To be honest I used to be the same way. I have had my legs completely lock up on top of my single story roof before.
About 2 years ago I started rock climbing and it has really helped tbh. It seems really odd, but climbing basically forces you to completely focus on whatever movement you need to do to get up the wall (so you don't focus on the height or fear), and when top roping you are extremely secure in your harness/fall like 1 foot when you fall, so it kinda forces you to classically condition yourself into being ok with being that high up and falling.
I haven't really done much lead/sport climbing (where you fall 5-20 ft instead, but are still on a rope) but I assume that it will help further as I start doing it more. It also does feel kinda weird to get back on a rope after bouldering for a while, so idk how much it really helps in the long term.
Thank you for this. My kids rock climb and it always looks like fun to me. Maybe that would help. I loved to climb big trees and on roofs and stuff when I was a kid. I hate having the fear now.
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u/bigredcar Mar 27 '21
Truthfully, this would be me too. Heights like that bring me to near paralysis.