Batophobia: [ băt′ə-fō′bē-ə ] n.
An abnormal fear of being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper or mountain.
An abnormal fear of being near an object of great height, such as a skyscraper or mountain.
This memoir chronicles a nervous breakdown that I had as a child visiting the Sears Tower in Chicago, IL. The book serves as one part encyclopedia, detailing the nuance of my Batophobia diagnosis. The second, a detailed account of my experience ascending the Sears Tower observation deck. Using dramatic typographic scale, this book aims to show the internal terror and overwhelming feeling of smallness that I once felt in the presence of something much greater than myself.
