my biggest fear in life is heights.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar causes and options for treatment. Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, known as the fear of falling. On the other hand, those who have little fear of such exposure are said to have a head for heights. A head for heights is advantageous for those hiking or climbing in mountainous terrain and also in certain jobs e.g. steeplejacks or wind turbine mechanics. People with acrophobia can experience a panic attack in high places and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Approximately 2\u20135% of the general population suffers from acrophobia, with twice as many women affected as men. The term is from the , \"\u00e1kron\", meaning \"peak, summit, edge\" and , \"ph\u00f3bos\", \"fear\". Traditionally, acrophobia has been attributed, like other phobias, to conditioning or a traumatic experience. Recent studies have cast doubt on this explanation; a fear of falling, along with a fear of loud noises, is one of the most commonly suggested inborn or \"non-associative\" fears.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have Acrophobia (fear of heights). Most people have it to some degree. Do you?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes I definitely do! The weird thing is that I didn't used to have that problem when I was a teenager, but I would say around 18 years old I started to hate bridges and wouldnt ride tall rides anymore."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I hate when people say \"you're not afraid of heights, you're afraid of falling\". They're actually two different things."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh I never thought about it that way, thats interesting. I suppose I'm afraid of both. What is the difference by definition? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't know really...I can kind of see a difference because I'm scared of needles. It doesn't mean I'm scared of being pricked in general."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh yeah, I have that one too. So when you see a needle your not scared of being poked with it? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Nope. But if I know someone is going to stick me I freak out. With acupuncture being widespread I'd like to try it, but nope lol"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh that sounds like a good time. I dont understand how or WHY anyone would do that to themselves!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Dry needling (intramuscular stimulation of the face) I think would be even worse than acupuncture!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "People do it on their FACE!?!?! Wouldnt that leave scarring?/"}]