Im afraid to go on elevators.help?!


Question: everytime in a hotel or in the mall my friends want to go on an elvetor and i say no. i get freaked!! y am i scared?? i dont know y i used to like it


Answers: everytime in a hotel or in the mall my friends want to go on an elvetor and i say no. i get freaked!! y am i scared?? i dont know y i used to like it

Phobias are usually caused by something we've experienced either personally or say on the TV. By elevator - not sure if you mean the moving staircase or the box that everyone stands in, doors close and it goes up/down...?

Was it Oscar who once said - two great nations divided by a common language.


- If it's the box type then I'm guessing it might be a fear of small spaces, or could be that you've seen one of these disaster movies. Maybe just take one a single floor holding onto a friends hand for reassurance. Up is usually better as that's more natural and less likely to cause tension.

- If it's the stairs ones then yeah those I still don't like, but the best idea is to pick a quiet time and watch one friend walk onto it. Then wait a few steps, walk straight forward keeping to the middle. The bit I hated was jumping off at the top, but once it goes flat just either prepare to step or jump off (doesn't matter which).

Once you've done just a little one of either then you can practice that a few times and it'll slowly disappear.

On the lift type - I know every move has one of those crashing down 10 floors with no cables. Well, it might not be good for them, but since 1860 they've had a very simple auto braking system which has never failed.

Just get in it. Your making it into a big deal which will only get worse with age.

Get used to climbing up stairs....

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well something like this could be caused by a bad experience, has anything bad every happened to u in an elevator? did u maybe see a movie that had something bad happen that involved an elevator and it scared u without relizing it? well what ever it is my advice to you is to take control of it, it will NEVER go away if u dont face it, just get in, close your eyes if u want to, hold someones hand, whatever it takes, but u need to try to overcome it or it will never go away

I'm the same way. I will go up stairs b4 I get on a elevator. I'm not good with small spaces I freak out and can't breathe.

I'm scared of elevators and escalators. I will take the stairs. I will only use them as a last resort. Are you scared of heights/high places, small places, or are you afraid that the elevator will malfunction? That could be the problem.





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