tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post4638197458933660201..comments2023-09-06T08:23:46.896-07:00Comments on oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!): Vertigoorenetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-72962462785080913782009-03-18T16:03:00.000-07:002009-03-18T16:03:00.000-07:00Swenglish...that is kind of it, a feeling of being...Swenglish...that is kind of it, a feeling of being sucked over...and the soles of my feet felt so odd....first time ever.orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-37165188384437361362009-03-18T09:11:00.000-07:002009-03-18T09:11:00.000-07:00I had no problems when I was younger, but with age...I had no problems when I was younger, but with age I have developed vertigo. Even reading, and visualising, your walk up the Familia Sagrada, gives me that nasty feeling inside. You know, that feeling of being physically sucked over the edge and down down down .... Awful feeling!swenglishexpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102783327902959539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-91778316052836830862009-03-17T17:36:00.000-07:002009-03-17T17:36:00.000-07:00Ha! When I was a kid I was fearless, climbed tree...Ha! When I was a kid I was fearless, climbed trees, hung out of clock towers, you name it. Now I have trouble looking out the second floor window. I once got on the chairlift in the summer time on Whiteface Mountain for the view and to go up to the top and hike down. The second my feet left the ground I had a full on panic attack. This is something that has gotten worse as I've gotten older and much, much worse since I had my child. Interesting, huh? I hope you are able to conquer this and not let it get the better of you.The Bodhi Chicklethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516287894431519640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-57622879146690018422009-03-17T16:04:00.000-07:002009-03-17T16:04:00.000-07:00Beth, I am also not sure if it is fear of heights ...Beth, I am also not sure if it is fear of heights or a reasonable fear in an unsafe situation....<BR/><BR/>She, it was cool....a very nice day.<BR/><BR/>JG, the edges of natural spaces normally don't bug me...it is the underguarded man-made space that seemed to be giving me problems...<BR/><BR/>elP...I know, I know, I knowwwwww mea culpa....<BR/><BR/>Beth, I TOTALLY forgot about the cell phone camera till long after I was gone...totally...<BR/><BR/>Hula, I think that would count as a reasonable fear in a fearful situation....<BR/><BR/>Kate, the stairs were like that, and they didn't bug me I have to admit...though the traffic was only one way...still....<BR/><BR/>Mmichele...I agree completely....my poor mother...<BR/><BR/>Helen, neither does your brother.orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-85792630410092078012009-03-17T10:57:00.000-07:002009-03-17T10:57:00.000-07:00Yes, very scared of heights. I go up stepladders ...Yes, very scared of heights. I go up stepladders one step at a time and very carefully. I hate glass walkways even though I know they are safe. I don't go close to the edge on cliff paths, and when the kids were little I was paranoid about them going close to edges. Driving up hairpin bends make me hold onto the edge of the seat tight. Do not like heightsHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201306601361606616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-20542521435748369622009-03-17T06:17:00.000-07:002009-03-17T06:17:00.000-07:00I'm afraid of my kids being up high and close to r...I'm afraid of my kids being up high and close to railings... not so much for myself. Seeing them always makes my stomach lurch.mmichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400779291547414615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-48726888998336523482009-03-17T05:23:00.000-07:002009-03-17T05:23:00.000-07:00Not afraid of heights, but I will never again clim...Not afraid of heights, but I will never again climb the towers of the castle in Segovia-- they are tiny winding stone staircases, with absolutely no railing on the open side. It's unbelievable. Plus people are coming up and down at the same time, and there's not room for both at once so it gets pretty tricky...katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975826433125245969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-49484633780168879132009-03-17T05:17:00.000-07:002009-03-17T05:17:00.000-07:00I do fine in tall buildings and on balconies, but ...I do fine in tall buildings and on balconies, but in college while working in the theater I discovered I had a terrible time with the tall ladder we had to sit on while we set stage lights. Probably because there was nothing to hang onto, and they rolled it around while you were perched on the top rung. Gak!Hula Girl at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818235856941945733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-40524392227390281242009-03-17T02:26:00.000-07:002009-03-17T02:26:00.000-07:00Maybe a cellphone can be annoying, but the camera ...Maybe a cellphone can be annoying, but the camera in it is NOT! i can't count the times I've thanked my lucky stars that I had the thing with me so I could get a quick snap of an event that otherwise would have passed me by undocumented!<BR/><BR/>And, yes, I am afraid of falling off high perches. But I'm even MORE afraid of one of my kids falling. They're not babies any more, but it still instills panic in me to see any of them near a railing overlooking a long drop down.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-89198324734071260452009-03-17T01:47:00.000-07:002009-03-17T01:47:00.000-07:00and this is why I *always* have my camera in my ja...and this is why I *always* have my camera in my jacket ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-72541051918607169122009-03-16T21:40:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:40:00.000-07:00Not heights per se but open balconies or stairs wi...Not heights per se but open balconies or stairs with tiny, perhaps flimsy handrails, you bet! I like a view but you won't find me anywhere near the edge of anything.J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02806805528636359436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-3367861030567080632009-03-16T16:39:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:39:00.000-07:00Not much of a fear of heights here. I don't like ...Not much of a fear of heights here. I don't like cramped spaces, though, and I suppose if they were up high, I'd be pretty darn scared!<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you had a cool adventure!contemporary themeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810901901438064698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311151968716514867.post-66595224771199322492009-03-16T15:46:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:46:00.000-07:00I don't have a fear of heights - I have a fear of ...I don't have a fear of heights - I have a fear of falling from heights! <I>(Sorry, couldn't resist...)</I><BR/>Seriously, I've never experienced a fear of heights but I would have been afraid at the spots you described with those not-so-high barriers.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.com