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Originally Posted by Superman

I do not go to the edge of a height like a roof and, candidly, weirdly, it's because I think I might jump off. I don't have a suicidal impulse. If I jump, it will be "just because." Hard to explain. Like turning a car into oncoming traffic at speed. It's an impulse I have, and it scares me.

Yep, this came up before. I think my grandmother has the same thing.

I've got one that's similar, but different. I've never been in a fight. I've always been afraid that if I got in a fight that I'd kill someone. As I've never been in a fight AND have no desire to kill anyone, I have absolutely no reason to suspect that I would or could kill someone that easily. It's completely unfounded and unreasonable, pretty much the same as assuming you'd jump if put into a weird high spot.

That's not really a phobia type fear since I don't put myself into or get into those situations. If I have had folks acting like they were trying to pick a fight, I didn't have any strong fear stuff come up.

As far as strong fears or phobias, like snakes, tight spaces, heights, nope, I'm not aware of any. As I kid I climbed lots of trees. In our old home, I used to walk around on the roof of the second floor. I do try to avoid the roof of our current home. I've been up there once. It's got a steeper pitch than our old home.

snakes and spiders, no big deal (unless they are a surprise to the face). The other day we were out walking the property with the grandsons and saw a snake. It was a non-venomous water snake. I stood looking at it, and when it started to move, it slithered right between my feet. I just waited.