 Horror/Scary: April 27, 2022 Issue [#11332] |
This week: Acrophobia Edited by: Arakun the twisted raccoon  
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Quote for the week: "A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."
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An irrational fear of heights is called acrophobia. It comes from a Greek word meaning "fear of the summit." It is not to be confused with agorophobia, which as fear of being outside the home or arachnophobia, which is fear of spiders.
Most humans have some degree of inborn fear of heights which is associated with fear of falling (basiphobia). Basiphobia is more related to anxiety about falling from a high place than the height itself, but the two fears often go together.
A normal fear of heights often develops when babies begin to crawl. At this stage of life it is beneficial because it can prevent falls as the child learns to explore the world.
Like most fears, fear of heights becomes a phobia when it is extreme. A person with severe acrophobia may experience severe anxiety even in cases where they are not very high up, such as going up a flight of stairs.
Fear of heights is often confused with vertigo, which is a spinning sensation that occurs when the person is not actually spinning. Although some people may experience vertigo when looking down from a high place, it can have many other causes as well. In the classic film noir "Vertigo" the main character is a former police detective who experiences both fear of heights and vertigo as a result of a traumatic incident in the line of duty.
People who have no fear of heights are said to have a head for heights. People who enjoy the adrenaline rush that comes from being up high may take part in activities such as hang gliding, mountain climbing, and skydiving.
If one of your characters has acrophobia, it may have resulted from a traumatic experience, although most people who have a phobia of heights have not had any traumatic falls or other bad experiences with heights that they can remember.
Something to try: Write a horror story in which a character has acrophobia. |
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