I've recently identified this feeling/anxiety. 33 yr old male, successful, generally happy. I too loved going out on balconies as high up as 60 floors when I was a child but, yes, this sudden feeling that I may test fate and leap over the side (with no suicidal desire) of a balcony make my palms sweat--wherever I am with the thought. I look up at apt buildings in Manhattan and now hope that I never make a friend who lives on a high floor. A minimal fear of flying as well, but you're right above in that it takes a lot of work to jump out of a plane--only a railing stands between you and a free fall off a balcony. I also know I've always had a certain anxious feeling when I enter room with very high ceilings; I'm not certain if that's related but it may lean towards a general fear of heights or high things..??
Fear of heights- scared I may jump- anyone else?
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I've recently identified this feeling/anxiety. 33 yr old male, successful, generally happy. I too loved going out on balconies as high up as 60 floors when I was a child but, yes, this sudden feeling that I may test fate and leap over the side (with no suicidal desire) of a balcony make my palms sweat--wherever I am with the thought. I look up at apt buildings in Manhattan and now hope that I never make a friend who lives on a high floor. A minimal fear of flying as well, but you're right above in that it takes a lot of work to jump out of a plane--only a railing stands between you and a free fall off a balcony. I also know I've always had a certain anxious feeling when I enter room with very high ceilings; I'm not certain if that's related but it may lean towards a general fear of heights or high things..??