I'm developing a fear of HEIGHTS!?! wtf is that about?!?!
Where did I discover this? At the top of the Big Wheel at LightWater Valley while sat next to my 6 year old. He loved it, kept moving from side to side "ooo look at that Dad!" as the basket gently swayed. The noises of the bolts grinding above my head sounded like they were screaming under the immense pressure and sheer force of my Son and me and were about to fail and explode like a 1000lb cluster bomb, showering us with debris before depositing us into the lake below after being rammed by the miniature train.

I sat rigid, feet hurting (again wtf??!) gripping to the cage-like-doors with white knuckles, unable to turn my head or look anywhere but the horizon waiting for the sheer nightmare to end.

It was a physical reaction, pure terror - why? I used to love heights, nowts changed, why is it developing in later life?

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(TheManofScience, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 13:26, 11 replies)

Probably just early onset dementia. Nowt t' wurrit thee sen abawt.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 13:28, closed)

Dementia surfaces as Vertigo? I need stem cells and quick.
(TheManofScience, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 14:40, closed)

You did not mention vertigo in any part of your tale of suddenly being scared of heights. You know they are not the same.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 15:35, closed)

you are correct
I did never mention it in my original story. Well spotted.
(TheManofScience, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 16:05, closed)

It is because you now recognise the investment you have made in your body and life
When you were younger, it did not matter so much
(LetsGetDownToIt, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 14:50, closed)

^ probably that
I'm much more scared of heights since a nasty fall where I did some damage to myself due to an unstable ladder. It reminded me that gravity and drops are not my friend.

Used to be the guy who'd wander to the top of the cliff and hang legs off the edge. Now I'm the guy with fingers knuckle-deep in the soil half a mile from the cliff edge
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 14:52, closed)

The last line is me
but without the ladder incident that sounds like a daytime TV advert for a local solicitors office
(TheManofScience, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 15:04, closed)

were
You on LSD? Aicmfp
(little lord muthafuckin fauntleroy, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 8:03, closed)

It all comes under the heading of 'getting older'...
.. and is one of the reasons that old soldiers never die - just young ones.

But it's not a bad thing to recognise your own mortality; I would suggest that for you there was a step change approximately six years ago.
(Colonel Blink is now officially a pretentious prick, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 9:02, closed)

^ What he said
I find things more scary since I had kids and am worrying about their safety, not just my own.
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Sat 13 Sep 2014, 9:31, closed)