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The idea of not having a fear of heights is generating a mild anxiety in me.
by cgriswald 8y ago
The idea of not having a fear of heights is generating a mild anxiety in me.
- luckylion 8y agoI understand you'll still have a healthy amount of fear when in dangerous situations, but not a crippling fear.
- keerthiko 8y agoI believe normal people like me are still wary of danger, and even have physical responses (tensing up, moving gingerly, holding your breath) when under the illusion of danger even when logically knowing there's very little danger, such as when standing on a transparent balcony floor or walkway of a very very tall building, or preparing for a drop from a tall roller coaster. I think that's all the physiological response one needs without getting psychologically crippled, paralyzed, making rash decisions, or just generally having a bad time when presented with these situations.
- radosc 8y agoHaving tried propranolol, I still had the same amount of fear but without physical manifestations of it like shaky hands or excessive sweating.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoYeah, but that just makes one careful. On the other hand, not being able to climb a ladder, be too close to a window on the 3rd floor, or other such things would suck. You can then keep the knowledge that some heights are dangerous without actually having the fear.