While I'm not exactly acrophobic, I don't really like heights much.
is that the extreme fear or phobia of heights?
That's the one! I can go upstairs, but put me high above the ground and I feel a little queasy. Are there many people like that, do you think?
yes many people including me have that phobia, its considered a space and motion discomfort, that share both similar causes and options for treatment
I'm sorry you also have this condition. What sort of treatments are available?
the easiest way is to not go up into high places! recent studies have cast doubt on a fear of falling or similar issues related to why they would be scared
That's good advice! And I do have a fear of either slipping and falling or being pushed, so the studies are wrong in my case.
or climbing in mountainous terrain and also in certain jobs such as steeplejacks or wind turbine mechanics. Some people may also be afraid of the high wind, as an addition of falling. This is actually known as added ancraophobia.
People with acrophobia can experience a panic attack in high places and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Approximately 2–5% of the general population has acrophobia, with twice as many women affected as men. The term is from the , "ákron", meaning "peak, summit,
cover: "Well, both of our other records are me on the cover, and I think it's cool to have that photo, you know, that people can look at and go, 'OK, that's who that is.' But I feel like, by now, they know who we are, and I wanted something really different. I didn't feel like we had to put a photo on the cover, I wanted it to be more mysterious and more about Evanescence itself, not just me