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I recently visited Blackpool Tower, which has a glass bottom bit near the top where you walk on glass and can see a massive, definitely lethal, drop underneath you. I was petrified to get on it, and could only walk on the glass by looking upwards.
Until that moment I thought I was still brave. Im scared of heights but fear never really stopped me from doing much before. Ive avoided certainties out of pragmatic fear, but I'd never known myself to be scared of fear itself until that moment.
Going to the glass and finding myself unable to walk onto it was very surprising. I even told my wife "huh, this is new..."
I keep finding new little things like this. For example, I started crying at the dentist during a routine appointment. Turns out that time I had oral surgery and was given insufficient anesthesia kinda traumatized me and I didn’t realize it had stuck with me like that. Huh, new fear unlocked. Lucky me.
I have a problem like that with man made static heights.Sounds weirdly specific but Rollercoasters dont bother me, flying is fine and edges of cliffs are ok. But a railing on a hotel balcony or glass floor over a drop... GET FUCKED.