I’ve always been afraid of heights. The phobia is so strong that it can paralyze me. I’m actually fine as long as I’m in an enclosed space, but the minute I’m in the open air, and very high up, I start to feel stuck and sick at the same time. I can’t move no matter how much willpower I try to muster. When I was a kid I went with my family and we took the elevator to the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City. When we got to the deck I got out and after a little practical joke by my brother, was completely trapped on the deck, paralyzed with acrophobia. It took my parents a while to get me to peel off the back wall and back down to the ground floor.