Vertigo Roadtrip
raymartin01
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Why isn't this called Acrophobia Roadtrip? Vertigo is nothing to do with fear of heights.
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I think this show really reinforces dealing with issues slowly, taking things a little bit at a time.
Just came on here to say the same. What a silly title, but then again what a silly programme. Seems more the sort of rubbish you expect to find on ITV.
none of them seemed as bad as perhaps the programme implied either - they were hardly quivering wrecks having panic attacks.
To be fair, they never called it vertigo during the programme though.
That last task was awesome, I would love to go there and see that view!
The only one that would put me off was the diving board, I wouldn't fancy that at all.
What I want to know is how did they get to all those locations, presumably to get to the United Arab Emirates they must have flown. How is that different to the cable car?
My father got so fed up with my fear of heights that when we went on holiday to Switzerland he planned a route that meant getting in smaller and smaller cable cars until we were left with pretty much a ski lift with no other way back to the hotel without waiting until the next morning.
My father may seem cruel but half way up that last mountain my fear of heights vanished and I was able to enjoy the view. When we went to Italy the next year I was not only able to walk out on to platform above a sheer drop but was able to film the drop on his camcorder without any ill effects.
to skydive.
That would be the ultimate way to test/overcome their fear of heights.
Two of them definitely were - the lady who was scared of the bridge, she had a panic attack and her heartrate went markedly up. She needed a lot of coaching to go anywhere near the bridge. Then there was Lee, who was really scared of going on the diving boards and felt his traumatic accident/experience was like a near death experience to him.
I didn't find it boring to watch - at first maybe but I found myself cheering them on and feeling proud of their achievements.
True, but you won't get me bungee jumping OR going on the rides at Alton, etc.
But bring on the Burj: now re-planning my holiday so I can fit in the time to go up it. Looks like great VFM for 20 quid.
I agree. I was expecting the final test to be something like a sky dive, bungee jump, abseil etc. to prove how far they'd progressed.
As a couple of them explained its not the actual height in metres that makes it scary but the fear of falling and feeling unsafe. Going up a building, however high, which is solid and secure would probably have been far less scary than the cable car or bridge which they'd already acheived where they would have felt more exposed.
Also what was the diving board bit all about?
Not, if, like me, you can't swim.....
That board is as high as Everest to me!
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It was interesting to see just how much better they felt after facing their biggest fear, I don't know whether I could've done some of the things they did.
Personally, I think that a respectful fear of heights is just an extension of the self-preservation response that we all possess. A phobia is defined as an irrational fear, but there is nothing irrational about finding heights objectionable. Similarly, if I was described as homophobic, my response would be that I am no more fearful of homosexuals, than any other members of society.
The programme was interesting, but the father who was fretting about his sons being afraid of heights, needed to get real. My personal view is that the five did OK while being a mentored group, but the first time they have an untoward experience, they will regress to their original condition. I hope not, but I think that they will.
I'm not afraid of heights but you wouldn't catch me skydiving, or abseiling etc., no thanks(!). I'd be fine walking across the bridges shown and going up those tall buildings, that wouldn't bother me at all but going down the sides of cliffs with/by a rope or leaping out of a plan? no thanks. Also presumably the fear of heights menas a fear of being (and going) up high, not coming down
Yeah same here - I have a phobia of getting water in my eyes and I can't swim either, so I wouldn't be keen on diving either, no matter how low the board is
I said the same thing, so cynical, not convinced they were genuine. Oops I'm scared of falling between the stairs whey hey I'm off on a paid trip and now I'm fine
There's no connection, I have a fear of heights, which I've challenged by going up the World Trade centre, on cable cars etc but it's still these.
I was amused at the boss of my old company, when we took clients on the Millennium Wheel, he couldn't face it and had to sit on the bench with his eyes closed til we were almost down again, yet he has PPL and his own plane..
Yes,I couldn't work that one out either.
I have a mild fear of heights and a fear of takeoffs when flying, but I still fly, as once I'm up there and people are moving around the cabin, it's just sitting in a box and relying on someone else to get you to your destination safely.
It's the relying on yourself that most of the time kicks in with a real fear of heights - whether it's walking on your own along a snow-covered high bridge, climbing an open staircase in a glass-enclosed building, or actually having to walk to a table and serve drinks above a sheer drop, you are in charge of making your body move.
I watched that program and wondered whether I could have done all the things they did and came to the conclusion that there were a couple I would find difficult, but, with the help of others, would have succeeded.
But what would have really freaked me out was traveling to that high bridge in a van, along a snow-covered, slippery mountain road with a sheer drop at one side.
Not much was made of that, however.
Applying logic to a situation doesn't help. The physical reaction is so real that Mel whispering in your ear would just make it worse!
I have no problem flying because it "feels safe" to me and doesn't seem high, but watch me descend stairs that planes sometimes use! It's a perception of danger that really gets you going. On that stairs you *are* high and you *could* fall. Glass balconies are safe, but the reaction would be the same for me. An impending doom. I recently refused to take a training course because it was the top level of a two level portakabin and the only way up was a fire escape type arrangement on the *outside* of the building. I could walk up 50 flights of stairs, no problem as long as there were no gaps in the stairs or glass sides, i.e. completely enclosed. I would avoid the right hand side because of seeing down and would need banisters on the left. Their first task, on the stairs, would have freaked me out.
I would be willing to try the tasks on the show, but I don't believe I could have done most of them, apart from maybe the cable car.