# Height phenomena

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/height-phenomena/740195>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/height-phenomena/740195 "2015-12-11T20:25:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![admin\_mostlycocoa.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@admin\_mostlycocoa.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/admin_mostlycocoa.com)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/height-phenomena/740195/1 "2015-12-11T20:25:29Z")

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For me, I wouldn’t really call it a desire or wish to jump, but more a sense of being pulled over the edge. I am not at all suicidal and would sure not like to die like that, but it has always puzzled me, that pulling sense. I have a fear of heights, too, but that doesn’t always stop me from looking over the edge with a sense of excitement until my live-saving fear kicks in. Always listen to your fear!

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**Author:** ![Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/height-phenomena/740195/2 "2015-12-14T14:58:10Z")

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> [@admin\_mostlycocoa.com](#):
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> Always listen to your fear!

This is bad general advice. Good for specific situations of imminent peril, bad for interacting with the rest of humanity.  
Powers &8^]