IT’S normal to feel a little jittery when you’re at a great height and you look down below, but for some people, this circumstance can cause panic or nausea. An intense fear of heights, or acrophobia, ...

Do you feel nervous and anxious while looking down from a skyscraper or a hilltop? Mild feelings of anxiety and insecurity related to heights are normal, but if your feelings are extreme in nature and ...

Psychotherapist Tara Eastcott first realized she had acrophobia during a hot air balloon ride. This extreme fear of heights posed a major challenge when she took up indoor rock climbing. By gradually ...

Fear of heights is called acrophobia. It is a particular anxiety disorder that is manifested by a fear of heights that is irrational. People who suffer acrophobia have extreme anxiety or panic attacks ...

A phobia, as we understand, is a fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. It was during the late 19th and early 20th centuries that the formal naming of specific phobias, using Greek or ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For some people, going over large bridges brings a sense of fear. Technically, it's called gephyrophobia, the abnormal, persistent fear of crossing bridges. Mix that with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image by Jason Goh from Pixabay Do you feel nervous and anxious while looking down from a skyscraper or a hilltop? Mild feelings ...