How To Not Be Scared Of Falling From Heights

Is it truly a fear of heights or a fear of falling?

When I see my Mother, who fears escalating beyond certain heights of buildings, I think she fears heights and the feeling of looking down from the height gives her chills.But I believe fear of heights come from the fear of losing control, that a wrong foot slip over the edge will definitely leave you broken if not dead. So it must be fear of control and imagination of the worst that makes you risk averse.

Would you be scared of heights if you could fly?

Thanks for the A2AYou aren’t presenting the correct analogy, and I’m not sure what you are asking. Fears and phobias are irrational fears, and they over-ride things you’d really like to do.For some, they’ll jump out of a plane to conquer their fear of height, but it doesn’t mean it’s pleasant (in any way) to do it.When they land, they could still be afraid of height. It’s sort of like people being afraid of water if they know how to swim. They might know enough not to *die* in the water, but getting *into* the water is another matter.

What does the dream of falling from a height indicate?

Dreams of falling can often be associated with being too much in the imagination or the realm of ideas and thoughts. Dreams tend to be compensatory to the conscious attitude. This means if the dreamer is in the realms above, then the dream takes it in the other direction. Here it's being down to earth living in everyday reality, and not the reality of imagination. Both are necessary. However, not at the expense of everyday life and living down to earth.

What does my dream indicate if I'm scared to fall from a great heights like the Grand Canyon?

This sounds like a fun dream. Standing at the edge of a canyon is exciting!You can, perhaps, start with answering this question and message of the dream by understanding that you have chosen this experience the same as any other. Your dreams are about you, from you, for you, and you choose the experience. So, why do you go to work? If you are going to answer, “Because I have to”, then we will not get far in sorting this out. If your answer is something like, “….because I desire to have the things I buy with the money I get from my work, and my belief system tells me that this is the way I will do it”, then this is a good start.If I ask you why you took a walk in the park, you might say because you want to be close to nature, make yourself available to meet someone new, think, be alone, exercise. So when you choose to stand at the edge of a canyon, ask yourself, “Why have I chosen to stand here?” Moreover, why do I feel like I am going to fall from here?Your question states that you are “scared to fall”. Well, everyone is scared to fall! Who wouldn’t be?What in your life is like standing at the edge of a canyon afraid to fall? Are you giving yourself a test? Have you taken a new job that you feel is too big of a challenge and you are afraid to fail? Have you told yourself you cannot live up to the vast expanse of what is expected of you in a relationship? Living situation? Creative project? Travel?Try to ask yourself some of the necessary questions of yourself, such as how did you feel about the whole thing? Was someone with you? Maybe a loved one is encouraging you, maybe a friend is urging you? Dreams can be fun to sort if you take some time and look inward.

Why are people scared of heights?

Of all your millions and millions of potential ancestors, those who were afraid of heights were less likely to die of a fall before reproducing and becoming one of your actual ancestors.  We share with other animals an inborn fear of heights for the most obvious reason.  We had a period of tree-living in our evolutionary history, after all.  When I had panic attacks, they were sometimes triggered by a fear of falling associated with driving.  Most typically this would be coming down a hill, but it could also happen on a very flat landscape.  I had a sickening fear that I would fall into the horizon.  Very strange and unreasonable, so to me that was consistent with an inborn function misfiring.  Knowing that was probably helpful, but it didn't reverse the effect.  Glad those days are gone.So some fear of heights is compulsory.  People are also afraid of being injured and killed.  A fall can reasonably cause these things.  Even without instinct, we would fear heights.