Myth: Vertigo is a fear of heights
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Language
Is vertigo a fear of heights?
Myth
Vertigo, as in the Hitchcock film, is a fear of heights.
Reality
Hitchcock strikes again! Vertigo is in fact a (potentially) severe balance disorder that causes dizziness and possibly nausea and can be experienced on the ground.
Fear of heights is in fact acrophobia or altophobia.
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