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Originally Posted by centaur532
I have horrendous acrophobia. It seriously affects my everyday life, the true definition of a phobia. I can't go above the 3rd floor in buildings, I can't stand on ladders, anything like that. It kind of sucks because I want to be a flight-nurse (on the medflight helicopters) but I'm going to have to do a lot of work to get over this.
Took a patient to the 4th floor the other day and I mistakenly looked out their window. NEVER AGAIN.
I also have a bad fear of falling which is probably partly responsible for my acrophobia. Don't know what it's called exactly but again, its a true phobia.
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if this is something you want to do, then you should go to someone that specializes in phobias (duh) but specifically, behavior therapy. Through this type of treatment, you go through a process known as systematic desensitization, which uses a variety of techniques to help you work through your phobia and develop coping strategies when confronted with it.
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