For me, the biggest
fear is heights, so if I can't see how high up I am, it's a bonus and I can just enjoy the twists and turns of the ride.
The only thing newborns
fear is height.
Not exact matches
He
feared that he wouldn't live up to their intellectual
height and yet soon found that he truly
was a peer and his life's course had
been permanently altered as society now accepted him as an elite member of the professional class.
Only a year ago, during the
height of the rising interest - rate
fears tied to Fed tapering, investors
were exiting bond funds in droves.
Todd Glider, CEO of BaDoinkVR, has watched as startups
are developing virtual reality experiences to help people address and overcome phobias such as
fear of public speaking,
fear of flying, and
fear of
heights.
It
is at the
height of
fear when we
are most likely to act on emotion.
We believe it
was investor greed that propelled growth stocks to such extreme
heights back then; today,
fear seems to
be sustaining the momentum as investors pay up for the perception of safety and stability in an uncertain environment.
Writing at the
height of the Cold War, Walker Percy wryly summed up the mood of the atomic age: «What people really
fear is not that the bomb will fall but that the bomb will not fall.»
Dylan said that «Hard Rain»
was written during the
height of the Crisis as a way to encapsulate many of the songs he
feared he might not ever get to write.
Of course
fear of snakes or of
heights can plausibly
be regarded as biologically based emotions.
Speaking about the decision to tackle his
fear of
heights for the stunt, Dr John added: «Isn't it a fairly irrational
fear in a way because you know that everything that
is around about you is going to hold yo
is around about you
is going to hold yo
is going to hold you.
Your education or lack of it, your tastes and prejudices and
fears and status or ambitions, your age or sex or color or
height or marital status or income bracket
are all things which may
be offered to God, after you have presented your bodies as a living sacrifice.
At the time, I
was not a fan of
heights (canyoneering has since gotten me over that
fear) and had only rappelled one other time.
As a first - time zip liner with a
fear of
heights, I
was really nervous, but the very kind and competent guides made the experience both easy and enjoyable.
I have a
fear of
heights, so I wasn't looking forward to facing my
fears on this day — but I did.
Bub
was riveted, so I swallowed my newly acquired and inexplicable
fear of
heights, and off we went to the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse — the tallest brick lighthouse in North America.
Fear is a strange thing; psychologists say that most humans share similar
fears -
heights, the dark, creepy crawling bugs, and suspicious noises.
Unfortunately, because of the medical profession's fixation on it, they have mistakenly caused parents to
fear fever and worst yet to have the misconception that the
height of the body temperature
is an indication of the severity of the illness.
I
'm a sucker for Art Deco design, so I busied myself admiring the architecture while trying to temper my newly acquired
fear of
heights.
The FTC had previously gone after Kellogg's for this type of attention claim for its Mini Wheats, as well as for improved immunity claims for its Rice Krispies cereal (which campaign
was launched right at the
height of parents» swine flu
fears.)
Interestingly enough, the
fear of flying and the
fear of
heights which plagues many of today's adults can often
be traced back to not
being carried as an infant.
Adjust the
height and the recline of the seat to make sure your child
is comfortable sitting at the table for dinner, and you won't have to
fear any mess thanks to easy to clean fabric.
«Types of stimuli that people
are evolutionarily prepared to
fear, such as caged spiders, snakes, or
heights, evoke a visceral response even when, at a cognitive level, they
are recognized to
be harmless,» he says.
In prehistory, group selection (that
is, the competition between tribes instead of between individuals) lifted the hominids that became territorial carnivores to
heights of solidarity, to genius, to enterprise — and to
fear.
Much previous research has shown that the function of the emotion disgust
is to motivate people to avoid sources of potential infection, so the researchers predicted that unlike most phobias (e.g., snakes,
heights, dogs) which mainly involve intense
fear, people with trypophobia would predominantly experience intense disgust.
Some brain scientists believe that our
fear systems
are prepared to learn about threats — snakes, spiders, or
heights — that have
been major obstacles to survival over the millions of years it has taken the modern brain to evolve, which explains why it
is easier to develop phobias about snakes than about threats that
are statistically much more likely to kill you, such as electricity.
It could
be argued, I suppose, that our ascent to these unseen
heights of focus and dedication
was fueled by the very worst aspects of our nature, namely tribal
fear and hatred of the cold war, but not, I would submit, by anyone who isn't a paid lobbyist for another, lesser species.
I
am sitting here squashed and thinking about
fear of flying and I realize that I
am scared still, of
heights, of expanding past what I think I
am capable of.
All of my
fears —
heights, riding rollercoasters
is a big one, and Im also slightly claustrophobic —
are anxiety - based.
Sydney
was love at first sight... so I guess I could overcome my
fear of
heights and give it a go....
I
was SO nervous; it seems as though my
fear of
heights has gotten worse as I have gotten older!
I guess I have no clue how tall you
are, but it
's such a nice length on you and I
fear it'd
be too short on me even though the measurements on the site seem like they'd
be good for my
height.
The thing that I worry about with cropped trousers
is looking shorter than I already
am, so the added heel
height of a pair of court shoes goes a long way to combat this
fear.
I for one
am afraid of a great many things —
fear of spiders,
fear of
heights,
fear of failure.
Even if I date a women who
is shorter than me (and I
am 5» 5, so it
's not impossible), those
fears still hold true, because for women
height = status, and once again, this
is the case mostly due to heavy social engineering / indoctrination.
As you have know, my name
is Daniella larsen, I
am 30 years old, single with no kid,
am from coventry united kingdom my
height is 175 cm and my weight
is 90 kg, with a average body build, i have brown hair and brown eyes, I
'm mentally stable, physically fit, a bunch of laughs, warm, caring, honest, good listener, God
Fearing, and a positive person.
Whether you
fear heights, spiders, darkness, or commitment, you shouldn't let it stand in your way when you
're looking for a relationship and love.
You will never need to
fear routine again and you
are able to fully enjoy that wellspring of energy taking you to amazing
heights.
If you
are you a little self - conscious about your
height, making it uncomfortable for you to approach someone because of
fear of rejection, join Short People Club!
HowAboutWe explains how you can get over your
fear of
height differences and date a woman who
is taller than you.
Am a lonely, loving, caring, decent and above all God
fearing girl.
am an alert, i love sport.
am about 1.78 of
height and fair in complexion.
By yet another by, sitting with Philippe on a narrow steel girder, which
is the only thing protecting them from a 109 - story fall,
is the math teacher who, again, has a debilitating
fear of
heights.
«The Walk» doesn't tap into the
fear of
heights, which not everyone has, so much as the
fear of falling, which
is universal.
Even those with only a slight
fear of
heights will
be kept pinned to their seats, gripping the armchair, as we both did.
It
's extremely well done, and the use of multiple overhead shots could leave people a little queasy if they have a
fear of
heights and falling.
Like Madeline, Scottie
is a little delicate too, having recently
been treated for his
fear of
heights, brought on by a nasty bout of vertigo.
In the film, the main character Dr. Richard Thorndyke (played by the film's director, Mel Brooks) checks into this hotel to speak at a conference, and, as a person suffers from a
fear of
heights,
is dismayed to find that his room
is on the top floor.
Instead, the winsome lady of the piece
is a warrior with nerves of steel and no
fear of
heights.
The physical gag involving the Hollywood sign and a sudden
fear of
heights wasn't a huge hit for me.
He reveals that Gary Oldman and Bill Paxton
were also in the running for the part, and discusses how his
fear of
heights complicated shooting the helicopter sequence.