What is the fear of heights called?
A fear of heights is called acrophobia. Acrophobia can range from fear when on the top floor of a tall building, to fear of standing on a chair. People with acrophobia feel a sense of panic when they're at a certain height and often become unable to trust their sense of balance. Other symptoms can include shaking, dizziness and nausea. That's a pretty extreme reaction to standing on a chair!
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101 Comments
Kristi Stevens
LOL!!!! Hey, well atleast you are honest about it! I often wonder how many people on here cheat by looking the answers up. I can honestly say I don't.
filmnut
Is arachnophobia fear of spiders. And moving on, do baseball players get a fear of sliders. I know, don't quite your day job just yet.
Sherry Powell
wonder if it has a cross over to acrobatics? That is how I guessed this answer LOL.
Val Wilkinson
Please don't mock it - for most people it is due to vertigo, which is a physical problem.
James Martin
That would be agrophobia :)
filmnut
Well I just got three in a row wrong.
Larry Freeman
Dang... I thought acrophobia was a fear of vegetables!
Narasimhacharya Amaravadi
I don’t feel bad if I don’t know the answer. I know one thing: if my answer is wrong I get to learn some thing new.
Deedle
Kristi Stevens, i usually ask my son that just turned 8 on the 1st of March but ive been playing for over a year i believe and he likes to help answer questions. But we read alot of the national geographic books. Boy those are expensive books ! Wish i could get more about just history or kust science but i just bought him 3 new books and we have read them all within a week. He is in 2nd grade and hes like a level T in reading. He should be at like halfway through alphabet by end of 2nd grade and hes way beyond that. He's on chapter books. He reads minecraft, captain underpants (not crazy about or Dog Man). But so far in quiz i got 2 wrong i believe so far.
Stu
Had to look away from that picture.. I got it pretty bad. 😐
oliviaogp
Acrophobia fear of the outdoor and space ? I thought vertigo was fear of heights so I better change my knowledge,
VGer517
filmnut, Me too! Hey at least we learn something new every day. So all in all it is a win win!
robertemmonshagadon
Being an ironworker I've never had that problem
carlsmith
Gee's, I’m getting old, this one stumped me for a minute, had to think about it.... Got it right though...
carolyn myler
I don’t look up answers and I get quite a lot wrong! But it’s ok !
Pokemom aka Kathy
Same, the older I get the worse my fear gets. It's almost crippling & I get not to pass it off to my kids & grandkids
Rebeldog
I have achrophobia.....
jenileg
Too easy
nixj
carla michael, You are right, Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders. Acrophobia is a fear of heights.
kdr
This is a valid medical condition. Making fun of it by saying it's an extreme reaction to standing on a chair is insulting, insensitive and irresponsible
Yevette Allen
Got it !!
Tina Marie Haddad Rhodes
Got it🙂🙂🙂