrek2 (5514) • Kingston, New York 1 Jan 13

Hi I have a weird fear of heights. with me if I"M driving over a bridge or by mountain clif is were my fear is.but If I go snow skiing I do not have a problem on the left chairs and they are higher up on some of the bridges I...

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Face your fear and go for it!

gloryacam @gloryacam (5540) • Philippines 9 Feb 12

Two weeks ago, I was on a very exhilarating vacation in various areas in Mindanao (first day - Bukidnon, second day - Iligan, third day - Cagayan de Oro). On our first day, we did a zipline and though it was not as exciting as the...

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moneymakingtoday @moneymakingtoday (4061) • Philippines 20 Sep 10

It is a rare opportunity to be away from full-time work. It is luckier for one to be spending days in another country. It would be a rare chance for one who never ever dreamt of it and who feels he can never do it again because of...

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Do you have a fear of heights?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 8 Dec 08

I cannot stand on the edge of anything without fear and I remember falling once and not being able to see the ground. I was hanging off a tree branch and my mother was too busy laughing at me to tell me that my feet were only a...

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have you a fear of heights?

amlegend @amlegend (944) • Pakistan 6 Oct 08

many people have this fear and in the beginning they don't realize it as i was I'm pretty sure I have at least a mild form of it as I am afraid when I look down from heights, but it's not so serious that I couldn't look out from...

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My first bungee jump- What led to it and how it was.

complexvanilla @complexvanilla (653) • India 23 Feb 07

I was scared of heights and used to be terrified of the Ferris wheel and the roller-coasters in amusement parks. I would go blue in the face, scream like I was having a heart attack and maybe even puke. I had never gotten in a...

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what do you mean when you say you forgive someone?

manong05 @manong05 (5027) • Philippines 5 Jan 07

what do you actually do?

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How can I overcome my terrible fear of heights?

manong05 @manong05 (5027) • Philippines 2 Jan 07

I have no problems travelling by plane. But I have this annoying fear of heights that whenever I am in a high place and look down, my feet freeze and I feel as if something is pulling me down. This is funny, but even if I know...

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