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": "Hi, are you afraid of heights? It's called acrophobia..."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do not like to be up high if i can help it - in a building it doesn't bother me, but everything else does."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "So would a roller coaster bother you?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh no, I HATE roller coasters.  Cannot stand them - the height, the dips, the upside down tunnels, they all scare me."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What is it exactly that you fear?  Is it the fear of falling?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "The fear of dying basically.  Falling out, the coaster having a problem, throwing up, pretty much everything."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hee.  I see... It's natural but would you say that you have a major problem with heights? Say a ladder..."}, {"role": "user", "content": "A small ladder, like a step stool, no.  But those big 20 ft ladders, most definitely."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "So do you think you would actually panic if you had to climb a 20 foot ladder?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yep, probably would."}]