who here is afraid of heights?

[Dr.J]

I sure as fuck am. 

[Coach is Back!]

Nah, waterfalls and dams scare the shit out of me.

[Dr.J]

Those are high, so you may be coach?

[Coach is Back!]

Those are high, so you may be coach?

No, I was a commercial roofer, then consultant and inspector. Heights never bothered me.

[sync pulse]

You would not like being an AT&T Uverse Premises Tech.  Little known fact; utility poles sway when your up one.  

The gaffs cut into your calves, and you can't wear the proper boots because you go into people's houses and have to present an appropriate image.

So you try to use 30 foot extension ladders whenever you can.  But once a week you have to use the gaffs, because of shit like the customer planting a palm tree next to a pole to hide it.  Or customers appropriating space on the utility easement to build a pool house and so obstructing the place where you would have to put the ladder.

[Dr.J]

That picture gives me the heebee jeebees

[hench]

Hate tall buildings and looking down but can sit in a plane thousands of feet in the air and look out. Never understood that, maybe coz it's so high there's no sense of height from the srroundings

I sure as fuck am. 

[Dr.J]

Hate tall buildings and looking down but can sit in a plane thousands of feet in the air and look out. Never understood that, maybe coz it's so high there's no sense of height from the srroundings

That's a good point, cause I'm the same, I think it's because I feel safe in plane.... and planes don't wreck that often.

[hench]

if I go to a city where the buildings are so high around me and look up I get the same sense of unease. Never had an incident to cause it so not sure why I'm affected

That's a good point, cause I'm the same, I think it's because I feel safe in plane.... and planes don't wreck that often.

[Bindare_Dundat]

Try changing lights on radio towers. Thatll test your fear of heights.

[Bindare_Dundat]

if I go to a city where the buildings are so high around me and look up I get the same sense of unease. Never had an incident to cause it so not sure why I'm affected

I get the same thing. Can look down off any height but looking up gives me the spins if there are other references to how high I am. Has to do with not being able to see where my feet are planted for me.  

I cant stand hanging over balconies and then turning around to look straight up the building with my back to the ground. Shit my pants.  Funny how the brain works.

[MAXX]

I'm afraids of weights

[Powerlift66]

I'm afraid of widths (Steven Wright)...
But really, yeah, not a fan of heights, fast amusement park rides, etc...

[SuperTed]

I don't like heights. I feel giddy when I stand near the edge of a tall building/cliff etc.

[gracie bjj]

i put in ventalation units and chimneys on high rise buildings in new york city on weekends with my buddy,trust me man i never liked heights and still dont but i make 350 dollars cash a day so i deal with it. i just dont look down when im near the ends of the roof

[Waller]

If I haven't been high for a while I get unaccustomed, but not to the point where I'd say I'm scared. I've done roofing and house building so have been in precarious places.

What I do get is some odd irrational fear of dropping something. I used to worry about dropping my hammer and end up being clumsy with it. At a hotel the other week I was leaning over a balcony using my phone, all of a sudden I'm gripping my phone like a mong. I never just drop my phone while holding it, but all of a sudden I'm worrying. It's like my hands are suddenly filled with sand.

[SuperTed]

What I do get is some odd irrational fear of dropping something. I used to worry about dropping my hammer and end up being clumsy with it. At a hotel the other week I was leaning over a balcony using my phone, all of a sudden I'm gripping my phone like a mong. I never just drop my phone while holding it, but all of a sudden I'm worrying. It's like my hands are suddenly filled with sand.

I have this exact same problem too. When I lean over a balcony, browsing through my phone, I start feeling like I will drop my phone and start holding onto it more firmly.

[gracie bjj]

i remember dropping my pliers once from 17 stories up, i didnt even want to go downstairs cause i was scared to death someone would be seriously hurt or dead when i got there,my buddy got there 20min later and i asked him if anything was going on downstairs and he said no,why? it woulda been fucked up if i hurt some innocent person,i wouldnt felt really bad.that coulda been my son or wife walking down there

[Waller]

i remember dropping my pliers once from 17 stories up, i didnt even want to go downstairs cause i was scared to death someone would be seriously hurt or dead when i got there,my buddy got there 20min later and i asked him if anything was going on downstairs and he said no,why? it woulda been fucked up if i hurt some innocent person,i wouldnt felt really bad.that coulda been my son or wife walking down there

It would have been fiiiine. Just go grab a slice of pizza.

[hench]

safe to say, that would have killed someone from that height!

i remember dropping my pliers once from 17 stories up, i didnt even want to go downstairs cause i was scared to death someone would be seriously hurt or dead when i got there,my buddy got there 20min later and i asked him if anything was going on downstairs and he said no,why? it woulda been fucked up if i hurt some innocent person,i wouldnt felt really bad.that coulda been my son or wife walking down there

[bicepsofsteel]

[gym**rat]

Just a few weeks ago I zipp lined down Legacy Mountain in Tenn. I am afraid of heights but wanted to beat it. It sucked ass. I had my eyes closed or looked up 95% of the time.

[gracie bjj]

safe to say, that would have killed someone from that height!

thats why i was terrified to go downstairs and see what happened, from then on i was much more careful.i was leaning over the edge of the building trying not to fall off the building and it was raining and my pliers slipped outta my hand. it happens but like u said at that height it could and will hurt/kill someone and i dont want to live with that on my mind

[kh300]

I'm a mountain/rock climber whos afraid of heights. I can stand on a cliff looking down 1000 feet, but scared shitless of looking down a 10 story window.I guess its man made structures I don't like.

[hench]

Accidents happen, at least you're now more careful without anything bad having happened.

thats why i was terrified to go downstairs and see what happened, from then on i was much more careful.i was leaning over the edge of the building trying not to fall off the building and it was raining and my pliers slipped outta my hand. it happens but like u said at that height it could and will hurt/kill someone and i dont want to live with that on my mind