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Hey everyone and welcome to episode number 84 of the Absolute Mind podcast.

And it's this week's fourth installment on the

discussion of fears and phobias now through the week i have discussed what is the difference between

a fear and a phobia we've discussed overcoming fear of spiders fear of flying and today i'll be

discussing how to overcome a fear of heights as As always at the end of the podcast,

there'll be a hypnosis section which you can all continue to listen to and continue living

your life without any limits. Before we get started, I would like to once again mention a very big

thank you to everybody who continues to download these podcasts and also to those who are new if you've only

just found me thank you and welcome i hope you get something from these podcasts and can start

living your life completely free of any fears any anxieties and any worries okay so let me get

started on the discussion of overcoming your fear of heights.

Now, an extreme fear of heights is also known as acrophobia.

Now, it's estimated to apparently affect up to 5% of the general population.

And while nearly everyone experiences some degree of what you could call anxiety at the thought of a

great perilous drop for some the fear is debilitating now i i never thought i had any kind of fear of

heights but i remember going on um we have a thing here in the UK called Go Ape.

I don't know if anybody has it across the seas or anything, but it's just like a big climbing thing.

You put all your ropes on and your harnesses and you climb to tops of trees and swing down and all this kind of thing.

And I remember getting to the top of one of the really big trees, looking down and thinking, oh my word, I'm actually terrified right now.

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