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Old 12-28-2012, 12:45 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by afadafa View Post
There is nothing irrational about the fear of heights at all. It's pretty logical actually. It's an evolutionary response system for preventing injury or death. It is for the same reason why people are afraid of the dark, insects, etc. Our ancestors slept at night instead of hunting for a reason. They didn't want to take one too many steps and fall off a cliff lol. Having said that, I do believe that people can develop an abnormal degree of this fear which can affect their day to day lives, are you one of these people?
maybe i am, im not sure. watching people who are buckled into an extremely safe system who can take a step over a high edge without fear, that to me is sort of an irrational fear.

also when you see people step on plexiglass thats on a tall tower, that freaks me out as well.

for example, sears tower:

you know that by all means that is safe, yet you are still afraid of it. thats kind of irrational.
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