I'm not a fan of heights at all, having said that, I do go up tall towers, New York Empire State, Seattle Space Needle etc, just because we're there so I may as well do the tourist thing. Haven't been up the Shard yet in London though. I have also done Zip Lining but as someone else put I was strapped in, it's the first step & having nothing under my feet that does it. As for this I'd never do it, not for anything, I don't see the point, same with Roller coasters, again though I have done some in the past, but not the big ones. I hate them going up & down, I have no control, I think that's what it is! The thing that I would say to them is that old classic: "If you fall off there, don't come running to me!"
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One question - WHY do that? I have such an insane fear of heights that when I go walking in the Peak District I have to keep at least 10 feet from the edge of any hills. And these are generally just slopes with at most a 45-60° decline. I even found it bad walking to the third floor of my old workplace and looking over the railing to the canteen area below.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml I have great misgivings about psychology. It is a discipline in its very earliest stages of development, and it doesn't help that Sigmund Freud's ridiculous hypotheses have since been thoroughly rejected by most of his successors. New syndromes and disorders are being defined every year, and most of them are treatable by professionals (surprise, surprise), and therapy of course costs money. Yet I have to say, borderline personality disorder seems real enough to me. People with borderline have mood swings like bipolar disorder, and they feel empty inside, which is why they are at times impulsive, promiscuous, irresponsible, selfish and without conscience. Though they might be physically mature people, they are mentally children or adolescents. I think I'll re-name it the Peter Pan syndrome ... the people who refuse to grow up.
This is spooky, because I hadn't done that in years, but I did it only this morning. Coincidence? I think not. I think you felt my pain Parts...
