Isn't it Phobaphobia? Fear of one's own fears.
Isn't it Phobaphobia? Fear of one's own fears.
No, no fobias, but I don't like heights too much. I love flying, rollercoasters etc, but for example if I look down from a very high roof or something like that, I feel scared. So you could say I fear the prospect of falling a lot, from the places I could easily fall if I screwed up somehow.
It was horrible when I was a kid; my friends always wanted to climb on high places ( like ladders to some factories chimneys and other stuff) and of course I wouldn't admit to them that I'm afraid, nor did I want it to show from me. So Mik climped and climped tens of meters high places scared for his life. *_<
But it's not fobia, as I love high places that are safe and I know I can't fall from there. *loves take-off and landing in airplane*
('-'*)/ - "sup"
To be honest, I don't know, Doom told me that one, so blame him if its wrongOriginally Posted by Ansem
I would love to be happy, but unfortunately I'm too busy being awesome and kicking your ass at everything
It's really quite interesting to observe how many people seem to mistake simple Vertigo as a fear of heights. Many times when you look down from a high place your brain will not be able to process depth perception as quickly as your eyes can feed the information they are recieving. This triggers dizziness, and sometimes even a minor loss of motor control, a reaction built into us as a defense mechanism that forces upon us the powerful instinct to back away from what we perceive to be the danger to our well being. We call this Vertigo.
In as much, often times what may be claimed as a fear of heights can really be attributed as a fear of one's lack of total self control.
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