Vertigo-Acrophobia-Grand Hyatt-Shanghai

Acrophobia (from Greek ἄκρος, meaning "summit") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.

Acrophobia can be dangerous, as sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Some acrophobics also suffer from urges to throw themselves off high places, despite not being suicidal.

"Vertigo" is often used, incorrectly, to describe the fear of heights, but it is more accurately described as a spinning sensation, which may be caused by looking down from a high place, as well as by some other stimuli. Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights.

Last weekend I went with Mi General and MariaJo to the Grand Hyatt to have a coffee. The lifts took up from the ground floor to the 58th floor in seconds, when we arrived we felt dizzy and nauseaus and even more when we looked up to the ceiling up to the 85th floor. I have the same kind of feelings being here when I think about the time I will spend in this city, and when I think about the future.