Posted: May 14, 2010 6:27 am
Fear of heights.
Driving on mountain roads where it goes straight down on one side, for example, kills me. (As a passenger, mind. I'm fine as long as I'm in control.)
High buildings, roof-tops, etc. also put quite a strain on me.
Funnily enough, rock-climbing is fine. I once started climbing a wall that was some 30 meters high on the side I started from. I had to climb around it, though and ended up on the other side, hanging from a ledge with some 150 meters of fresh air below me. That didn't bother me at all. I think that I'm fine as long as I have a feeling of control. Hands and feet (and a rope) thoroughly in the rock gives me that feeling, I guess. Standing at a handrail on a tower doesn't.
Driving on mountain roads where it goes straight down on one side, for example, kills me. (As a passenger, mind. I'm fine as long as I'm in control.)
High buildings, roof-tops, etc. also put quite a strain on me.
Funnily enough, rock-climbing is fine. I once started climbing a wall that was some 30 meters high on the side I started from. I had to climb around it, though and ended up on the other side, hanging from a ledge with some 150 meters of fresh air below me. That didn't bother me at all. I think that I'm fine as long as I have a feeling of control. Hands and feet (and a rope) thoroughly in the rock gives me that feeling, I guess. Standing at a handrail on a tower doesn't.