tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post897166834113359388..comments2023-10-30T10:19:13.446+00:00Comments on Daydreamer: There's Nowt so Queer as FolkRay Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-37844096311999535012011-10-25T16:25:55.446+01:002011-10-25T16:25:55.446+01:00Alas my fear of heights and that of tall buildings...Alas my fear of heights and that of tall buildings are as they always were, but at least I can now (out of sheer necessity) at least evict most spiders.<br />If I had to 'touch' one I'd die of fright, but my trusty long-handled dust buster is a true friend.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-21742841878150132002011-10-25T15:06:42.369+01:002011-10-25T15:06:42.369+01:00I don't like heights either, Ray and have been...I don't like heights either, Ray and have been known to feel dizzy when looking up at a very tall building. However the fear has tended to diminish with age and to my amazement, I was able to go to the very top of the Empire State Building when our son took me to New York 4 years ago. If you'd asked me to do that when I was 21, rather than 61, I'd have run away screaming! <br /><br />Spiders however are quite another thing. Urggh....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-79700902876603356362011-10-12T22:07:37.851+01:002011-10-12T22:07:37.851+01:00Hi Jo,
Thanks for sharing, I'm beginning to fe...Hi Jo,<br />Thanks for sharing, I'm beginning to feel quite normal.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-77555275273048259232011-10-12T22:02:34.217+01:002011-10-12T22:02:34.217+01:00Hi :) Heights I am ok with (although not a fan of...Hi :) Heights I am ok with (although not a fan of falling from them!) - my fear - ladybirds and butterflys!! Hideous things!! Ew!!<br /><br />JoJo Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660256915350483156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-17631717493250353712011-10-12T18:58:34.454+01:002011-10-12T18:58:34.454+01:00Hi Shona
Glad I'm not the only one!Hi Shona<br />Glad I'm not the only one!Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-26877956917574260502011-10-12T18:07:56.438+01:002011-10-12T18:07:56.438+01:00As a child I used to love all things tall or high,...As a child I used to love all things tall or high, as I have got older this is sadly not the case. I am still drawn to these things but once up high a sort of panic attack that I seem unable to control comes over me.<br />About 15 years ago we all climbed the 60+ foot water tower at the RAF base where I worked so we could abseil off the side for children in need. So terrified was I once at the top that I crawled across the roof. So vexed was I with myself that I made myself go up & do it again in an effort to 'cure' myself. <br />You say terminal weird, I find you refreshingly normal :-)Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687914247368368360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-2823183801798556562011-10-10T01:09:39.796+01:002011-10-10T01:09:39.796+01:00I'll take your word for it!I'll take your word for it!Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-84934815211903664752011-10-09T23:15:16.912+01:002011-10-09T23:15:16.912+01:00Hate lifts with glass floors. Scary.Hate lifts with glass floors. Scary.Chelliah Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357380981465547579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-50329242320830651682011-10-08T14:24:28.989+01:002011-10-08T14:24:28.989+01:00Yes Sue, I'm with you where the sheer drop thi...Yes Sue, I'm with you where the sheer drop thing is concerned, though more than two feet off the ground is bad too.<br />A neighbour has just this minute left my house after changing my fire alarm batteries!<br />The menace of huge dark buildings is something quite different and the fear is very real.<br />There is one building in Amsterdam that fills me with terror so that I not only avoid the street it is in, but don't even glance in that direction deliberately.<br />As I said. Terminally weird.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-51853918661949182672011-10-08T09:17:13.559+01:002011-10-08T09:17:13.559+01:00I'm not quite that bad, but I don't like h...I'm not quite that bad, but I don't like heights either. It's not really irrational because if you fall that's usually it! I don't like climbing more than one or two rungs on a ladder. This aversion (not sure it is quite a phobia) wasn't evident when I was a child - I liked climbing trees and didn't have a problem on the climbing frame. One of my big problems with heights is that I get that compulsion to throw myself off (seriously -I've been told it is fairly common!) The strong impulse to chuck myself off when I peer down dizzily from the top of a tall building is accompanied by a stomach lurching sick feeling. All it all, it is not nice and my solution is to avoid the situation! I am fine on top of a mountain or something - it is just sheer drops that totally conquer me.Suemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128736092253293640noreply@blogger.com