Don't look down
Having conquered my irrational mild fear of heights by successfully completing fire brigade training school I thought I was invulnerable.
Until the first time I found myself sixty feet up on a wet pitched tile roof. That was when I found I wasn't afraid of heights - I WAS TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS. The prospect of sliding down that slope and WHOOOSHing out into space nearly made me throw up. After that I always made sure I had something important to do ON THE FRIKKING GROUND like operating the pumps. Sod trying to be a hero.
(Variable, Sun 8 Apr 2012, 8:16, 1 reply)

In that situation, fear is the correct response. fear of standing on a balcony on top of a hotel,.silly. fear of standing on an unrailed, sloped wet surface is the type of thing evolution encourages.
(Mong goose, Tue 10 Apr 2012, 0:25, closed)