Those who fly suffer from the disease of airmindedness, and those who do not fly suffer from the disease ofacrophobia.
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Acrophobiasufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely.
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Rinko is a bit timid, hasacrophobia, and isn't very good at school, but has a strong sense of justice.
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He created a simulation in the early 1990s as a means to solve his ownacrophobia.
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Between 2 and 5 percent of the general population suffer fromacrophobia, with twice as many women affected as men.
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Scottie reaches the top, finally conquering hisacrophobia.
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Unlikeacrophobia, a natural fear of heights is a normal phenomenon and not an illness.
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Some people experienceacrophobiawhen standing on the glass floor and looking down at the ground 342mft 1 below.
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Bathmophobia can even be triggered from other phobia,acrophobia, due to height variations when using stairs.
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Despite being thirty-five years old, he still lives with his parents and suffers from extremeacrophobia(fear of heights).
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It differs fromacrophobia(the fear of heights), although the two fears are closely related and sometimes indistinguishable.
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Much of those suffering fromacrophobiafear falling more than the actual height.
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She suffers fromacrophobia, and is also quite a klutz.
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This is consistent with recency bias and seems contrary to theacrophobiaexplanation.
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The film is about a woman who is struggling to cope with the death of her sister and joins a group for sufferers ofacrophobia.
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