Related Height Fear The statistics around acrophobia might shock you. Recent epidemiological studies reveal that ...

The fear of heights is common for many people. Some are afraid of extreme heights such as skyscrapers, while others are afraid of simple heights such as ladders and multi-level parking garages.

For decades, scientists have built bizarre-looking apparatuses for babies to traverse. The purpose of these wobbly bridges, ...

When up high and enclosed, falling from the high place is impossible. Even so, fear of being up high can develop. In an airliner, we may fear that the plane will fall. Or we may feel too disconnected ...

As anyone who has a fear of heights will tell you, the experience of height phobia is an unusually frightening one—and yes, I’m one of them. As adventure blogger Zabdiel Scoon explains, “As we go ...

DEAR ABBY: How does one overcome a fear of heights? I have had it from the time I was a little girl. There was a bridge I had to cross walking home from school. I had to look down at my feet to cross ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have always had a fear of heights, which has made me hesitant to try things that involve being up high. However, one item on my bucket list has been going skydiving in Dubai, and I’m ...

A woman who fell about 9ft to the ground and shattered her ankle while learning to rock climb at a climbing centre has sued ...