Scared silly: what's the difference between a healthy fear and a phobia?(YOUR MIND)

Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication | October 1, 2006| | Copyright

Every time Lamont B., 16, of Brooklyn, N.Y., goes near a window inside a high building, his heart begins to pound and he starts sweating. 'Tin terrified of heights," he explains. "I can't go on rooftops or terraces or near cliff edges without getting dizzy and needing to get away." Lamont suffers from a common fear that doctors call acrophobia, or fear of heights.

But don't assume that Lamont is a fearful person in general. He has plenty of friends and does well in school. Lamont regularly performs his own raps at school talent shows, the kind of activity that makes ...

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