Today, I tried to tackle my fear of heights by riding a rollercoaster. Once we were near the top, it malfunctioned, causing it to stop, and we all had to get out and climb back down. My girlfriend laughed at me for how scared I was. FML
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noobsatin 19
that's a good way to get over your fears.
3051628 24
That truly is rough OP, I feel your pain. But at the end of the day, you can say you faced your fears head on, and thats something to be proud of.
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Comments (106)
worldclassrager 39
Well that sucks...I would be scared too...props for trying to over come it though...
slap_u_much 6
I feel your fear of heights. I can't ride rides like California Screaming, but if rides are dark where I can't see the bottom, like Space Mountain, I'm fine. But one day, I'll try riding Tower of Terror for the second time, and actually have my eyes open. As they say, take baby steps right?
newburton13 26
Your girlfriend is a bitch. So much for showing support.
Dthnte 15
One of my worst nightmares. Last time I was at a theme park we went on the ride, it was fine, we got off. Then the next time it went up, it was stuck for 30 minutes and the same thing happened as to you. Lucky escape!
bluerhhajfk 17
Jeez, what an emotional roller coaster.
Anth6ny 9
Wtf climbing down a rollercoaster i would be scared shitless. Is your girlfriend a daredevil or something.
RedDragonx32 8
I would be terrified to climb back down and im not a bit scared of heights... your girlfriend should not be laughing at you at all because your trying.
JMichael 25
Nothing is funny about being terrified of something, but if anything positive came out of it you faced your fears OP.
perdix 29
Is it too early in the morning for the "I hope you mean EX-girlfriend" morons? Be grateful you even have a girlfriend -- most of them would have no respect for a guy with a fear of heights … except those who always want to be on top ;)
Kkkdawg 27
Wait, what? How big was this roller coaster? If its massive, and not like a shitty little parking lot carnival sized one, they usually don't just let you get out of it and climb down. At least not without some kind of safety harness/gear..I would hope. Unless you were literally right next to the maintenance stairs. They just make you wait till its fixed. :S FYL for the whole situation.
monnanon 13
my thought was that they were on the first section where the stairs run up the sides.