Acrophobia

Does it Progress

Children/Adults

Children/Adults

Does it Progress

It doesnt effect them differently

It only progresses with the size of the place

It does not effect children and adults differently.

It does not progress unless you get higher up

Cures

Medical/Therapy

Cures

• Drugs
• Desensitisation

• Hypnosis
• Drugs

• Hypnosis
• Drugs

• Drugs
• Desensitisation

First Discovery

How it was treated in the past

First Discovery

How it was treated in the past

It was first discovered in the 1870's

• Drugs
• Hypnosis
• Positive Thinking

It was first discovered in 1888

• Drugs
• Hypnosis
• Positive Thinking
• Gradual Desensitisation

Famous People with it

Famous People with it.

• Leonardo Dicaprio
• Woody Allen

There are so far no famous people with a fear of heights.

Hereditary? Genetics?

How it works

biologically.

How it affects the body

How it works biologically.

How it affects the body

• Sweating
• Nervousness
• Hyperventilating

It has no genetic or hereditary connection.

It Works biologically with anxiety. It has to deal with the secretion of GABA and Serotonin.

It affects the body resulting in nausea, rapid breathing, dizziness and vertigo.

It works biologically with anxiety. When either too much GABA is released or too little Serotonin is released the body begins to feel stressed and when getting highere up the body mimics that process.

Hereditary?

Genetics?

It is not linked with either.

Symptoms

Problems

Signs

Symptoms

Panic attacks in places high off the ground.

• Discomfort
• Body Language

• Anxiety
• Rapid Heart Rate
• Sweating
• Hyperventilation
• Panic

• A feeling of uncontrollable anxiety when you think about or are exposed to heights

• The feeling that you must do everything possible to avoid heights

• The inability to function normally because of your anxiety

Porblems that occur are the limitation of the persons social life and activities. Some even stop going to work if their office is in a building.

Problems

Social activity is limited

Acrophobia

Claustrophobia

Fear of Heights

Fear of Having no Escape