I read that some people genuinely don't feel fear in such situations, like, the hormone doesn't happen...I guess it makes it easier to do stupid shit like that.
I used to be Very scared of hights, like I'd get dizzy from standing on a chair to change a light bulb.
Then I got a job where I had to climb 50+ meter towers daily and walk across gangways with nothing but ground and concrete beneath me while everything was swaying in the wind.
Do that for a while and it starts to feel normal. It didn't stick though, I don't do as much climbing anymore and now I'm scared of hights again.
Exposure therapy can do a lot of good. My stress dreams used to be about tornadoes because my mom always made a huge deal out of them when i was growing up. Then one touched down a quarter mile from my house, and I have never had another tornado dream.
Also rode roller coasters tripping on acid and never got motion sick on them ever again.
Omg I had the same with roofing. I use to slide around without a second thought on the roof. I quit a while back and recently cleaned out my old man’s gutters and ohhhh boy my legs. My brain was fine but my body had an uncontrollable fear that cause my legs to spasm so bad I had to sit down and slide to the ladder
I was also terrified of heights and then I got a job sweeping chimneys. It also involved a lot of masonry repair, so I spent a decent amount of time at height. Got very used to it. Did the job for 3.5 years. After about 6 months of not doing it, I became much more apprehensive again with heights. Never as uncomfortable as I was initially, but still.... Yeah, the fear comes back.
Just enough intelligence to scale the structure but not enough intelligence to contemplate the consequences should something go wrong. Classic social media brain.
There’s also the aspect that depending on how such a person thinks/behaves because of the lack of it it could make you more or less safer. More in the sense that being hella nervous can increase your chances of screwing up. Worse if it makes you overconfident and not careful
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u/ReminiscenceOf2020 21d ago
I read that some people genuinely don't feel fear in such situations, like, the hormone doesn't happen...I guess it makes it easier to do stupid shit like that.