What is Acrophobia?
[[File:3 Window Washers - Cleaning the Westlake Center Office Tower.jpg|thumb|Certain jobs, such as washing windows on a skyscraper, require the people to have a head for heights. People with acrophobia will not be accepted.]] '''Acrophobia''' is the [[fear]] of [[Height|heights]]. People with acrophobia experience a fear or phobia when they are at a certain height, and they are being made aware of it.The word is derived from [[Ancient Greek]] akros - top, height, and phobia - fear. People who do not suffer from acrophobia are said to have a [[head for heights]]. [[Vertigo]] is often used to describe a fear of heights. Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, known as the fear of falling. On the other hand, those who have little fear of such exposure are said to have a head for heights. A head for heights is advantageous for hiking or climbing in mountainous terrain and also in certain jobs such as [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplejack steeplejacks] or wind turbine mechanics. {{med-stub}} [[Category:Phobias]]