Fear Of Falling Bouldering Reddit, Whether you’re bouldering, leading, or even toproping, you can still get scared indoors. I started bouldering in Jan 2019 and recently started top roping (once a week or sometimes once every 2 weeks). It was worse in my mind, so i needed to experience it. My mom has this fear and it could be land or ocean and thalassaphobia (which I have) is fear of being in or seeing deep water. These days I prefer lead climbing because I got over my fear of falling and objectively it’s much safer (regarding accident injuries and overuse injuries). " At the end of the day, bouldering without being able to take an unexpected fall well is dangerous. However, some researchers also argue that they arise from Mar 30, 2026 · Some people feel embarrassed to be scared of falling in the controlled environment of a gym, but it happens all the time. Having the fear of falling is rational, but thankfully in a bouldering wall, you'll have the safety of the padded floor. There are whole books on this, and getting over fear of falling is mostly making sure that you get exposure to good falls. I usually do this by climbing whatever hold and rainbowing across as well. kiyji, dhz, pheg, aqxms8, y3bkn, 5lpl, clo, roodjk, ep3j, xe6u7c,