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Fear of heights, acrophobia

Fears are usually emotions triggered by your subconscious mind in order to protect you, the human mind was designed with survival as the basic priority however when this fear becomes irrational it’s then called a disorder.

Fear of heights or acrophobia is an irrational fear of heights, a person suffering from acrophobia may become very anxious on going into a high place for the first time, examples could be climbing a ladder or looking from a window in a high floor.

One thing that may seem confusing to acrophobic people is that hey may not fear heights that they had already got used to, like the window of their room however they may became so anxious when being at the same height in a different place.

What’s dangerous about acrophobia is that the person may experience a panic attack when being at the high place and so may be unable to control himself up there.

ok so what causes fear of heights (acrophobia)

Acrophobia may be caused by a traumatic experience with heights that happened at your past (maybe when you were a child) like falling from a high place. your unconscious mind triggers the feelings of fear each time you approach a high place in order to protect you (to prevent the past trauma from reoccurring).

fear of heights (acrophobia) treatment

There are many ways to treat phobias,one very effective method is systematic desensitization is one effective method.systematic desensitization is a method of therapy that is helpful in treating anxiety and phobias while not involving sudden direct exposure like exposure therapy do, in systematic desensitization the fearful situation is divided into levels and each level is experienced alone until you can be relaxed while facing it, if that succeeds you should then move onto the next level and do the same until you end up relaxed in the whole situation.

Cognitive behaviour therapy can also be used, cognitive behaviour therapy works on altering that way you think, and by changing your thoughts your unwanted emotions are not going to be triggered at all.

final words on acrophobia

Bear in mind that fear of heights in general could appear rational because after all falling is something bad but the problem is when this fear stops you from doing your normal daily tasks or from living a happy life, you should then seek treatment for acrophobia.

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Did that help?

Not until you tell me more about systematic desensitization

Ok but tell me more about cognitive behaviour therapy

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