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The Flash said:
I'm fine with heights as long as I don't look at the sky. Pretty weird how it works the opposite for most people; they can't look down instead.

High balconies are my biggest problem because of this reason, you can't help but see the sky.
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It is funny, I am not a fan of heights, like being on a ladder ... but inside a building, on a tall roller coaster, flying .. no problem at all. I have an Uncle who was a fireman for 30 years, had not problem climbing into a burning building, but would never fly until the last 10 or so years when a desire to take the Grand kids to Disney beat out a fear of flying.
 
I have yet to fly on a plane (crazy, I know) but I probably wouldn't have problems with it. My fear comes from a fear of "too much freedom" if you will. I'm afraid that I might want to jump off and try to fly into the sky. That's not an issue when you're on a plane, you're restricted.
 
The Flash said:
I have yet to fly on a plane (crazy, I know) but I probably wouldn't have problems with it. My fear comes from a fear of "too much freedom" if you will. I'm afraid that I might want to jump off and try to fly into the sky. That's not an issue when you're on a plane, you're restricted.
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It is hard to think of the last time I have gone a month without flying, early August and I am closing in on 50K flight miles this year
 
bearfan said:
I am in favor as well, though I will say Vegas is tough to beat. it was like going there for a convention, but Trooper beers and Eddies instead of someone trying to sell me data integration products :) ... the logistics there work out really well.
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Chicago works OK too, given that everyone and their mom has a direct flight there.
 
LooseCannon said:
Chicago works OK too, given that everyone and their mom has a direct flight there.
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For sure, it is an easy place to get to, I was thinking more of everything being on the strip once you are there ... tons of Maiden fans all in one place. It would be more scattered in Chicago, or just about anywhere else
 
Back home!

I also have a fear of heights. See-through/glass stairs and glass elevators freak me out. I use them only if I really have to, and even then I have to hold on to a railing or something. It was much worse when I was a kid, during breaks in elementary school I would stay in the classroom cause I couldn't bring myself to descend a flight of stairs. I regularly have stairs/elevator/great heights nightmares too.
 
My uni has balconies with floor like this:

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*picture not from my uni*

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:D At work, my desk is right in the corner of two glass walls. All the way, ceiling to floor, on both sides. I love it.
 
Incidentally, I've been on CN Tower. Platform one was fine. Platform two wasn't because it had glass walls. And I also couldn't get on the glass floor on platform one, even though the guy in charge assured me that it could hold sixteen elephants.
 
Perun said:
I suffer from vertigo. It was really bad as a child, although I think it's gotten better with age. I don't have problems getting up the staircases of high-rise buildings anymore, which is quite an improvement, given that I still suffered form panic attacks while doing that ten years ago. Lifts are a different story, though.
So, I was just reading this article and when seeing the first picture in it, I actually had to cling to my desk and had a sudden fear that I was about to fall. Despite the fact that the picture was taken from the ground. It made me feel incredibly uncomfortable, like something out of a horror film.
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Interesting. In that pic we look upwards. Looking down from the top, now that would make me more uneasy.
 
Found a pretty cool small record store downtown. Lots of old stuff you can't find anywhere else here. Prices are not that cheap but they never are anyway. Picked up Ride the Lightning, Operation: Mindcrime and Blizzard of Ozz.

They had a huge vinyl collection, all Maiden vinyls were there. Too bad I don't have a record player and can't afford to buy vinyls.
 
Forostar said:
Interesting. In that pic we look upwards. Looking down from the top, now that would make me more uneasy.
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Suffering from vertigo is the uneasy feeling and dizziness generally brought about by heights. So looking up at a high point can bring on vertigo.
 
I generally feel uneasy near the edge of a steep cliff or similar, but I have no problem with being at the top of a mountain ... still I can't imagine myself working as a construction worker high above the ground. My knees feel like jelly at the mere thought of it.
 
I am not a fan of heights, particularly if there are no edges. When we were at that castle in Oslo I was tentatively looking over the edge of the wall without getting too close to the edge.
 
Black Wizard said:
I am not a fan of heights, particularly if there are no edges. When we were at that castle in Oslo I was tentatively looking over the edge of the wall without getting too close to the edge.
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See I do the opposite. I feel more at ease when I'm next to the edge, rather than being a couple of steps behind it. Because, like I said, the fear in my mind is that I might jump off. That couple of steps give me a runway for possibly jumping off.
 
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