Are you afraid of heights?

[lspencer534]

If so, don't click on this thread.

View from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://i59.tinypic.com/24lmt0y.jpg

[Barn Babe]

:willy:

I have a hard time with tall overpasses!

:willy:

:leaving:

[78SA]

It's not the height that bothers me.

[NCC-1701]

I've rappelled off 20 story buildings when I was young and stupid but now I'm old and chicken and know better. I don't even fly anymore and I use to love it especially the take off and landings..

[NCC-1701]

It's not the height that bothers me.

Yea its the sudden stop...

[lspencer534]

Yea its the sudden stop...

Just like speeding.

[Grey Ghost]

I'm good with just seeing the pics

[Kerrmudgeon]

I used to live in a 25th floor penthouse condo, and I would sit on the balcony rail all the time. Now.....I get weak in the knees on a step ladder..:(

[VITE1]

:willy:

I have a hard time with tall overpasses!

:willy:

:leaving:
:iagree:
Thick socks make me dizzy.

[Rob]

Nope. Been up on top of the Memphis Arkansas bridge that crosses the river. That too will solve any fears

[TripleBlack]

Yes. Yes I am.

Sorry if a dupe...

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[CertInsaneC5]

I was never afraid of heights when younger. Commercial roofer and tree cutter while in college. But after slipping on ice in my driveway, and breaking my leg in two places, I have problems with anything over about 20 feet. Very weird IMHO. I thought I would get over it. Nope. :ohnoes:

[Fasglas]

There once was a video of a guy climbing a super-tall communications tower. The camera gave the feeling you were right there climbing yourself.

He went all the way up. Changed a strobe light, I believe.

:ohnoes:

[Milton Fox]

Not really, but I do worry about falling out of bed in my sleep. :island14:

[CertInsaneC5]

Not really, but I do worry about falling out of bed in my sleep. :island14:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z267/CertInsaneC5/Baby-Crib-SY-0216-.jpg

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[Sea Six]

If so, don't click on this thread.

View from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://i59.tinypic.com/24lmt0y.jpg

Don't watch A View To A Kill if you can't handle this pic!

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[Barn Babe]

Okay, so yesterday I'm at the mall. On the way up the escalator, I couldn't wait to get to the top, I felt like I was going to fall backward. Then, when I attempted to go down, I couldn't do it. I turned around and took the stairs. :willy: I've never had a problem with escalators before, can fears get worse like that? :confused:

[lspencer534]

Okay, so yesterday I'm at the mall. On the way up the escalator, I couldn't wait to get to the top, I felt like I was going to fall backward. Then, when I attempted to go down, I couldn't do it. I turned around and took the stairs. :willy: I've never had a problem with escalators before, can fears get worse like that? :confused:

They can get worse. Let me tell you a true story: In college I worked for an engineering company in Louisiana. We were on a barge on the Mississippi River, drilling test holes for the foundation of a new bridge. At that place in the river the channel is 98' deep, and the current is strong.

The deck of the barge was covered in "drilling mud", which is a substance the is pumped down the hole as you're drilling to keep the hole open. It's also as slick as owl chit. Mud on a steel deck makes for a slippery situation.

Suddenly someone yelled, "Hold on!". There was a loose barged headed straight towards us. It hit our barge, and I fell off into the river. I was a quarter mile down the river in seconds, and by sheer luck I got swept out of the current and swam ashore. Prior to that I loved the water, swimming, sailing, etc.

Now I can't even get into the pool in my back yard. Even if I submerge in three feet of water, I panic and suck water into my lungs. I got worse and worse over the years.

Epilogue: In the 1990's I read a newspaper story that said someone had fallen into the Miss. River channel and survived. The article said that he was only the second person to survive there. I knew who the first was.

[Barn Babe]

Wow, Spence, you got lucky!

I haven't had a bad experience with heights, this has just come on in the past couple of months.

[TabuIsMe]

I used to live in a 25th floor penthouse condo, and I would sit on the balcony rail all the time. Now.....I get weak in the knees on a step ladder..:(

On the roof, I am okay.
Climbed up a ladder at work, and it's one of those platforms where you can see the ground, and definitely felt very shakey and was grateful for the side rails. :leaving:

[lspencer534]

Wow, Spence, you got lucky!

I haven't had a bad experience with heights, this has just come on in the past couple of months.

Some peope are just born with a phobia. While I don't consider myfelf afraid of heights, I'm a lot more cautious than I used to be because of something I did: I was workling in New Orleans one Summer, and I rode the construction elevator to the top of a tall building. Near the top, the elevator staring hitting the walls of the shaft.

I asked what was going on, and they said that's just the building swaying in the wind. I didn't know that a bare steel structure can sway 2'-3' until it's finished. When we got out of the elevator and stood on he deck, you could definitely feel it sway. I think twice now.

[DukeAllen]

Hell...I don't even like to stand up straight!

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[five-oh]

Hell...I don't even like to stand up straight!

:leaving:

:slap: That ain't a "height phobia". That's a "work phobia". You're just afraid that if you stand up straight someone will put your decrepit old butt to work.:D

[Milton Fox]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z267/CertInsaneC5/Baby-Crib-SY-0216-.jpg

:leaving:

:banghead: Dangit! I never thought about just pulling out the drawer! :seasix:

[Sea Six]

Phobias are very, very easy to cure. Very cheap and near 100% in success rate.

[lspencer534]

Phobias are very, very easy to cure. Very cheap and near 100% in success rate.

I just don't get into water. Even cheaper.

[Barn Babe]

Phobias are very, very easy to cure. Very cheap and near 100% in success rate.

Lay it on me. :confused5:

[five-oh]

Lay it on me. :confused5:

Probably not the best phrasing for you to use to SeaSix. :leaving:

[NCC-1701]

Probably not the best phrasing for you to use to SeaSix. :leaving:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Kerrmudgeon]

I asked what was going on, and they said that's just the building swaying in the wind. I didn't know that a bare steel structure can sway 2'-3' until it's finished. When we got out of the elevator and stood on he deck, you could definitely feel it sway. I think twice now.

When I moved in to the 25th floor I always thought something was weird with the plumbing in the building....the water in the toilet would go up and down by itself. BUT, on closer inspection the water wasn't going up and down it was going side to side! Then it hit me....the water was staying level and the building was swaying back and forth! :yikes:

My GF at the time couldn't stay there without freaking out. She'd lock herself in the bathroom and sleep at night. She kept the curtains drawn all the time. We moved to a ground level house soon after. I loved that condo.....she's gone, condo's gone too. :toetap:

Check out these window washers in Dubai....world's tallest building....:willy:

Window cleaning the world's tallest building - Supersized Earth - Episode 1 - BBC One - YouTube

[69camfrk]

Okay, so yesterday I'm at the mall. On the way up the escalator, I couldn't wait to get to the top, I felt like I was going to fall backward. Then, when I attempted to go down, I couldn't do it. I turned around and took the stairs. :willy: I've never had a problem with escalators before, can fears get worse like that? :confused:

Sounds like someone needs a Xanax!!!!!:D

[lspencer534]

When I moved in to the 25th floor I always thought something was weird with the plumbing in the building....the water in the toilet would go up and down by itself. BUT, on closer inspection the water wasn't going up and down it was going side to side! Then it hit me....the water was staying level and the building was swaying back and forth! :yikes:

My GF at the time couldn't stay there without freaking out. She'd lock herself in the bathroom and sleep at night. She kept the curtains drawn all the time. We moved to a ground level house soon after. I loved that condo.....she's gone, condo's gone too. :toetap:

Check out these window washers in Dubai....world's tallest building....:willy:

Window cleaning the world's tallest building - Supersized Earth - Episode 1 - BBC One - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRuXrduj6Q#t=234)

As I understand it, completed buildings shouldn't sway,although bare steel framing does.

[Sea Six]

Lay it on me. :confused5:

All you have to do is face your fear. You can do it gradually, by yourself or with a trained (or perhaps an untrained) coach, for free or you can pay a specialist.

Pretty much all the specialists do is have you face the fear in one way or another. Some of them have their own little computer simulation programs to help you advance to the real thing.

But they all focus on you simply facing your fear. :dunno:


:yesnod:



This pretty much goes for irrational fears. If you have a rational fear, say, of crashing cars, you probably shouldn't try to overcome that.

[lspencer534]

All you have to do is face your fear. You can do it gradually, by yourself or with a trained (or perhaps an untrained) coach, for free or you can pay a specialist.

Pretty much all the specialists do is have you face the fear in one way or another. Some of them have their own little computer simulation programs to help you advance to the real thing.

But they all focus on you simply facing your fear. :dunno:


:yesnod:



This pretty much goes for irrational fears. If you have a rational fear, say, of crashing cars, you probably shouldn't try to overcome that.

I'd rather not face my fear of water. I'll just stay away from it. I don't know why I even have a pool; it's too hot in the Summer to use it.

[Sea Six]

I'd rather not face my fear of water.

Just curious... why?

[Bucwheat]

Only when I'm up high.

[lspencer534]

Just curious... why?

I compare it to my food allergies: It's gone on for so long that I don't miss what I can't do (or eat).

[LATB]

Check out these window washers in Dubai....world's tallest building....:willy:

Window cleaning the world's tallest building - Supersized Earth - Episode 1 - BBC One - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRuXrduj6Q#t=234)
That's just stupid.

For starters, what good is the hard hat if they fall?
And all that money...they couldn't incorporate an elevator scaffolding to facilitate window cleaning? Or better yet, built in cleaners?

[Blademaker]

In my mis-spent youth.............I feared no heights.
I thought nothing of jumping off the diving cliffs into the Chattahoochee river.

Now.........on a ladder leaned up against my house, I'm OK, but nervous.
Step on the roof of my house and walk around?
NFW.
Last time I did that, around 10 years ago, my wife had to call 2 of my neighbors to move the extension ladder around to the chimney box where I was holding on to for dear life.
Hyperventilating like a SOB.
Now...........I have a handyman come over and blow leaves outta my gutters every Dec.1, and gladly pay $75 for him to do so.
No heights, no problem.

[CertInsaneC5]

In my mis-spent youth.............I feared no heights.
I thought nothing of jumping off the diving cliffs into the Chattahoochee river.

Now.........on a ladder leaned up against my house, I'm OK, but nervous.
Step on the roof of my house and walk around?
NFW.
Last time I did that, around 10 years ago, my wife had to call 2 of my neighbors to move the extension ladder around to the chimney box where I was holding on to for dear life.
Hyperventilating like a SOB.
Now...........I have a handyman come over and blow leaves outta my gutters every Dec.1, and gladly pay $75 for him to do so.
No heights, no problem.

:iagree: It's not worth the stress. :cert:

[lspencer534]

:iagree: It's not worth the stress. :cert:

It seems I'm on a forum with a bunch of scaredy-cats. :D

[CertInsaneC5]

It seems I'm on a forum with a bunch of scaredy-cats. :D

Oh no you jus didn't. :Jeff '79:

I have survived so much stuff in my life that I shouldn't have. Broken many bones and lost count of the number of stitches. I can afford to let someone else do it now.

But at least I can carry a bag of cat food into the house without busting myself up. :rofl: :cert:

[The Cripp]

Years ago when I was into ham radio bigtime, I used to climb a 90 foot tower with an antenna in one hand, and the other hanging on.

NO safety belt!

Makes me sick thinking about it now. :faint:

[five-oh]

Years ago when I was into ham radio bigtime, I used to climb a 90 foot tower with an antenna in one hand, and the other hanging on.

NO safety belt!

Makes me sick thinking about it now. :faint:
You're nuts. We just put up a 45' Rohn 25 for my hexbeam this spring. I got as high as the shop roof- about 18 feet- and said screw this. I'll use wire antennas the rest of my life before I'll go any higher. A friend came over and danced around on the top of it 45' up like he was on the ground.
Years ago I climbed a 60', no problems, no safety equipment. Never again.

[LATB]

In my mis-spent youth.............I feared no heights.
I thought nothing of jumping off the diving cliffs into the Chattahoochee river.

Now.........on a ladder leaned up against my house, I'm OK, but nervous.
Step on the roof of my house and walk around?
NFW.
Last time I did that, around 10 years ago, my wife had to call 2 of my neighbors to move the extension ladder around to the chimney box where I was holding on to for dear life.
Hyperventilating like a SOB.
Now...........I have a handyman come over and blow leaves outta my gutters every Dec.1, and gladly pay $75 for him to do so.
No heights, no problem.

In my younger day I would ride the crane ball on a build. walk the ridge setting trusses. Hang over the gable installing trim. Etc.

But not now.

After my fall sliding down an extension ladder in 2012 I'm more careful. But I was back on the ladder/roof the day after and for weeks after the fall. Probably why 2 years later my ankles still suck.

My roof and extension ladder days are done.

[Norm]

.....are you afraid of heights?

You g*d damn right I am.

[lspencer534]

Oh no you jus didn't. :Jeff '79:

I have survived so much stuff in my life that I shouldn't have. Broken many bones and lost count of the number of stitches. I can afford to let someone else do it now.

But at least I can carry a bag of cat food into the house without busting myself up. :rofl: :cert:

Hey...I resemble that remark! :rofl:

[Olustee bus]

When young it did not bother me a lot. Then I went airborne in the army. After that, if I was in a tall building, I was berry uncomfortable without that smug feeling of a parachute harness. I no longer go up to tall building windows.

[boracayjohnny]

http://i.imgur.com/yJLcLxU.jpg

This is a picture when the wife and I went to Singapore. Yep, we went on the top of that. It was a great view and even had a wooden floor that all of a sudden I noticed was.....moving. I had to get the hell down quick. So yea, I don't like heights but can deal with it as long as I'm not close to the edge and the floor is not moving. :D

[Blademaker]

It seems I'm on a forum with a bunch of scaredy-cats. :D

Not hardly.......:D

[Kerrmudgeon]

As I understand it, completed buildings shouldn't sway,although bare steel framing does.
They are made to sway....if they didn't they'd crack and suffer structural problems......:yesnod:
From the official statistics, available at the CN Tower website (www.cntower.ca):

In a 120 KPH breeze, there is this much sway:

Antenna mast (highest part): 1.07 meters (about 3 1/2 feet for you Yanks)

SkyPod (Upper observation deck): .46 meters (1 1/2 feet, about)

Lookout (Open observation deck): 22.9 centimeters (9 inches)

It has to move. The only alternative would be to engineer these parts to withstand the tremendous forces (wind, gravity, shear, compression and precipitation) and you'd still have one inescapable fact: these things are held up in the sky on a stick. Remember moving things with a lever in grade school? The longer the lever, the more the mechanical advantage. The Skypod is on a lever 1100 meters long - how much force to make it topple if the lever were one stiff piece? That's why there's some "give" in it - to destroy the mechanical advantage and keep the tourists alive, happy and spending money. That's what keeps Toronto green.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-APNh_m-WFUI/T6Nfy1jdnoI/AAAAAAAAAI8/F9uj7kPWIZc/s1600/CNTower.jpg

[Mike Mercury]

Are you afraid of heights?

I don't like it; but ignore the ill feelings when the need arises:


http://www.tim-yvonne.com/temp2/Tower work 4-27-13_1353_resize.JPG

[markids77]

Am I afraid of heights? Not since I took a 30 foot face first fall off an underhang 150 feet off the floor of a canyon while rock climbing in New York state. Stripped two "friends" (fall protection devices) in the process... but needed no new undergarments at the end. Nothing much fazes me afterward.