Have a Fear of Heights?

JWBear · 07-24-2007, 10:28 AM

I have no problem with heights as long as there is a barrier (even if it’s just a railing) or some kind of restraint to keep me from going over the edge. I once freaked out a friend by pressing myself against a floor length window in a 20th floor hotel room.

An open I-beam?? No way in hell.

I also will not walk on a glass floor. I don’t care if it’s only a foot off the ground and 6 inches thick, I will not walk on it.

Alex · 07-24-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

I also will not walk on a glass floor. I don’t care if it’s only a foot off the ground and 6 inches thick, I will not walk on it.

The last time I danced in public was on the glass square in the floor of Tokyo Tower just to mildly freak out a phobic companion.

But the glass floor thing is very instinctive in human. I remember in a developmental psych classes back in college watching a video where they tried to coax toddlers (still crawling) out onto clear suspended plexiglass and could not do it, even when something else (toys generally) was on the plexiglass to show that they wouldn't fall.

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