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": "user", "content": "Acrophbia is my biggest fear!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Acrophobia? Is that like a fear of heights or something?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah man. It freaks me out so much. Although it's not the height that bothers me so much, it's the thought of falling!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Phew! I get the tingles just thinking about it. Isn't a fear of falling pretty common though?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't know. I think it's a rational fear and survival mechanism. I mean why would anyone be comfortable with being up high?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, I've heard there's a complete opposite of a fear of heights called a head for heights. Those people love being up high! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes! I've seen some of those videos of people in Dubai and Tokyo free climbing up buildings with no rope. SO crazy "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you ever have panic attacks when you're up high?"}]