Causes of developing fear of Height: (Acrophobia)



People are frightened in many dreaded situations. Acrophobia is a phrase derived from Greek word “acron” which means height. Person who experience extreme fear and nervousness with heights may develop mental disease known as acrophobia. It is one of the persistent types of phobia. Individual who suffer from this fear may experience intense terror simple climbing the stairs.


Major causes of developing acrophobia:

It is commonly observed that phobia occurs due to a shocking incident related with falling from a great height or such accidents. In such cases, fear of person magnified and he may develop acrophobia.



Symptoms of Acrophobia:

Person suffer from acrophobia may exhibit following symptoms:
The onset of panic attacks and vertigo. Vertigo is the abnormal mental condition in which the person fears of developing faintness.

-Intensely fearful of climbing, going down or being at a height

-Anxiety upon expectation of great heights

-Immediate reactions such as lowering the body, kneeling, going down instantly or desperately finding something to clutch when brought to a height

-Complete avoidance of places at height.

-Realizing that the fear is immaterial

-May or may not develop vertigo.

-Panic attacks accompanied by physical signs such as sweating, trembling, fainting or dizziness, nausea and vomiting, trouble in breathing, chest pain, racing heartbeat, numbness around limbs, getting frozen, detachment from reality and feeling that one is getting mad.

If person suffer from symptoms of acrophobia since last six months, he/she must see the doctor for medical treatment.

Treatment options:

There are several therapies and medications can be used by mental health professionals to treat acrophobia in people.

1. System Desensitization and Exposure therapy:

This is a very effective therapy in acrophobia. The therapist exposes the person to a fearful subject, and tries to lessen the extent of fear slowly. In the case of acrophobia, patents may be given task related with heights such as climbing stairs. The therapist would learn why and how the person gets fearful. Through regular sessions, the therapist would increase the height and try reducing the level of fear.

Another way to treat this phobia is relaxation methods. The therapist would teach different relaxing ways such as breathing control, muscle relaxation and mental visualization to the person to deal with the fear.

2. Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT):

The aim of cognitive Behavioural therapy is to focus on recognizing the negative thoughts and images related with the fear of heights. The therapist will have enclosed counselling sessions with the person, and tries swapping the negative thoughts with positive thoughts. The prime motive is to alter the fearful behaviour to a positive behaviour by teaching different coping abilities.

3. Medications:

Sometimes, mental health professionals prescribe certain medications as a treatment process. Aim is to lessen the fearful feeling. Commonly used medicines are anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medicines to control the symptoms associated with acrophobia.

To wrap of facts, fear of heights is an incapacitating anxiety syndrome that affects majority of people at global scale

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