Now, people that have been around these forums a while will recognize this next part. The point of academic articles and such is - among other things - to generate a wider picture than this. That is why actual academic papers exist, and peer reviewing is a thing.Įven if Iain Baker (the author of that article) is speaking the truth from his perspective (which we have no reason to assume either way), then he is still only speaking from one perspective. He may well also be speaking the truth from his perspective, I don't know. I mean, it is an article on a commercial website that exists to get people to look at the site, so the site can contract out space on their pages to advertisers.Īs such, the article was written for the purpose of generating views. Why are you so dismissive of specific phobias, but not dismissive of others? I'm confused as to why you think that acrophobia cannot be triggered by depictions of height while not being near heights, but anachrophobia can be triggered by depictions of spiders while not being near spiders? Do you not see the contradiction?ĭo you think the author just made it all up because s/he just wants to get 'views and likes'? Do you think the author just made it all up because s/he just wants to get 'views and likes'? The author of the article below is someone who has acrophobia from video games. It's not odd considering that perception of height is visual by nature, same with video games. if you want to find proof, look over medical papers, not Reddit. Posting "proof" that is really just people wanting to get views and likes isn't proof at all. Also, videos about heights can trigger vertigo, which many people confuse as acrophobia (to the point people go to see specialists after suffering vertigo, thinking it is acrophobia). There are more videos and such about heights because it makes for better videos, as I said earlier. The determination was made due to the fact that ophidiophobia is the second most commonly diagnosed phobia, after arachnophobia. *As determined by the person who thought that acrophobia could only be triggered by literally being next to a cliff Snakes are the second most common phobia in terms of ones that could be triggered in an MMO.
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