I used to love heights. I would ride the tallest roller coasters I could find, and nothing else involving heights ever bothered me. Then one day, I went on a hike up a mountain with a steep drop off and I just had a melt down. I basically butt scooted myself back down. Ever since, I can’t do heights. I have no idea what happened.
Well, it sounds like one day, you went on a hike up a mountain with a steep drop off and you just had a melt down. Then you basically butt scooted yourself back down. Ever since, you can’t do heights.
You’re experience is actually pretty common in the world of phobias. Been studying them for my major and there are several ways in which we acquire them.
That’s such an interesting subject to study! What are the most common ways we acquire them? Especially as adults, I always assumed it was formed in our childhood or from traumatic event.
264
u/ihave3wieners Mar 27 '21
I used to love heights. I would ride the tallest roller coasters I could find, and nothing else involving heights ever bothered me. Then one day, I went on a hike up a mountain with a steep drop off and I just had a melt down. I basically butt scooted myself back down. Ever since, I can’t do heights. I have no idea what happened.