I knew all this, but that didn’t stop me from thinking about death approximately 19 times a day in the weeks leading up to my ...

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Acrophobia is the intense fear of heights, causing anxiety and panic when in high places like tall buildings or bridges. It ...

It was time to get over some of them. I decided to start with my fear of heights Some of my friends had joined the local rock-climbing club and encouraged me to get out of my empty house and join ...

Fay Nugent developed a fear of heights in her 30s. "It began after I went on a girls' weekend away," she says. "We had gone on an adventure activity called a tree-top walk. "I managed to climb up ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have always had a fear of heights, which has made me hesitant to try things that involve being up high. However, one item on my bucket list has been going skydiving in Dubai ...

Pediatric ER nurse Heidi Farrington, 53, took a via ferrata in West Virginia three years ago, in part to shake a fear of heights. Tethered to lines anchored in rock, she could enjoy some of the ...

Phobias come in many different forms. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Aviophobia is the fear of flying. Felinophobia is the fear of cats. Myxophobia is the fear of slime. Xyrophobia is the fear ...

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have always had a fear of heights, which has made me hesitant to try things that involve being up high. However, one item on my bucket list has been going skydiving in Dubai, and I’m ...

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