And that's how the champion of dodes pushing the fuck right through depersonalization and a panic attack good for you! Remember that next time you feel anxious!!! #brava
Abseiling [rappelling for your American fans] is kind of fun, but it's very unnatural feeling and it's completely counter intuitive to trust your life to a rope just fed round a figure of eight shaped lump of metal. However, abseiling down a climbing wallwith big crash mats at the bottom can let you learn to trust the equipment and find out what happens if you let go entirely, etc etc and makes abseiling on actual rocks where actually falling would be fatal much less stressful...
this quote from "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende might be helpful: โJust as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change."
"I want my life in the hands of a machine" Well, you say that now, Dodie. But when our robotic overlords take over, I can't imagine you'd say the same thing. By then, you'll be wishing for something organic.
I have no mental fear of heights, but physically I react very strongly it's bizarre. So I really am not frightened but my body shakes for ages if I get even a few feet off the ground. Once I was hanging Christmas decorations at a friend's place and because I'm very tall I only needed to stand on a chair to do it. Just being on that chair sent me into full shakes until well into the next day, like I couldn't write anything down at all for 24 hours because my hands were shaking so much. Does anyone else get this?
I identify with this so hard! I work at a summer camp during the summers and I have to help run the high ropes course and climbing wall and when I'm up there I shake like crazy but I'm totally calm. But literally everyone else on staff is the same way even the people who only do the high stuff, so we definitely aren't alone in this.
+Matthew Lauder That's good to know but it's such a shame because I love things like that. I remember this one time when I was about 13, I was at like an outdoor retreat and we had to build a tower out of milk crates and like use each other to all climb to the top. It was pretty high up but I managed to ruin everything because my shaky leg at the top of the tower kicked the whole thing over and there were just 5 kids dangling from harnesses in the air- all of them kinda mad at me.
that's exactly me when doing class/public presentations. mentally, I'm fine. I'm prepared. I get up and I do it and I'm okay. however, every time my friends always tell me that my voice was shaking and I looked and sounded so nervous but in my head I'm fine.
+emma I'm exactly the same! I had to do a school performance once which I wasn't really worried about, but for some reason my legs (not my hands, my voice, or any other part of my body) wouldn't stop shaking, so I couldn't play properly._.
I have a physical fear of speaking and presenting in front of people... but in my mind I'm extremely calm. I never understood it since I had no problem speaking, it is just an involuntary reaction.
Clyde Donovan same ๐ i'm perfectly fine with presenting and speaking in front of class (i'll even volunteer!) but when i do it, my body is shaking like crazy, and i feel nauseous, even though i'm totally fine with it. my body just goes crazy even though my mind is super fine lol
Juliette Hacking I know this is a million years late but I have the same thing. I'm currently playing Wendy in Peter Pan in my community theatre, so we have to "fly" basically standing on these see saw things that go like 3 feet off the ground. I go on it and I'm not scared at all, but my legs shake like crazy and I tense up so much. And the director's like "you ok mate" and I'm like YES THIS IS FUN IGNORE MY LEGS PLEASE. It's odd. Glad to know I'm not alone :)
Yes! I went up a ladder a few steps in my garden, meant to be going up to a roof, that wasn't gonna happen xD and I was shaking and my dad asked "are you scared?" and yes I was scared haha, someone reply please and tell me you've been in a similar situation where it hasn't been extremely high up
this is what happens to me when I perform (Clarinet and Piano) when I'm being tested (be it teacher or examiner) , it's terrible because I'm not that nervous but my fingers are sweaty causing them to slip and play wrong notes and my whole body shakes and if I make a tiny mistake everything just gets worse
As much as I'm proud of Dodie, I'm so freaking proud of Evan. Speaking from experience, hanging in midair is terrifying whether you have a fear of heights or not. I'm so proud of Evan for doing abseiling the entire tower by himself. You both did an incredible job. ๐โค
i used to do rock-climbing and abseiling in year 8-12 and honestly having a human belaying you is WAY better than having it be done electronically. human error can be greater but i don't trust a robot to do that, really.
Came here to say that - I think it helps if you've belayed for a while yourself. If you've never belayed before you won't know how easy it is to hold someone in the rope down position, I've quite comfortably held someone (low down) with my thumb and two fingers in one hand (not recommended, btw). Also re: gloves, you need them for abseiling when you're controlling the rope yourself because things get super hot and finger trappy.
I'm similar... I have a fear of falling. Heights don't scare me (I like looking out of plane windows and seeing the view) but as soon as I'm in a situation where I could fall, I freak out. I feel for you Dodie. I could have never done it.
the "oooooookay" bit at the end ! I feel you girl I feel you ! I've never been afraid of heights and one day I was out with a group of kids I worked with at that time and we went to one of those climbing parks where you have different obstacles in different heights between trees and I was like "pssssh how hard can this be". Little did I know that 30 minutes later I'd be 10 meters over the ground shaking my ass off trying to smile to not scare the already crying kids behind me even more, climbing through a net with a lot of holes, grabbing onto some ropes for the dear live of me. I was 100% sure this was were I'd die and they'd had to cut my cold body out of this damn net. Never have I ever felt this amount of pure panic. Constantly talking to myself to make sure I'd breath and keep going. Even thinking about it now makes me anxious.
I am incredibly proud of you for doing this, but let's just make sure none of us has to do this kind of stuff ever agin. xx
Even though it makes perfect sense to be scared it always confuses me a little when people don't like abseiling because genuinely one of my favorites things in the world to do, on school camp everyone had at most like two or three goes and I went for at least seven buts that's beside the point. well done dodie I'm proud of you
I can't stand at the top of a ladder without feeling like I'm going to fall off, so I understand how you feel Dodie. You were very brave, I wouldn't abseil down anything for all the money in the world :)
My friend went down the exact same tower for charity and I had to go up with her and I completely get how you felt! Its absolutely massive and I was literally so scared for her. I go past that tower pretty much every day and it just brings back memory's of looking down
Hahaha I'm so glad we finally got to see more of the footage! I remember checking your snapchat and twitter throughout the day and seeing how terrified you were, so when the coke video came out I knew they must have put it together cleverly to make you look less scared. This was funny, oh bless you Dodie.
I'm so proud of you for doing it!! And yes, it's checked off and you never have to do it again! I know how this feels; I did something similar once when I was a kid with a high dive. not fun But I did it! Way to go Dodie!! <3
you're such a good storyteller, dodie! i love this channel's content so much -- i love how real you are and all of your stories are super engaging. i don't get bored when i watch them regardless of how long they are, contrary to most other "storytime" videos (i know that this isn't necessarily a storytime video but it's within the same family, i think).
i go back and watch a lot of the videos where you're talking about events in your life. i watched your "angry" video three or four times and it's never boring.
also, totally off topic, could you do a flat tour?? i'm always so curious about the layout of your flat because i don't think that it's anything like how i picture it in my head. idk if that's a bit creepy/invasive but i'm just curious. :)
I relate to this so much, my parents used to take me climbing loads when I was little but I almost always got stuck cause I was terrified and would refuse to move
The way you told this story was absolutely brilliant and so damn funny!! Definitely need more story time with Dodie videos, because this made my absolute day! Also sorry about your fear, i'm glad you're at least aware of it now (: x
I'm happy that you stayed strong, and I wish I could've gave you a hug telling you it's okay and you didn't have to do it. But you were so brave! Good job
I'm a rock climber, and ironically enough when I first started I was terrified of heights. I'm over it now, but I relate to you so much. also you look super pretty in this video ๐
I'm a rock climber, and ironically enough when I first started I was terrified of heights. I'm over it now, but I relate to you so much. also you look super pretty in this video ๐
I realized I was terrified of heights when I first climbed on top my sister's loft bed in her college dorm, which was NOT even that high at all. I would've fled so fast from this abseiling activity. You're brave for pushing through!
I went on NCS two years ago without realising I had a fear of heights, and we did bloody abseiling! Got all geared up and everything, went to the edge of the rock face, until I was internally (and slightly externally) screaming๐
Evan is such a good friend! I feel like I would definitely want him cracking jokes if I was freaking out like that. (which I 100% would be in that situation.)
Oh my goodness, I definitely know how it feels to be in that kind of situation!!!! I also have a fear of (falling from) heights and it is so bad that if I feel like I'm going to fall from almost any height higher than the roof of my house I will instantly go into shock and either start crying, go numb, or both. So as you can imagine, I am not the world's most roller-coaster-loving girl and I get picked on A LOT by my family when we go to the amusement parks. BUT, I am working my very hardest to go mind-over-matter because I feel like I am missing out on having a lot of fun. Hope you can get over your fears too, Dodie. I love you and your channels, you are brilliant, funny, beautiful, and so bloody amazing.
Honestly, you're such a delight. You have such a wonderful mindset and way of telling things that just bring It to life. never stop telling your stories, because I love them.
This is giving me flashbacks to the first time I went abseiling I was 13 and I tried 5 different times and just burst into tears every time In the end the instructor went down next to me helping me every step of the way whilst I was sobbing uncontrollably The thing is its been 5 years and now I love abseiling and have even been an instructor helping out kids in my position But regarding the mechanical rock climbing machines the first time I encountered them was last year I only ever had people holding me up The first time I tried it I had to climb back down the rock climbing wall because I didn't trust the machine in the slightest But I was annoyed at myself for doing that so I made myself keep climbing and trying trusting the machine from a metre above the ground then 2 and by the end of the climbing session (idk what to call it) I could go to the top of the wall and fling myself of trusting the machine entirely It's interesting pushing yourself to your limit
Thank you for talking about this. After watching the CocaCola video (where you were very obviously not fine and yet did go down) I was worrying quite a bit about how and if you had actually given your conscious consent to do this and not being pressured into doing it by the team or whoever. I'm still not sure about anything but seeing you talk about it and still speaking so positively about the job puts my mind at ease at least a little bit. Hope you are well & please don't ever let someone pressure you into doing something, no matter who they are or whatever the reasons. Otherwise you might just end up with yet another fear to add to your list. But you probably already know that. It's not really my place to tell you any of this, so I'm sorry. But I was really worried and I wanted to thank you for making that video that helped clear up at least some of the confusion. Have a wonderful day, I wish you the very best (:
Similar thing happened to me when I was in first year of university. I lived on the 23rd floor of a tower with 27 floors, and when the wind blew strongly, I swear I could feel the building sway. The place had three elevators that frequently malfunctioned and left their passengers stuck. After two semesters in that place, I emerged with a fear of heights.
This whole video i wanted to hug you! I know Evan's normally the funny guy cracking jokes but even him doing that you can still sense he's worried about you. You're amazing for doing it though!!
I found out I was afraid of heights when I was up on a 50 foot high ropes course in Poland, and I didn't know enough Polish to tell the people on the ground I wanted to come down. Haha :)
Well, I would say that's impressive. I saw the picture of the tower and just that gave me a little shiver in my spine. As someone who can start to panic halfway up a stone tower (such as a church or castle tower), you did impressively well.
"a house and a half" is my new favorite measurement. also, yeah heights are TERRIFYING i climbed up this really tall like 200 ft light house the other week and i was shaking so hard i almost fell on my way back down it was so scary. tbh id probably do something like what you did and be super excited bc i love adventure type stuff but just looking down from really high is the absolute worst.
You're literally me while doing rock climbing or abseiling. I did outward bound and sobbed halfway up the rock wall because it felt like my support rope wasn't tight and they wouldn't let me down until I'd turned around to look at the view. Literally so horrific
I remember my uncle from out of town visited us and on the news they announced that some people were going to space or something and I innocently asked my uncle "Would you ever do that?" and he said, "No I'm terribly scared of heights" and I guess that turned a switch in my head that made me self conscious of heights and I think I can confirm that since that day I am scared of heights. I think before that I was unaware of it, but now if I go to a really high place, even if there's some form of security like glass or a railing, my legs start to get weak and I have to step back for a moment if not I feel like I'd collapse.
I remember going rock climbing with my mum and it was the same situation you were in! I was at the top of the rock climbing wall and to get down, my mum had to carefully lower me. I was freaking out about this but then I calmed myself down by thinking, "She is my mum, I am her child, she won't let anything bad happen to me. This is fine." Anyway, long story short, I had a cast on my arm for a few weeks.
As someone who has had a fear of heights for as long as I can remember, I was already getting nervous just watching the video. A fear of heights doesn't work well when you also have a very lively imagination, so the first thing I picture when I see a huge drop is me or the person close to it falling off and it freaks me the fuck out. I've been getting better at dealing with heights lately though, so that's good.
I don't know where I'm going with this, but I wanted to talk about my fear of heights. Bye.
Fear of heights so big that I'm scared when I'm standing on a chair or in a staircase (ANY staircase lmao). I really understand the feeling you're talking about and how you felt in the video! Aaargh it's the worst thing about this fear, it's that once you are there, you cannot control yourself, you know you have to calm down and all but you just can't haha! Anyways, really proud that you did it, I would've never ever been able to do it, all my respect Dodie!
I used to have an irrational fear of heights until I decided to try a theme park ride and immediately saw how cool it was to be that high up in the air and I am no longer afraid
I just watched the video again, and you can really be proud of yourself. A fear of heights is a very normal thing to have, and even in the video it looks like you overcame a massive hurdle there. You did really well, especially at the climbing wall.
The people securing you a really looked like they were doing a professional and methodical job in the video. All the security measures I'd normally take when doing a top rope and an abseil were there as well as a few extra's (mainly back-ups).
I don't know if they did this, but usually when I take someone with a fear of heights for a bit of a climb, I try to explain the entire securing routine, and what precautions I'm taking to keep them safe. Usually that makes them feel more at ease with the situation. Did they do something similar for you?
This is astonishing to me! I love heights and rock climbing, it's funny to me that doddie says "I need a machine not a man" because it's the complete opposite for me. I don't trust the machine at all!!! But kudos to her for doing it! She's even more lovable now!
I have a fear of both :( That's not really a fear for me, I would just love if people that I love noticed people like me, I think one day one of your idols will notice you
That's so funny that you were more comfortable with the machine! I've gone rock climbing a lot and I was always nervous around the machine ones! I learned how to with a person and I figured a person can see me fall but the machine can't. XD
Omg ive never been this early before. I want to take this chance to say that Dodie, you are amazing, ur music is amazing, i relate to you so much! You are seriously amazing! I look up to you so much. Thankyou for existing, living and making videos.- Em
well done dodie that was so brave of you! my phobias are walking alone in the dark which i had to do today ahhhh, the dentist, death and im kinda claustrophobic
I feel this so much. I use to be scared of loads of stuff as a kid and would often have sobbing attacks in public places. I had to go for an MRI yesterday and the minute they bolted me into this metal helmet thing my brain just flipped like NOPE NOPE NOPE so I ripped the helmet off and kinda sprinted out of the room. Panic doesn't bring out my best colours.
Well that whole experience is a nightmare - thank you for sharing :P. At school camp in year 6 (I was around 10) we had to do abseiling - I also didn't know I had a fear of heights. I get to the top, my friend takes a photo of me hanging, and I unclip myself and just walk away from the situation haha
I can't imagine what that must have been like! I'm not a fan of heights either and also discovered that while rock climbing. Good job for pushing through, I don't think I could have!
I get vertigo from standing on a bridge that's only 40-60 feet in the air, so to me someone with a fear of heights doing something like this is unthinkable. You are far braver than I.
I think you did really well there, you still did it. I find I have a fear of falling - when looking down at a great height I imagine myself falling ... so maybe I should fear my imagination, or maybe that keeps me away from the edge! I once went on a free fall ride in an amusement park as high as that tower and it was insane - I'll never do that again ...seriously. x )
im terrified of heights as well so i know exactly how you felt :/ i went on the highest level on a cruise ship once (keep in mind there was only glass surrounding the sides so you could see through to the ocean and we were SO HIGH UP) and i just started having a panic attack and balling my eyes out while my mom was trying to help me down the stairs and trying to calm me down. lets just say that wasn't a very fun experience :) proud of u tho for facing your fears !!
I feel kinda bad for laughing at someone when they're in such a panicked state- but Dodie's response to the guy telling her to flap her arms if she needed to was HILARIOUS.
when I went on a pgl holiday (it's an activity holiday) I had to do abseiling as well and I had pretty much the same experience. I also had to jump off an eight foot high rock into a cold river, with nobody at the bottom and it was the most horrible thing I have ever done because I couldn't breathe for at least 20 seconds after it
I went on a ride called Scream, where it's this big tower that brings you up and down at horrifying speeds. I had my eyes closed most of the time (I was 11 and scared shitless) but when we got to the top, I opened my eyes, and there was this gorgeous view of the park. Immediately after that, we started plummeting toward the ground, and I screamed my head off. Had a good time though.
Same here! I remember getting very dizzy and feeling nauseous when visiting a very very very tall building once. Once we were on the roof I almost passed out. It was horrible!
I feel you, I have a huge fear of height I can't even go up two steps of ladder without feeling like I'm going to fall and die but in planes I'm absolutely fine
aww dodie, you were really brave for doing something you were so scared of. I'm the opposite with climbing and abseiling. I can't stand the machine things which hold the rope I have you have a person holding the rope idk xx
ahh i totally relate to you, it's so weird like growing up and realising your scared of things you didn't think you were??? like when i was a kid i gave no thought to heights whatsoever but once i got old enough to properly start fearing my mortality (which is later than you'd think lol) it was a whoooole other story
I've always had a fear of steep slopes or just anything steep in general. Walking down stairs or down anything steep gives me the worst anxiousy wheezy feeling and I get all jitter ๐ btw loving you endlessly all the way from Australia xx
I realised I was scared of heights after trying to do abseiling when I was 11 and I freaked out when I put my feet on the edge of the abseiling tower so you're not alone! x
This literally the BEST story in the entire world. I've a fear of this too but this storytelling had me laughing so hard. Aaah life, I can't, I'm still cry laughing ! Brilliant.
That's what I was like at camp. Putting your life in the hands of someone you've known for a day is pretty hard, especially when you're scared of heights
Hey Dodie, I have a fear of heights and I used to have to cling to the wall at home when we had bar railings as I could see the ground below and it terrified me. Now I can easily walk down stairs though! It was tough to battle the fear and I'm still aware of it (don't think that will ever go away) but it doesn't terrify me like it used to. Just wanted to let you know its not always gonna be as crippling as it feels rn. Keep your head up, love you! You are awesome xxxx
Honestly having someone at the bottom is much safer and so much more comforting than the automatic line - you get to communicate with the person at the bottom and they can give you as much or as little support as you need, the machine just drops you if you fall off, where as you'll stay in the air if you have a person
this made me pretty happy about you being able to talk about this because i am terrified of heights. theres a bridge by my house that goes over a freeway and it scares me so much that i have to hold someones hand while going over it, so im a little less self concious about my fear because i always feel like a baby when i talk about it.
I discovered my fear of heights when I was like 9 and it was because of the rope climbing in gym class, I would always be scared of falling right from the top and breaking some part of my body. Still scared of heights tbh.
I understand in my head that I'm most likely safe and everything's fine, but I have bad vertigo and when I go up high it triggers really bad dizziness. People always say it's an excuse for me being scared and so a 'choice' (and damn right I'm scared as well) but it's somewhat difficult to abseil when the room is spinning and you're at risk of passing out....!
You're so unbelievably brave Dodie, I could never have done that, especially seeing how upset and scared you were. Well done you for pushing through, it's pretty inspirational! Whenever you're having a down day, remember that this is just another great thing you have achieved, overcoming your fear, pushing through the feels :') sending love and hugs as always ~ Emma x
I totally get this. My fear of heights is so bad that I will momentarily freeze at the top of stairs, especially if they're in a building I'm not familiar with. If they happen to be multi level stairs then I will skirt along the far wall, if possible.
Oh man I feel this so hard. I did not realize that I was afraid of heights until I decided to go bungee jumping. I cried for like five minutes before the guy pushed me.
Personally I'm not afraid of heights at all if I'm just depending on a building or a strong structure (like being at the top of a tower or a mountain and looking down), however if I feel like my position depends on me and my physical abilities (like rock climbing, or those tree ropes amusement parks), I just lose it. I was fine when I was younger, but a few years ago, I realised even though I had no problem abseiling along the side of a mountain (because I felt like the harness was "in charge"), I was unable to climb rocks without panicking, because I felt too weak. Same thing last summer when I went to a tree amusement park with my friends, I ended up just taking pictures of them instead of doing the climbing haha
This brought back so many emotions about my fear of heights. This one time at cadet camp....(typed that and couldn't help but think of american pie hahaha) we had to climb a rock wall in front of all our school friends. I got half way up, looked down...panicked big time and my hands clenched so hard. After like 10 mins sobbing and not being able to relax my hands ..my teacher finally managed to calm me down. Was so so embarassing.
I am also SUPER SUPER scared of heights! A few weeks ago I was on the French Riviera with a friend and we were swimming in the sea and we swam to this like spot where people would sunbathe or dive from. My friend had no problem at all diving off that thing. I on the other hand was PETRIFIED. I read somewhere that it's a very common fear if you're more connected to your mind rather than in touch with your body. If you're too concentrated on your thoughts and don't embrace the feeling of freedom (or whatever normal people feel when they do stupid things like that... I wouldn't know I GET SO SCARED) this feeling turns into fear. So basically we are probably a bit too rational you and I. I'm honestly okay with that haha
I feel so similar to Dodie when it comes to these sort of things, no joke I started dissociating around the time Dodie put up her video about it, and I learned more about it and I was glad that someone else understood, especially someone I look up to. And I've had acrophobia since I was very young because of an accident in which I fell from a tree in third grade and landed on a branch (between my legs) and it tore my hymen. I had a massive panic attack before I was supposed to go ziplining on a trip my freshman year of high school, and I was excited for it originally, and 200 stairs later I was a mess. And that was something I paid for with my own money, too. :( So I'm really glad that someone I look up to understands how I feel. <3
oh my gosh I'm so proud of you for doing it and like ya know getting that shot ;D honestly though like i didn't mind abseiling when i did it in year 6 lol but i think now i wouldn't be abe to do it at all so GO DODIE
I have done abseiling 3 times before. I have done it off a bridge, a wooden building and into a quarry. I did the quarry one this Autumn and I remember being a bit nervous but mostly fine. As soon as I got to the horizontal position, I fell about a meter and my feet slipped so swung into the rock. When I got halfway done I was so stressed I thought I was going to pass out; I started to see swirls and things went blurry. I'm not doing it again ๐
When I was 11 I went rock climbing. It was the middle of January and the rock wall was outside. Found out that day that the fear of heights gets way worse when your hands are numb from the cold. I was at the top when I realized I couldn't hold onto anything (hands too numb) and demanded the rope-holder guy to let me down slowly
I respect that you went further than your mental wall and you broke through and pushed it as far as you did. As a former rock climber, the gig did do it right by slowly working you up to that height great job on both sides
i didn't think i'd ever be afraid of heights but i have a bunk bed with my brother and he has the top bunk so when we moved i wanted to switch, i got up and was immediately terrified of how i was gonna get down
i want to see the whole raw unedited footage, and then just give you a hug dodie! i think i probably would be the same as your really, like id be freaking out but id force myself just to get through it through sheer will power! proud of you :)
I used to be just like this with heights, I was TERRIFIED! And last year, somehow my sister convinced me to go zip-lining with her. I was so scared, holding off a panic attack, but when I did it it was the most fantastic experience, I can't describe it other than I just felt so free. The next day we then had a tree top assault course to do. I thought that would be fine after the zip-line. Nope, that was still awful. Even though I knew I was safe, I was attached by the same harness system as on the zip-lines except I was moving slowly and I was fighting tears the whole time. But there was a zip-line at the end of the course so that made it all better :)
I can't watch this video without feeling like I'm going to cry - this is the last video she made before her brain completely broke for a year and a half
When I was at school we went on this adventure thing and I did rock climbing, i was fine, I went on a zip line and I was fine, I got to the top of the abseiling wall and cried my eyes out and demanded that they put on the floor(literally what I said) ๐๐
I never new I had a fear of heights my entire life until I went on the Ferris wheel at Disneyland a couple years ago. Oh my gosh I was freaking out internally but there was other people in the cart so I didn't want to make a scene. For some reason I decided to go on it again the next year I visited. I thought I would be brave. And what really scares me is the fact that I'm just sitting there with no security or anything to hold onto. If I'm strapped into something like a roller coaster, or my body is covered then I feel super safe, but if I don't have anything hold onto then I hate it!
I literally hate heights so much omg!! I remember in school we were having photos taken with every one in my year, and me being one of the tallest I was at the back but we were up on steps and the barriers were wobbly and basically if one person fell so did everyone so that was fun ๐ I live in northampton and I honestly don't even know how you got up to the top of the lift tower I wouldn't ever walk up the stairs ๐
I can totally relate to being afraid of heights. The majority of my nightmares as a child were about crazy escalators and travelators where you would basically plummet to your death if you let go of the railing
I can relate. at 6th grade camp I had to abseil. they told me to jump (I had wires and everything) and I cried because I thought I would just fall straight to the ground and break myself lol. I'm a senior now so I'm over it but it was pretty horrifying at the time.
I laughed so hard, and Evan was too on the video. But I think you could get over your fear of hight's you just have to work with it. I did get over mine and it was very hard and scary. Love you Dodie.
I've had a fear of heights my whole life. When I was nine, I went to Canada with my family and they wanted to go zip lining in the trees and I didn't want to but I couldn't be left alone so I had to go. Basically on the longest zip line everything was fine until I got to the end and just started slipping back and I ended up in the middle of the zip line hANGING SUPER HIGH OVER ROCKS AND THRASHING WATER BELOW (which I found out by looking down which was a big mistake). 9 year old me was crying and just terrified. Needless to say that I am never going on a zip line EVER AGAIN. Yeah. Not a fun experience. I feel your pain Dodie
You literally have just summed me up completely summed up my feeling about heights. The first time I went abseiling I freaked out sooooo much, I have never done it with a mechanical thingy but always with another person holding it, although i did it, the amount of brain power it took to even step over the edge was ridiculous. Although I would push myself to do it again I some how even freak out when trying to jump down from a table to the floor, im not joking and don't even get me started on the top tier seats at the 02. NOPE.
I did abseiling once but before that I didn't know I was afraid of heights too. They told me it's just descending a big rock wall 40m tall and I thought how bad can it be? But when we were actually on top of it, I was like struck by lightening and couldn't move.
I didn't want to, but they said it was my turn and I was almost peeing my pants. But once I stepped over the edge and hung on that wall I actually enjoyed that feeling of hanging in the air and looking down and seeing others next to you doing it as well.
I don't know if I would experience that again but I definitely enjoyed it back then!
I have a thing with heights too, like in my mind I'm not particularly scared of them, but my brain just goes NOPE and freaks out. one time i was standing on top of this bridge that goes over the railway and I'm pretty freaked out over trains and cars and stuff too, and I felt like I was going to faint when the train went past.
OH MAN Dodie I understand what you went through!! I did a ropes course during middle school and it was so high up and I fell off of this floating bridge type thing and had a full on panic attack- like no one could help me out of there because I would not let go of the rope it was dreadfulllllllllll. They finally calmed me down a bit and helped pull me out between the floating bridge slats, but geez I'm still scarred from it. It's honestly so impressive that you went through with it like major props to you because that is such a difficult thing to overcome.
i did abseiling once, but when i was perched on the wooden building thing, i swung from one side to the other and hit my shoulder on the side of it. i then screamed like there was no tomorrow. it also looked like it would collapse any minute. my legs were shaking at the end and i had to sit down for like 10 minutes while everyone else did stuff!
THIS KIS HONESTLY EXACTLY HOW I AM. The times I've abseiled I've always thought, 'Oh I'll be fine' but then I get to the edge and I start bawling my eyes out and shaking and find it hard to feel reassured by everyone, oh my god. It's so bad, I physically can't do it, my body won't let me go over the edge. And I TOTALLY get the machine/person thing. I've never done it with a machine but having a person is so stressful, they seem so, not weak, but I feel like they aren't holding the rope tight when they are. Sorry about that hahah
I found out I have claustrophobia on a 2 hour school trip through a cave. Had a severe panic attack the entire time and couldn't breathe. I wasn't allowed to get out at the start because apparently it's too difficult to walk someone back up 20 stairs out the entrance. I 1000000% feel your pain ๐๐ผ
Totally sympathise, I have a phobia of heights and it's god awful, it affects me on a daily basis and I don't think many people I know understand how terrifying it is
Oh my god I remember going on a year six camping adventure for a week and we did rock climbing and abseiling, and about half our group cried at the top because it honestly didn't look that high but suddenly realising we had to just drop ;;;;;;;;
I went for an internship interview yesterday and the lady was giving me a tour around the office, and at some point she asks whether I'm afraid of heights XD Because the outside way down from the 4th to the 3rd floor is one of those narrow twisty staircases on the side of the building. And I was like, sure, that's fine, and focused on not thinking of falling the whole way down. There was this one time though, a couple years back, when I was crossing an old hanging bridge. There were several of us and we were being led by this little girl across the bridge. Keep in mind this is night time and the only lights we have are our little flashlights. And for some reason when we were slap bang in the middle of this bridge, one of the members in our group decides to ask the girl if the bridge had ever tipped over. Like, whyyyyy??????!! Also, apparently it had before. So that information was...horrible. Yup XD
You just summed up how I felt on the Via Feratta in the Lake District. It was a horrible experience but I'm proud for getting through it. You should be proud too, Dodie xxx
i also have a huge fear of heights too so i cAN tOTALLY understand the-sweaty-hands-inducing-fear and oh my god i'm so proud of you for getting through that shoot omg i wouldn't have even been able to do the rock climbing lskdjalksjd
i'm not afraid of heights myself, but maybe after i encounter an experience likes yours i probably will be. thank you for sharing this! really puts in perspective how awful the phobia of height is. :p
I got so anxious watching thee footage, I have a massive fear of heights and even a thought of that qould freak me out and it was difficult to see Dodie so panicky!
I discovered I was afraid of heights whilst I was on a scout camp for a week in the lake district. There was activities through the week and one of them (I can't remember the name exactly) was where you climbed up a tree... thing and jumped off. Oh BOY that was not fun. Halfway up the tree thing I looked down and fucking froze and clung on to it for dear life. When I finally got to the top I just stood there shaking so near tears (in the rain might I add so the platform was slippery) for like ten minutes whilst everyone else was saying "just jump! it'll be fine!" because that's supposed to be comforting apparently.
OMG I love your makeup. Tbh though you could literally put gravy on your face and you'd still look beautiful. I'm so jealous of you and also so in love.
Aww I feel so bad... I also have a huge fear of heights and I totally get it. It's actually horrible cause of all the people who don't understand it. Like, I'm scared to climb on a fricking chair... I remember the first time I went on a water slide. I was shaking so much and it was horrifying. Buildings without elevators are my worst nightmare. ๐
I'm petrified of heights too, and it happened all of a sudden whilst I was on the Eiffel Tower! How embarrassing when I was crying the entire time and holding onto the middle of the tower, I couldn't go anywhere near the edge! It's not transitioned to planes, I hate flying because I hate knowing how high I am in the air!
this reminds me of this thing called the power pole. it's a literal power pole (the giant wodden ones shaped like a cross) and you literally climb up it. you climb up a power pole in the middle of the forest held only by a camp counselor holding a rope that you're tied to. and then you jump off the top. ITS TERRIFYING but if you ever get the chance you should totally do it! i think there is a video somewhere on youtube of somebody with a go-pro at Camp Hanes that filmed it.
a few weeks ago i was at a camp and one of the activities was high ropes. naturally, i thought that we were going to be climbing ROPES like in gym or something. hahaha NO !!!! we were supposed to climb a 20-30+ foot high LOG, walk across another maybe 20 foot long log (which was only about a foot wide???), go back to the middle and just FALL BACK. we were attached to a harness like the one dodie and evan were and it was held by a counselor. When it was my turn (i was dumb and volunteered to go third) i didnt make it past the LADDER and started bawling my eyes out sksksjsj!!! i made myself go again after everyone else and i made it to the third ring (the only thing we had to step on were these two inch metal rings) and BITCH. BITCH!!!!!!!! my hands hurt like hell and i have almost NO upper body strength. so naturally i start sobbing again. and the pole was shaking too. so yeah!!!!!! i wish i could do it again but i probably wouldnt make it all the way through haha
i wouldve been the same, im mildly afraid of "the unknown" where im not in control and i dont know what can happen! so if i was to be stuck where my life is in someone elses hands and im being pulled down into nothing, i would be terrified out of my mind omg
I have always been an oddball with heights, I can happily climb/be on natural heights without the panic induced fear I get on man made heights! Put me on a tall bridges/towers etc I will freeze and most likely cry (I was on Tower Bridge in London in January and I had a full blown panic with everybody just looking at me as I was (panicky) determined to go in the glass floor to get a picture to show my dad while I imagined every possible scary death possible as I also repeatedly asked the staff If I could die or if the glass could break doing this haha... I also may or may not have smacked my friend in the chest when she decided to jump onto it when I was on it.) But I can happily climb mountains and glens without a problem, I've climbed Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis happily many times without any height fears. Its odd.
I am the exact way. I get petrified when I'm standing next to those glass railings on the third floor of malls. I get the hibbie jeebies from even lookin at them
as someone who climbs at least once a week and is also afraid of heights I would like to comment upon being let down. the thing you like more is called autobelay and the thing you were doing was toproping. I guess it's personal preference and depends on who is belaying you but toproping feels so much more safe to me because if you fall then you stop. about the knots in abseiling, dunno if they told you, but the important ones are self tightening which means the more weight you put on them the tighter they get and they won't come out. I know that personally, knowing more makes me less scared of things. hope this helps anyone afraid of rock climbing, abseiling, or heights in general. also would like to add that I wasn't afraid of heights at all until I watched someone fall 50 feet and get really badly injured and that really messed me up for a while and still makes it hard for me to do certain things.
Aw Dodie! So proud of you for getting through it though xx Where did you get your shorts from? As I noticed them in the 'standy-up' part and I really like them xx
when I went abseiling with my school(although it probably wasn't as high as that) I had control of my own ropes so I had to hold onto them. So if I let go, I was gonna fall, i felt so much better though knowing I had the control :P
Aww poor Doodie... I notice you very nervous in the Coca Cola video, but I never knew how hard it actually was for you ;-; I'm glad you can share and actually tell the story behind it!
Throughout the video, I've been saying, "OH, HONEY, I KNOW." God, the idea of falling solo is terrifying - even if it's just a few feet (slipping on the ice as a child and very much hurting my derrierre will do that #MichiganLife). I've gotten a little bit better about it, as I was helping repaint this building and that required being up on a ladder often, but still, my body just kind of freaks out. It kind of becomes Charles Lee from the Hamilton song, "Stay Alive" - "EVERYONE ATTACK " "RETREAT!" "ATTA" "RETREAT!!!!!"
I remember in 9th grade we went on a field trip to a climbing thing and I climbed up despite my phobia of heights but when I was on top I was supposed to like run over something and I started SOBBING and my biology teacher who was with us filmed it and showed it to the entire class .. WHY THE FUCK
I'm afraid of heights too. :/ I did walk on the see-through glass bit in the CN tower/Space Needle and then I couldn't move. And going up St. Peter's Basilica dome in Rome was really terrifying too. ^^' I couldn't enjoy the view since I was so petrified haha. Kudos to you though for going through this.:) I would never have gone through with it. D:
I feel like it's weird that I love heights, like I'm quite obsessed. I love sitting on edge of rocks jutting out of really high cliffs and walking on paths with steep drops and I love cliff jumping and abseiling, I've always wanted to climb a crane but yeah........tis illegal.......so yeah! just another pointless comment :)
ever since i was a little kid, i have been scared of heights. i could walk on my legs when i was one years old, but instead i walked on my knees cause i thought it was scary walking on my legs. it has always been that way. just standing on a chair makes me nearly cry. when i'm around heights i have to be with someone i trust and hold on to them. that's the only way it gets less scary.
i've never been afraid of heights when it comes to being in a tall place, like a building or a skyscraper. But if you put me hanging on height (like, from one i can fall, because i love stuff like canopy) )I will freak out and cry for my life, like I was never able to climb the rope at school because it was too scary for me. I remember once in a school trip we did arborism and I was crying the whole time.
Dodie the exact same thing happened to me. I had no clue that I was afraid of heights until i was climbing the ladder to the top of the wall. I was half way up the ladder and I started balling intensely. But the ladder was too steep for me with teary eyes to climb down so the crew at the top told me the only way for me to get down is to get up and absail my way down the wall. The crew at the top literally had to grab my arm once I was in reach and hoist me up since I was going so slow!! I didn't stop sobbing until I got to the ground ๐ mind you this wall was only 10 meters high!!
Rock climbing is a hugeee thing in my life I do it like everyday! I have never used the machine I have always had a person holding me! You get used to it! I would recommend continuing climbing!
I, too, am fucking terrified of heights, and I am just outrageously impressed that you went and did the first bit. I would have nope'd all the way home. Good Job Dodie!
When I was in sixth grade we went to a camp where they hoisted you up a tree to walk across a tightrope. But the pulley system was the same thing as you described, only we were being held up by a few of our classmates. MY LIFE WAS IN A FEW 11 YEAR OLDS HANDS. I lived though. surprisingly
I'm so sorry Dodie. I know EXACTLY how that feels, but I'm just mega claustrophobic. If you put me in an elevator, I'm a screaming, panicking, crying ball of frenzy and I WILL punch you if you force me into an elevator. So yeah :)
I thought it would be great to face my fear of heights by abseiling down a set of waterfalls in Ecuador. First 2 were about 5m high, fine. Rushing water, no big deal. Third waterfall we had to abseil halfway down and clip ourselves onto another line and jump OFF THE WATERFALL INTO A POOL 20m BELOW. Once you're there, you can't get back up the other waterfalls. I was sobbing the entire time.
I went abseiling in Wales with glasebury off a bridge and I loved it Iv never really been scared of heights but I have realised as Iv got older Iv become more scared of the dentist even though heights and the dentist is different things ๐
i get panicky when i go up to a second floor office at work and i would feel so anxious inside my body and start getting hyperventilating and feel like going down quick.and even think about the heights of my memory and gets my anxiety high by thinking about it.
I've done that before where you have to go through with something that is terrifying you and you're panicking the entire time. It's happened a few times, but the worst was my senior year of high school, we went white water rafting. I should preface this by saying that I can't swim. We had such a bad winter, the rapids were all 2-3 classes higher than usual. We flipped on the first rapid. I had to get back into the raft and then they put me in the very front, where you can't hold on to anything with your feet to stay in the raft. It was awful. I survived, but never ever again.
this is literally my entire life i used to be uncomfortable with heights but sort of ok, and then i went abseiling and when i was going down lowered my bum too much and FLIPPED OVER. needless to say i'm terrified of heights now i can't face them
I went zip-lining and repelling (which is basically what you did) and we had to repel down a 50 foot tall tree to get off the zip-line course. The issue was no one told me this otherwise I would have never gone. So I get there and they make me go down first and I start crying hysterically. I reacted the same way you did. The only difference was I didn't have an extra person controlling my way down. I had to do it on my own and I almost pissed myself ๐
I think with anything like that, it really helps if the first time you do it is ten feet off the ground at a climbing wall over nice thick crash mats, where you can play with the equipment and learn what happens if you try various things, and develop a level of trust in what you are doing in a situation where you know a 'catastrophe' isn't even going to hurt never mind horrifically kill you... I imagine abseiling down a 200 foot wall is a lot less scary if you are comfortable with using a descender and trusting it first...
Abseilling be so scary. Ive only tried it once at a camp and I couldnt do it. Like leaning backwards over a huge height is So unnantural and surely goes against all the instincts of not-falling-over-tall-things-and-dying. You were so brave continuing on even tho you were crying!!
aww, you poor thing! honestly, i would've been the exact same way. there's no way in hell anyone could get me to do that. i've been scared of heights for as long as i can remember.
This was me when I went hang gliding, it wssn't even that tall but i literally just started crying and everyone had to comfort me and be like yeah yeah you'll be fine. Although, they had like army grade machinery so... but still. Since then I can't even sit at the top of the bleachers at school... it's bad.
I've got a good head for heights I did an arial assault course a 200ft above the ground and the first part I had to dangle before getting to the start and I handled it very well. I also do quite a bit of climbing so I'm good with this stuff.
Oh Dodie!! I'm so sorry... but I can't help but laugh a little! I don't really have a fear of heights, but I have a fear of falling. The rock walls would have been fine for me, but I probably would have reacted similarly to the abseiling portion. I think I would have liked to try the outside one, though, if only for the view -- it looked gorgeous, from the footage Evan got!
(watching this back during lockdown donโt mind me) but I live in Northampton and as soon as you started talking about a tower I knew you meant the Lift Tower - you are so brave to have done that as you can literally see that thing from the other side of the town so well done!
So, very near where I live, there is this thing called Tree Runners. And as the name entails, you 'run' through trees. Okay, not quite. It's 'lil activities like bridges, and tightropes, that sort of thing, generally quite high off the ground, depending on which course you're doing. 'Treerunners is an exciting, challenging and sometimes demanding activity that uses zip lines, snowboards and tarzan swings as well as other challenges to get you from tree to tree. Set in a beautiful oak forest, it is the perfect day out for families, birthday parties, hens, stags, first dates (or last) and school trips.' is the description from the website. I've done this three times before at the old one, twice on the smaller one, and once on the bigger one. It's my brothers birthday , and my mum suggests we go tree running. Me, my brother, my older sister and her boyfriend. We all agree to go on the smaller course, as it was everyone else's first time, and I wasn't that confident with heights anyway. So, we get to the place, get our harnesses on, nervous time, e.c.t. I get through the first course fine, with only little struggles on jumping off for the zipline. The second course is harder to start, and just generally more challenging. However, i've done this course before so it isn't too bad. When I get to ziplines, i tend to get a bit nervous and shaky, so I can't put enough power into the zipline. (my hand is shaking typing this). On a zipline, another bit and zipline away from the end, my hands are really starting to hardcore STING, where the other parts have been hard and I have gripped on for dear life. So, I do the zipline as I normally would, grab on to the blue rope at the end and pull myself up. Bearing in mind, i'm usually very shaky with this anyway. Especially as someone with bad upper body strength, as i'm quite heavy. So, when i get to the end of this zipline, I grab on to the blue rope, but i grab on too quickly. Instead, I end up slowing myself down, so i'm 5/10 feet from the platform. So, I start pulling myself. This is where I realise just how much my hands hurt, and I start to tear up a bit. My sister looks over worried, but I just smile. Then, my hands really hurt and i just can't pull myself up. So I fall along the zipline. Also, side note, these harnesses and attachments literally have no way of coming off. But, as i'm falling along the zipline, I don't realise my hands are still on the rope, so of course I rope burn them even more. At this point I am sobbing from the pain, and sheer panic of the situation. So my dad grabs my legs, and tries to push me towards the platform. Rinse and repeat. I grab the rope, lack the body strength to pull myself up, slip back. I'm sobbing all over the place. And then I think how everyone can see a great lump of a 13 year old sobbing on the smaller course... My anxiety kicks in. The guy comes over with this giant pole, which allows you to push yourself forward when you're in midair. I'm still crying, so my hands are shaking and my grip is loose. Because, you know, they still hurt. So I grab on to the rope, get my feet on the platform. At this point I have to reach up to grab on to the zipline, because my weight is over the platform. As I do this, I realise I'm slightly more to the left of the platform, and as I reach up, my left foot slips off said platform. And I SCREAM because I'm so scared. I manage to pull myself up, sobbing and shaking, get across the bridge and do the final zipline (easy because it goes down). And thus, my story of why I hate heights even more and I vow to not even get within close proximity of the tree runners centre.
I don't have a fear of heights, i have a specific fear of abseiling. I took part in NCS over the summer and rock climbing and abseiling was one of the activities. rock climbing i absolutely loved, something about pushing myself physically and mentally, i don't know why i was just loving it. the abseiling on the other hand. different story. I didn't get gloves. and it was the same as Dodie described, so my hand was burning it hurt so much. then all of a sudden i cant move. at all. there is a metal loop that your ropes hook through and my whole head of hair is trapped in it. if i try to carry on moving, it pulls my hair tighter. my entire body weight is either on my hand, or my hair. this is where i start freaking out. just ridiculously sobbing on the side of a cliff. to cut a long story shot they leave me hanging there, clinging on for dear life, for what feels like forever (it was probably like 30 seconds). until eventually they pull all of my ropes back up to the top and do what they call an 'emergency decent'. Safe to say i will never do that again. -side note: my hand was black by the end of it.
i did abseiling at this summer camp once and i've always been a bit fearful of heights, but thought "hey this isn't too tall, i can do that, YEAH GREAT i am a CONFIDENT PERSON" etc blah blah. so i get to the top after climbing up all the ladders and i realise my legs are shaking uncontrollably. the instructor is probably used to this and i was thinking to myself "yeah, totally this is totally fine. no problem here". then he straps/clips me in to this harness shit and he's like "ok, don't hold onto the rope here (above my head, where you would naturally want to hold a rope you believe is your only tether to the world of the living), hold it here (like right next to my hip. wtf) and lean back as though you're sitting on the toilet with your feet on the door" (?) lmao, so i'm stuck at the top, shaking like a leaf, attempting to lower myself down into the proper position and also attempting to not scream out in terror as everything looked TINY from where i was. i felt a bit woozy, but i leaned to the side to see how far down it was, and thus proceeded to projectile vomit. it literally splatted directly on someone's coat that they'd left at the bottom. i cried like a baby and had to get pulled back up. this was a tower probably a quarter of the quarter of the tower you went down. so dodie - well done. you did really well, be proud of urself. at least your breakfast remained intact.
I used to have nightmares as a kid where id be leaning against the railing of something and it snaps and i plummet to the floor, i cant even look at someone get too close to the edge of a big drop without nearly crying i understand 100% what that must have felt like
I have a fear of heights. My family went to do this skyline tour (you walk along the building that's like 40 metres high) when we got to the top I just broke down..... I really wanted to do it for myself but I couldn't.
In my experience of wall climbing, a person with the rope is a million times better than a machine! I just don't trust the machine to actually catch me.
I went to Go Ape for my twin's bday a few years ago. I liked the first part of it but at the second half of it I cried. I HATED IT SO MUCH. A few years later for my 13th birthday(I think lol) I wanted to go back and do it again bc I thought it'd be fun blah blah blah. TURNS OUT IT WASNT. I almost cried again. And I was really crabby towards my family and friend who went with me during the course bc I was so terrified. Fair play though by friend was so helpful ๐ I KNOW HOW IT FEELS. And poor you for when the person was trying to force you to do it aw ;(((( xox
Dodie, you are so much braver than me. On my year 7 residential we had to do abseiling and it was only a couple meters high but I couldn't do it. I was in tears but I kept saying I'd do it but right at the last second I refused. I am so terrified of heights
I'm so bad with heights, I went to a theme park with all my friends and was just sat at the side the whole time ๐ฅ
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I'm scared of heights too! I've never actually had one, but I get really close to having a panic attack when I'm up high, it's horrible, I don't know what to do about it...
I am 13 and have a fear of heights... 2 years ago i went on a reasidential trip and we did trapeese which was basically jumping off a telephone post and trying to grab a bar. I cried for 5 mins ๐ then last year we went on a residential trip and we did high ropes and i was stood on this one platform for 5 mins...
Sophie-Grace Philip lmao Iโm 12 and itโs scary how much I donโt have a fear of heights. Like I was on this park ride and I was REALLY HIGH UP like the people under me just look like burly dark blobs and I looked straight down and felt nothing. I was bored
Awwwwww DODIE!! I honestly don't blame you. I wouldn't say heights are one of my biggest fears but falling on the other hand. I HATE FALLING. Any roller coaster or fair ride with a 90 degree drop.....yeah no thanks ๐
That's really strange because with climbing I'm exactly opposite - the machine thing ( it's called an auto-belay) terrifies me because I worry that it would break :(
I've been to Go Ape quite a few times now and I'm good with heights and being up in the trees, but last year I did something a little different. With Go Ape you do it all yourself, if you've been you'll know. But you hook yourself up to the wires about you and you can't fall and I'm good with that. Last year I did a similar thing except some bloke at the bottom was holding my rope and it was all on him, if he let go I'd fall. It was awful and I cried in front of a bunch of little kids because I didn't trust the man, I agree with you when you say you prefer machines or a least doing it yourself. At least you can say you had a go at it though :)
Yeah not watched the video yet and I have to agree, I get vertigo at heights. I like to call it by its Latin name 'Acrophobia' because it sounds cooler but really at its worst I get mega dizzy just going up a stepladder.
I have a fear of standing next to tall buildings and looking up. I'm always afraid they'll fall on me or something. Whenever I look up, my knees go weak. It's terrible
holy shit the same sort of thing happened to me tho i wasn't that afraid of heights but then i went up to the top of a bell tower, proceeded to have a panic attack, and now even things like stairs freak me out.. i wonder why that happens
I never used to be afraid of heights until I got really depressed because I was actually afraid that I might lose control over myself and just jump off a tower (for example) now that I've overcome this stage of depression(maybe just temporarily) i feel mostly fine going to high places whereas during my depression (i gotta say it's never been this bad again, i would maybe actually say i'd been suicidal in hindsight) my legs would shake and i would only want to sit on the ground to feel "safer"
ahaaa yeah i didn't think i had a fear of heights but then i went to germany for a week, went up the cologne cathedral and realised about 2/3 of the way up that i REally didn't like how high i was. first there was like a massive spiral staircase which was okay bc it was an enclosed space made of concrete but then you got to the base of one of the two towers and you could see to about halfway up the tower and there were gaps in the walls of this tower like massive windows without glass and in the middle of this tower was a metal caged staircase with like the "stair/platform" bit and i began walking up them with no problem but then i realised about half way up that i was vEry high up and i did not like it one bit. i think i may have had a panic attack bc i couldn't move i was holding onto the railing and i was like crying and i couldn't breathe very well and my friends carried on up and said they would come back for me after if i made my way back down ((i couldn't)) and my other friend who also realised she was afraid of heights stayed with me while we were both kinda just crying and in the end my teacher had to basically hold my hand to get me up the rest of those stairs, and we finally got up to the second half of this tower. there was a bit around the outside of it where you could walk round and me and my also panicky friend decided to do that. REGRET. there was only a flimsy metal fence between me and 100 metres down to the ground. i had to hold on to both sides and take tiny steps and my friend asked me to hold her hand bc she was on the verge of another panic attack, as was i. so we made it round, and what really got me panicking more was the fact that i could see the other tower from where i was and i didn't like it. we eventually made it back down ((very slowly back down the spiral staircase with me taking shaky breaths)) and i can guarantee i'm never doing that again
When I went on my year 6 residential. I abseiled at it. I was a bit cocky. I kept saying I can do this. But when the time came for me and my friend to go down, we both cried and it took us like 5 minutes to actually start. I didn't want to lower myself down so I got rope burn on my hand. You could see the raw flesh. That was over 3 months ago and I still have a pink mark on my hand. And it was outside, so I could see everything. One of the scariest moments of my life. Lol.
I went rock climbing a couple of months ago & I'm only really scared of heights if they feel unstable/unsafe. I had the instructor holding my rope & he just said to tell him when I wanted to get down. So, I climb about 3/4 of the way & my legs start shaking, I start sweating, panicking, I feel unsafe & so I asked him to get down. In response, he bloody says "Oh no, you can carry on!!" So I'm there, almost slipping trying to get to the top, still shaking, begging this guy to let me down & he keeps telling me to go further?? I ended up just screaming at him to let me get down, overall a traumatic experience 10/10 would not recommend.
On the bright side, you did it! Even if you were terrified, you managed to do it. I know exactly what it's like having one traumatic experience suddenly bring about a phobia. I never used to be afraid of spiders, then I moved somewhere where every autumn the house gets invaded with huge ones, and now I am afraid of all them regardless of size. Ugh, brains right?
man whenever i get near ledges that are high up i just get so disoriented, its like i start to feel dizzy almost. id love to overcome it, but its just the scariest thing ever.
oh my gosh I canโt believe I had to watch this for the second to to realise but I live in Northampton and I canโt believe youโve abseiled down that tower you amazing human dodie clark
I use to be absurdly scared of the heights. I mean I still am. But nowadays I do not get fucking panic, cries like mad and lies down on the floor. I use to feel like some one is seriously pushing me towards any ledge. Like someone is standing behind me and pushes me with all of his/her force. I mean the panic would be for fucking real. I would have hade a complete mental breakdown. I would be sobbing while hugging a railing or something two meters from the edge. I think I have trained away a bunch of that fear, but it is very much still there.
oh dodie you are so brave I know what that's like I can't even go up four step ladder .. what's next climbing a mountain don't know how you did this feat take care
As someone trained in belaying (that's the person holding you up when you are climbing) you are definitely very very safe with a human belayer. The pulley system makes it so you aren't your entire body weight and if the person belaying is bigger than you then you have no chance of falling that person's full attention is on you. Now if the person belaying is smaller than you it's a little trickier but often they'll have an anchor either weights tied to them or a real person holding on to them. I'm glad you got through I just want you to feel safer in retrospect I guess?
I went abseiling on a school trip when I was like 12 up a proper rock outside and it was next to a fucking road. I climbed up it ok. And then when it came to abseiling down I got down like two steps, then I slip, I'm about to hit my head and even tho I had a helmet on I reached my hands out to stop because I'm a fucking idiot and I let go of the rope :) I then had my first ever panic attack really really high up with my teachers and the instructors trying to coax me down. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. I was just hanging there crying and almost hyperventilating lol
OH, GIRL. I have so much respect for you that you did that at all. I wouldn't have been able to make myself climb over that little rail. I am so afraid of being up high, and the sensation of falling. Nope. Nope. Sorry you had to go through that, Dodie, you were seriously so brave! hug
Interesting to see this is one second below the 10 minute mark. Dodie could have really easily and subtly made it over 10 minutes... Well done for not doing that Dodes! โญ๏ธ
my fear of heights is so bad. whenever we would go on residential trips with school there would always be high things and id be like an inch off the ground and be like get me down now. also there was once this ossicle course 6m in the air and everyone else did it i walked to the start and had a panic attack so that was fun
If people ask me if I'm afraid of heights, I'm unsure of what to say. I'm perfectly fine with heights, happy, even, as long as I'm safe. If I feel like there's a chance I could fall, I'm terrified.
Tell you a secret Dodie, I've had an auto-belay fail to catch, a human belay who knows what they're doing is much safer. Also, that skinny little rope could hold a lorry over that edge. Not giving you gloves however was negligent! I hate heights and I'm so proud of you facing your fear!!
I recently thought I had a fear of heights but I think it's more just fear of falling. anyways I hate rollercoasters cuz the corners feel like I'm gonna fall out
I recently thought I had a fear of heights but I think it's more just fear of falling. anyways I hate rollercoasters cuz the corners feel like I'm gonna fall out
I went to PGL with school in Year 7 and when I did abseiling they didn't give me gloves and I got rope burn nice to know you're supposed to wear gloves thanks dodes
Oh man... my biggest fear is heights. But i also like trying new stuff (sometimes involving heights...). Let's just say, I have cried in a lighthouse before because I wanted to get to the top of it. (Walking up stairs inside it)
Just to let you know Didier, I think that in a belay (the thing holding your rope onto the guys harness) there is something to make sure you cannot fall, like a kind a brake. Xx
So I'm very afraid of heights and we went to this clip and climb place, and I was climbing up these mario pipes and when I got to the top I couldn't jump down because I didn't trust that the machine thing wouldn't malfunction. I was used to my dad holding me as I climbed up regular climbing walls, but this machine was new and it felt when u first jumped off that it wasn't holding u and u were gonna fall to ur death. Also these pipes weren't high enough for u to die if u fell, you would just break a leg or something. Anyway once I finally got down I cried my eyes out in front of my entire class, and I was so embarrassed and yeah. That was when I decided I don't like heights.
When I was 14, I went on this roller coaster ride called the Acrophobia, which, mind you, means "Fear of Heights". Now, I knew that I was afraid of heights but my sister was like, "Oh, it's won't be so bad..." and so we get on the ride, and I think, "Okay! yeah! I can do this! I am perfectly okay." But then, the guy comes around to lock all of our chest protector things to keep us in our seats, and panic just sets in. Once he locked me in, I just started freaking the fuck out. I was like, "I don't want to do this. Kealah, I DONT WANT TO DO THIS." And she was laughing and trying to hold my hand but I was inconsolable. The guy kinda makes the ride move up so that our feet are just dangling a little more and we are no longer on the platform. This is when I just burst into tears. Loud, jesus-save-me-now tears. So, everyone around is laughing at me and I don't even care because I am freaking out. Then, the guy comes onto the speaker and he says, "Aw, little girl with the dark hair, don't cry! It won't be that bad." But then, he takes us to the top very top. It was like a straight shoot right up. You could see the whole park, the highways, houses, everything, from the top. By now, I am just a mess. I'm like screaming, "GET ME OFF!" over and over even though I know that at this point, I'm screwed. So, the guy comes over the speaker and he says, "Don't cry!! It's okay. WE're still going to drop you but..." and I start like wailing as we plummet to what felt like in my mind, our deaths. Oh, my god. People I didn't even know where coming up to me and giving me a hug. So, at the end,my family is asking like, "Did that fix your fear of heights?" and I don't think I answered. I think I just sat down and cried, to be completely honest with you. So, don't worry Dodie, all of people with a phobia of Heights has freaked the FUCK out before and pretty much embarrassed themselves haha
I also have a fear of heights but I do this thing where I forget about it until I am somewhere very high up and I am too scared to get down. It happens so often I'll see a thing and I'll be like hell yea I'm gonna climb the thing I'm not scared and then I'm up and I panic & freeze. It's awful so I feel for u dodie
I'm scared of looking up. I have no idea why, but whenever I do it, I get really dizzy and panicky. The worst thing is that I love watching the clouds and the stars, so this is the worst thing. Lucky I can handle it, so I guess I'm okay with it.
I feel so much better about my fear of heights now because they toned it down in the coke video but now I'm like 'oh no, she is like me, she was freaking out and crying like I did, I feel less like a wussy child now!'
I have always hated heights which is something I think I got from my mum, but it's gotten to a point where one day my friends were trying to get me to hop a very high wall, and instead of doing that I took the 45 minute route home and leFT THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL I'M SO BAD
You have yet again proven why you are my HERO Dodie ! They would have had to bring up a stretcher to carry me down the stairs once I had looked over the edge even one time and then they would have had to have an ambulance to take me to shock therapy to get me back in this world again.ย <3ย And your smile really lights up the set when you are laughing,
Goddamnit Evan, the puns! and fuuuuck I can't believe they continued with that. You had the face of someone who would kill to be somewhere a million times safer and everyone's like "let's do this!" Like, what?!?!
When you're attached to a person they use these figure 8 things that make you weigh less than a fourth of your actual weight to them. They're holding a puppy basically, you're safe! Someone should have told you to make you feel a bit better
I would've been able to do the abseiling, but it's climbing the stairs that would've got me. When it's me in control without ropes, that's when I'm afraid. I know. I'm weird.
I have a fear of heights too, I did a sky dive last year for charity and somehow I am still absolutely terrified if I get higher than 5 ft off the ground
You could tell you weren't super comfortable in the video, but wow! Well done to whoever edits the Coke videos :p But well done for pushing through as long as you did, I would have quit long before.
I can't understand that feeling because I love heights but I still think they should've told dodie not to do it because maybe if she was so scared and distracted she could do something wrong
oh my god I have such a fear of heights that I just realized it the other day. I was at this really old train place in my town, and it's like, imagine a house, but it doesn't have a floor, or a roof or walls so it's basically just beams (they're pretty wide like 3 feet across) AND THEYRE ONLY LIKE 10-15 FEET OFF THE GROUND!!! BUT MY STUPID ASS DIDNT KNOW I WAS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS, SO I STEPPED ON TO A BEAM. I GOT LIKE 2 STEPS ACROSS AND F R O Z E. I LITERALLY COULDNT MOVE. SO, AFTER LIKE 15 MINUTES OF SHAKING, NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE, AND CRYING, I FINALLY SAT MY LITTLE ASS DOWN, SOME-FUCKING-HOW TURNED AROUND, HELD ON FOR D E A R L I F E AND SCOOTED BACK TO SAFETY. that is all thank you very much
I actually developed a fear of heights on a school trip to France where they forced me to climb up a huge tower and also force me to the top of the Eiffel tower in a tiny lift carrying like 50 peeps ;~; it was not a good day
yes yes i have a massive fear of heights and once my friends made me ride a roller coaster and they made me ride tHE FRIGGIN SCARIEST ONE AND I WAS LITERALLY SOBBING AND I KINDA BLACKED OUT LIke i just hate heights, i don't hate falling just heights i hate it when people say that like nO
I'm really sorry you had to go through that, but the clips of you crying really made me laugh... I'm such a horrible person ๐ญ Still, loved the video.๐
Since bravery is not the absence of fear, but overcoming fear, I think you demonstrated incredible bravery in doing the first abseil at all. Or possibly demonstrated an unhealthy willingness to do things you feel extremely uncomfortable doing because you're expected to. Be safe, do what's right for you.
I find it interesting you trust the electronic belaying systems over humans for the rock climbing because I'm always scared those thing will fail because I've grown up with people holding me and the device the rope is attached to is really safe but ANYWAY it kinda sucks you went through with it if it scared you that much
I'm have a fear of heights I'm not in control of, like high bridges and glass floors, but if I'm climbing a tree in absolutely fine because I have my life in my hands...
i went rock climbing this summer, and I'd been 3 times before, and everything had been fine. but this time, I just freaked out. i had a full panic attack on the high ropes and I just couldn't move and i was full on crying and i. felt so inadequate and pathetic โโ
This whole video all i kept thinking about is HOW GORGEOUS YOU ARE AND HOW GOOD YOUR HAIR AND LIP COLOR LOOK, AND THAT WHITE SHIRT LOOKS SO GOOD ON YOU and now i'm sad that i don't look like you
I think abseiling on the inside would be easier than on the outside, because it's not even just looking down that gets me its just being able to see everything.
I have a fear of heights. I can't believe you did as much as you did. Even if I hadn't realized how terrifying it was, there would have come a point before bawling my eyes out that I would have turned to stone and refused to move an inch in any direction and gotten really Really quiet. It's taken a while for me to mostly get over my fear of roller coasters, at least most of the ones that arnt insane. And i don't mind flying in a plane that's bigger than four people, (although I have been in a small plane before and I was tense the entire time). And I do want to go on a zip line one day. But anything where I'm just going straight down is horrible. Elevators will always get my heart beating just a bit more.
I'm the same! but like, I love standing at the top of tall things, it's more the fear of actually falling for me, that's why I hate abseiling so much!!!
I abseiled down a cliff once and my shoes wouldn't grip the bloody cliff and i was just repeatedly smashing into the cliff face while the instructor shouts and me to grip my feet and my whole class is watching me! It was both terrifying and embarrassing.
Dodie have you considered that your relatively newly found fear of heights might be caused by your anxiety? Because I never used to be scared of heights or bridges or anything like that and then I got anxiety. Now when I'm on bridges I have intrusive thoughts which basically means my brain is like: what if you jumped off? No but really WHAT IF YOU JUMPED OFF? And I'm like no that's dumb why would I do that, I don't want to do that but my brain keeps on being stupid and just thinks of all the ways it could go badly and I freak out.
Haha oh no, Dodie :D I want to hug you. I would have died. But honestly: Don't feel bad letting people know where your limits are. You don't have to make everyone and yourself believe that everything's fine when it's not. It's honorable that you would try though :)
OMG Dodie I knew this would be about the abseiling from the title. I'M DEAD THE HIGH FIVE PART LMAO I CAN'T. TOO CUTE OMG. Ughhhhhh and btw you're ruining my life Dodie because I love you so much I'm serious.
OMG Dodie I knew this would be about the abseiling from the title. I'M DEAD THE HIGH FIVE PART LMAO I CAN'T. TOO CUTE OMG. Ughhhhhh and btw you're ruining my life Dodie because I love you so much I'm serious.
I fear outer space, like if I imagine myself floating in space with nowhere to touch or stand I panic
And I fear the bottom of the ocean/deep sea lol even when I'm playing games where I have to swim real deep like GTA V I panic haha not fun, sorry for bad english
I can't agree with you more. Heights are so bad for me, I freak out at even the possibility of being high up without any "protection" so to speak. Like I'm ok if I'm in a building that's high up and everything is blocked, but if it's open, no way. I don't like it being open because I create this huge fear that I am going to fall and plus it's just terrifying. I won't do rock climbing, skydiving, bunjee jumping, any super high up rides at an amusement park. Absolutely will not, I will cry.
Oh my god I'm exactly the same except I actually cannot do whatever it is that involves heights. Once I tried to do trapeze at a circus workshop and literally just cried at the top of the ladder whilst everyone else went past me until they let me down again
Jon uploaded a few minutes again and now Dodie (: Christmas is early. Thank you for uploading. I'm most likely watching this with my few remaining data cuz no wifi. I don't regret it
you look extremely cute in this!! by the way, i love heights. it's really weird, but I love walking on glass floors things (wow rian nice explanation) and then jump? what the hell. I'm weird
I totally get it! Some people hate small spaces and some people hate heights, I happen to be in the hights and I feel much safer in a small space than having the fear of falling. Funny how brains work
I'm terrified of heights, always have been. I'm fine if I know I'm strapped in and I'm not gonna die but if I'm on a 5 meter high wall I get so scared because my heads like "YOU'RE GONNA FALL AND DIE AND HURT YO SELF". Idk my brains weird
I also have a fear of heights, I didn't think I had it until I actually got dizzy when I looked down from high up once.. It's not like crazy, but I don't like it. Can't go on roller coasters, heights & speed is not a good combo.
I probably shouldn't be laughing at dodie crying but it sounds like when a 3 year old doesn't get that doll she wanted and even laughing at the camera make sit really difficult.
I just avoid most things to do with heights. I've got very poor peripheral vision and depth perception.... both of which are needed when heights are involved...
once I did abseiling and the guy absent mindedly let the rope slip and I just plummeted down half the wall until he realised so yeah I understand your fear
I'm the simpler opposite when it comes to being lowered. I hate the mechanical ones but with people it's fine because they can hold and the have knots it to stop you dropping all the way
Honestly Dodie I thought my only fear was spiders and then I realised I was very frightened of heights. But only if I didn't have any support so like standing on a balcony? Rollercoasters I'm fine with which is really weird???? Wat do
"oh we know" I'm dying poor thing omg im terrified of heights too but I'm like so small that my feet like fly on every stool i sit on so that moment when i have to get down and do a little jump is awful
Dodie.. why did you go through with it even though you were terrified? I mean, facing your fears is great but if you're THAT terrified.. there's really no harm in not doing it. Emotionally, you might've been a lot better off?
I do not have a fear of heights yet a fear of falling. I am not scared to climb a ladder or go somewhere really high up. I'm scared of falling, so, if somebody isn't holding said ladder or if said ladder starts wobbling, I immediately want to get down. Or if someone says the wind is very strong, then I chicken out. This happened to me last year, I was at a theme park with my family and the only ride I could go on was the Ferris wheel (I was on my period)heavy flow) and when we got to the top, I was fine, until, my sister decides she's going to change the side she's sitting on and the whole thing started rattling, squeaking and shaking. Tears came bursting out and wouldn't stop until we left.
The same happened when I went abseiling(?) the first time, I cried along with my now best friend, the second time I was fine.
tbh dodie i know your life too well as soon as you said "a month ago i went abseiling" and then "i'm going to dublin in a few days" i knew this wasn't recent lmao
As an amateur climber... oof. I know I'm very late, but I can assure you the person holding the rope does NOT have to hold tightly at all. While you're not supposed to, a finger and thumb is enough! The device the person uses does most of the work, they just have to pull the rope through. Depending on the device, you would've been safe even if they'd let go, thanks to an automatic locking system. I'm very late but if anyone with a similar fear reads this I hope it helped :) Just trust the rope and trust your partner
I did abseiling at like a quarter of the hight that she did and did did the same thing she did when she was going down i did not let go of the rope it was terrifying
What are the odds of there being a possible intertwined instrumental? <3 I'm dying to record a cover of it to go along with a slideshow of lame-o and cutesy pictures for my fiancรฉ buuuuuut I can't instrument whatsoever! Just lowkey hopin and prayin :')
And also I relate, because I went in the big class over window thing in the Sears tower in Chicago and I was soooo terrified. Found out the next day that the one I stood in broke a couple hours after I left :')
Ikr...... I don't know it it's mental or physical at me, but we went to descent from Scouting, and the wall was as all as a house or a little bit taller. It was safe and I knew that, but nobody could make to descent down on that damn wall. It was not that high but when they gave me the ropes and I looked down I started to cry and shake, and i backed and I was like โgood....GET THESE OFF FROM MEโ . My reaction was like Dodie's. And since it was a wall from a castle, we went higher to the tower. Now that was high! So only the older bois descended down on the tower's wall, but only with watching them, i was no nervous and I had to look away. I just can't fight that as Dodie did. I think It's phoby.
we went to abseil at this quarry place where part of Snow White and the Huntsman was filmed. Idk the specifics, it was rly fkin tall tho and when i was about to go down (i was like the last one) the group-leader lady was telling the group-leader man about some girl who was abseiling there and her ropes came loose and she died. So it was like adrenaline-fuelled terror on the way down with my teacher. After we were done finally tho, my teacher told me I kept her calm because I was being very calm (lol nop).
Right, so I know that this won't make a difference. But the guy at the bottom was probably someone who practiced for at least 4 years to become a qualified climbing instructor.
I've thought this for a while and randomly thought to write it on here, but Dodie you have a really lovely smile :) something about the way your mouth goes or something, not sure....but it's lovely! :D
Btw dodie the mechanical thing for rock climbing is called an automatic belay device :-) and the person was belaying you I used to do rock climbing and I have a MASSIVE fear of heights and never got the hang of it. I always preferred the automatic belay device though :)
with the person on the other side of rock climbing theyre belaying and if they can't hold on its fine cause the rope should be being pulled through a lock thing on their harness and they should be clipped to the floor so you won't fall :) also fun fact I'm right handed but using a knife and fork and belaying I do left handed
If anyone in the comments knows what I'm talking about I'll genuinely be so excited. Alright, so there's a kpop group, Monsta X, and they had a little reality show, Right Now, and in the last episode (if I remember correctly), they get the chance to bungee jump. So of course the idiot who has a fear of heights (my ultimate bias, btw), says he wants to do it. ...Dodie, if you feel like you reacted poorly, please watch this, because he (barely) gets up there and breaks down. Honestly, since Wonho is my bias, it was very hard for me to watch, because he cries, and cries, and is so shaky by the time he's able to stand and walk up to the platform to jump. But he does it, and he's fine afterwards and probably doesn't regret doing it, much like yourself.
The take away of this comment? In a convoluted way, Dodie, you reminded me of a Korean pop idol.
a machine may keep you safe, but what if the machine malfunctions.... A human can't malfunction. Also the knot they used is a figure of eight knot which is the safest knot around. Its almost physically impossible for that knot to come undone.
minus the coke side of things i've had this exact same experience it was the WORST im so sorry u had to experience that omg its the most terrifying thing
Okay but the thing with me is that I HATE heights, but I am absolutely in love with Ferris wheels?? And like, I can't even look through the window of a tall building without feeling really sick and anxious?? Lmao whoops
Sophie Lou itโs funny looking at the people in the comments dying. I feel like Iโm the only one here thatโs not afraid of heights. Her describing it made me feel excited and I really wanna try it.
Awh dodie I know what you mean about the rope thing but he has a tiny automated lock thing on the rope so if you let go and he's not holding the rope you don't go anywhere it's fine ๐ฌ. It's known as belaying
Update: I did. There is something horrible about the vulnerabity of feeling scared that makes you incapable of thinking of anything else. I have definetely being on that situation (also sorry if there are any mispellings on this, I am not a native speaker. Also I love you lots. Stay awesome xxxxx).
It's like a natural fear. Your body NEEDS to be afraid of heights, otherwise, yeah, death. So to win that over is very hard. Some people don't have it because of genetics. Well, be glad you didn't back out. For a moment it looked like you were going to faint when that guy said, can we cut here. Poor doddie :')
Hey dodie! that person 'holding' the rope while you were climbing? They are actually just as safe if not safer than the belay maschine you're used to seeing. They actually have the rope hooked to their harness and use a tool or device that uses friction to catch you if you fall. Even if they were not holding on to the rope for some reason, as long as there was no slack in the line then you would be fine. :)
omg I have this huge abseiling thing at the end of this month with a bunch of my friends. we have to climb down this huge rickety wooden tower with just a tiny rope. I'm going to die I'm so scared HELP
gosh you mentioned 'vedj' and I got all those flashbacks to July when everything was amazing, I started on a new school this week and fUck I miss summer (mainly July) already :-(
One time on holidays in Poland we went up this high as shit tower and when we got to the top I peer over the edge, I then backed away until I hit a wall, and then I didn't walk away from the wall as everyone stood at the edge looking down giving me a bloody heart attack cause I thought they where gonna fall and die
HateMeCauseYouAintMe itโs something when your scared of heights but itโs something else when you are scared for other people. Am I bad for finding this a little funny
I am terrified of heights too, and it used to be so bad that I would just not go down escalators or even ride roller-coasters. Gladly, it has gotten better
i used to be very terrified of heights but it got better, so i went to a climbing park with friends. i couldn't move after a few steps and then i stood on the ground and watched them. but i could do the easier route, i think my fear is not extremely bad. i just sometimes shut down when the thing i'm standing on is moving. i love flying or looking down from tall buildings or going on high roller coasters, but walking on shaking ground, nope...
man i get this so much. im just not as brave/determined as you are i had to do a tiny abseiling once and i was terrified the whole time but i did it and after that i wanted to never doing it again and i never have even though i had so any opportunities. but i just,, i dont see how i could do that kind of stuff. you mentioned your sweaty hands and thats so me with everything. once my sister and dad went parasailing and they asked me to film it and ??? i was shaking so bad and hands were sweaty when it was just me on the ground filming them. like idk man it sucks but i guess we just gotta deal with it
I have such a bad fear of heights and its not even rational I don't have thoughts about what could go wrong i am just terrified and sometimes I can't stand if there is a huge window when I am in a high building. and I have been offered to do abseiling before and I couldn't climb the steps so u have done so so well and I'm proud of u because I feel like I have missed out on a lot because of this stupid fear
why do i feel like ive already seen this ? is it a reupload? havent you talked about this dodie? im so fucking confused... so proud of you for doing it tho!
+C Hart I knoww I just spent aaages scrolling through comments to find at least somebody else who thought the same thing and carried on scrolling after I'd found your comment!๐
To be fair, the guy didn't seem to be being very re-assuring with you. Tone of voice, eye contact and demeanour are incredibly important in those situations and he wasn't doing any of that while trying to instruct you.
I can't go down escalators or stairs, that have no walls next to them, because of my fear of heights... it is a bit better though, if I do balance excercises. - You were so brave doing the abseiling. But it looked really traumatic, even in the cut version.
reminds of the time i had to climb down something that high BUT WAIT i didn't abseil or climb, the sadistic man in charge made us crawl down it, looking down at the ground while i pray for jesus to save my scared sweating ass
also reminds of the time i went on a residential trip and the sadistic woman in charge tried to make me climb up a slippy wet rocky mountain in the rain in pitch black and i looked her right in the face and said "are you joking ha ha no"
I'm a climber so don't relate a lot. But I definitely prefer the idea of a human, maybe coz I've always had a belayer. Although having a new belayer who I know isn't very experienced scares me so much. I trust the people I work with normally so new people I find very hard to deal with.
I'm terrified of heights but only if I have to physically get up to the height myself??? I can deal with tall buildings and rides, but if I have to climb up a staircase or a ladder I get soooo scared. I can barely climb up the stairs into my own attic but standing at the top of the Empire State Building was no problem lol I do not understand
I am the complete opposite. I only trust harnesses if they have a person on the other side that is trained otherwise I do exactly what you did but Es worse
I'm not scared of heights, I'm scared of free-falling. Like planes and normal roller coasters are fine because I'm STRAPPED IN and I don't feel like I'm free falling, but skydiving and those rides where you just fall straight down are a NIGHTMARE. Let alone abseiling!! Or those rock climbers who don't use ropes?? Or the tight rope people who walk over waterfalls?? Never ever ever
I do not think it was unreasonable in the slightest to react the way you did. Even Evan said in his vlog, there was no real training, to take you from a rock climbing wall to something like that was ridiculous. Don't be too hard on yourself.
I don't like 7:10 because she looks miserable! (I'm not afraid of heights but i do get really scared when i do things like rope courses. i AM afraid of really deep water, drowning, two other things๐ฌ)
dodie btw i do climbing at school and even if the guy holding you isn't holding you tight the rope wont move cause friction and stuff so you cant fall :)
I love you Dodie, but as a Rock Climber... that is not how belaying works XD If you want dear I could give you a decent, safe, climbing lesson... (Just realized how creepy that sound XD) Well, erm, stay awesome darling!!
Is it weird I would trust a human more than a machine? A machine could malfunction and wouldn't care because it's not sentient, a human would be like - woah spring into action, life in the balance. Interesting, different outlooks..
Yep I live in Northampton and I always see the lift tower and I would shit my self if I abseiled down it so it's fine also my uncle used to work there because they tested lifts there ( i think) so yeah
The strength of a tree is in it's thick unmovable trunk. Yet safety is at the top of the bough where the thin and brittle branches seem most insecure. The leopard does not really out climb the lion in truth. He is simply less muscularly dense. The medium range branches will not support the lion as it does the leopard. This is at play with baboons evading the leopard. They are no more skilled climbers, just lighter. In this hierarchy, the squirrel is king. Ironically the most fearful situations tend to be the safest. All of humanity possesses a lightness. They need only find the correct tree to climb; one in which their insecurities give them lighter bones and a trimmer body to evade the heavier predator. Song writers and humorists know this best. Vulnerability shows to be the new security.
Okay so I think I was maybe 13 and there was a school trip to one of those adventure camp things. So we walk fucking AGES to this big ass rock on the side of the road and these two intern guys started tying ropes to the trees and stuff at the top of the rock. So they sit/stand at the top and all my friends go up. It looked okay. I went up, I was kinda shit at it. Then we had to abseil down the rock. Once again, my friends do it totally fine. Then I do it. So I'm going down fucking terrified because it was also just like 2 20 year old men and some fricking trees holding me on. I'm maybe halfway down and i kinda have slipped out of that right angle position with your legs and I feel like my heads gonna hit the rock and so I put my hands out even though I was wearing a helmet and in the process I LET GO OF THE ROPE. Thank GOD for the two guys who caught the safety rope thing lol. I was so high up crying my fucking eyes out. Long story short they basically lowered me down bawling after lol
Iโm terrified of heights and Iโve had several panic attacks because of heights and whenever Iโm not near heights Iโm like โoh Iโm fine Iโm not scared of heightsโ and then I get 5 ft. off the ground and start crying
Jodie - You are SO DAMN CUTE in this video!!!!! Also, when you stood up for a demo - and showed your sheer stockings and cute shorts (and lovely bum) - you looked very very cute and sexy! Your face is so expressive and pretty! Loved it!! I just finished watching a video by Emily Hart on anxiety - I must send her your link!
One time on a very big zip wire with a very big drop I got a broke. Harness. And the dude realised I had a broken harness just as I jumped off. It broke just as I got to the ground.
Idk I'd just really like you to listen to the 'Afraid of Heights' Album Trailer (Billy Talent). What's said in the album trailer is amazing, I think you'd like it. (And their music is great.)
A fear of heights is a human instinct, not an individual specific fear, everyone has a fear of heights, but some people's brains kind of restrict the fear so those people can skydive, climb, wingsuit, or do anything to do with heights with no problems. Lel.
I am TERRIFIED of falling. I don't say heights because I'm fine on roller coasters but even on a ladder I start mentally freaking out, I just can't do it. I was on a ferris wheel for the first time this weekend and I hated it. I was fine when it was continuously moving but when it kept starting and stopping to let people on I think I almost cried because all I could imagine was the carriage tipping backwards with nothing to stop me from falling out
This sounds horrible. I have a very very extreme fear of heights and when I say extreme I mean EXTREME. I can't stand on any high place this includes but not exclusive to: chairs, tables, bridges ect. your bed is like my worst nightmare, some of the escalators in the tube in london? nope nope nope. so I can completely relate to what you experienced. hell, I wouldn't have done it, i wouldn't have even gotten in the building in the first place! well done to you for not giving up and actually going through with it, i know i wouldn't have done.
Why are you such a gorgeous person. in this video you look amazing, Where do you get your hair cut? and also can you make a video or reply on school help. because I'm stressed, it's my first year of highschool and my head is spinning. So you may not see this but I mean, It would be nice, Love you - Lilac
see i am NOT an adrenaline junkie AT ALL to the point where any theme park rides scare the shit out of me however for some reason abseiling is so fun to me? I'm not afraid of heights at all and we did abseiling at my school camp last year and I had the best time. it wasn't as tall as the building but i think it was as tall as the quarter one. but my question is, even if the thought of this very tall building excites me now and i'm like "yes i'd do that!" would that change when i got to it? because obviously its all fun and games until you're the one at the top of the building
WAIT DODIE!!!!!!!!!! YOU WENT TO NORTHAMPTON OMG I LIVE THERE YOU WENT ABSAILING OFF OF THE LIFT TOWER!!!!!!!!! I DRIVE PAST THAT ALL THE TIME OMG I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT SEE YOU!!!!โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
I'm scared of dogs it's sorta some what like yours where I'm like lol dogs aren't that scary but then I see a dog walk up to me and I freeze and start crying
They say your not afraid of heights, your afraid of the fall. I hate heights too, my dad made the fam go on a Ferris wheel and far a little bit he started rocking back and forth. When we got to the top I looked out and then decided to close my eyes the rest of the ride. The Ride Of Steel doesnโt bother me though and thatโs roller coaster is about 100 feet tall with a straight drop
Totally unrelated to the subject of this video (btw Dodie I've been abseiling with school and I got over the ledge and kept asking her what to do next and each time she was "like let go of the bar"-this went on for a while....) but Dodie looks so much like Lily Collins in this?!
hallo, i have a question. What kind of piano/keyboard do you have? I think about buy piano for myself so a will be really grateful for answer :) greeting from Poland and sorry about my English and kind of mistakes, but I'm learning this language just 5 months. :)
I feel like someone in the crew should have been like this women isn't okay with whats happening, maybe don't make her do this?? I get that you didn't want to back down but I don't know..
Forever trying to get noticed by the queen of my world, dodie Clark. I don't think this will happen because I have been sitting for a while trying to think of something memorable to comment about but you know, here I am typing this time wasting comment, oh well, love you dodie โค๏ธ
There is a place near mine wear the wall has a mechanical rope holding machine and I hate it because when you jump down its a bit of a free fall and if you dont control it you land on your arse. Would rather be attached a human with a belay than the blOODY MACHINE
abseiling is when you're on a cliff being held on by a rope. then you slowly make your way down by either holding onto the rope and walking down the side of the cliff if you do small hops down the side. hope this helped :)
Also, I have a fear of injuring myself and I hate anything. Any form of skating (ice, roller, boarding), I can't even go on climbing frames and sometimes I feel fine and I do it, but then I'm like "lol no this is awful" because I'm scared I'm gonna land wrong and break my leg or ankle or something.
I did abseiling before, I couldn't do the whole "pro, stand and walk down thing". I had to shimmy off of the side because they wouldn't let me go back down by the stairs.
Poor dodie, I understand how you feel and I'm glad you understand how I feel.
+Shan Webb someone can relate! All my friends think it's strange because I'm a dancer and I can injure myself through that... But that's the reason I don't want to injure myself. It's a strange phobia but it links in with having a fear of needles. I do believe it's called traumatophobia
EVAN'S REACTIONS CRACK ME UP
791 likes"we're literally leaving her hanging"
punning even as dodie is panicking
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+Em A I KNOW
312 likesEmily Bluejeans evan would be me with any of my friends tbh
7 likesI find it hard to understand why they let you carry on when you were so obviously distraught :-(
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+louiseglasgow I was the one pushing through! They were always happy to stop
518 likesI decided in my head this was something I wanted to overcome lol
+doddlevloggle Good for you Dodes! you're so brave
51 likesFair enough, that's different then. But wow, that was brave considering how upset you were!
45 likesAnd that's how the champion of dodes pushing the fuck right through depersonalization and a panic attack good for you! Remember that next time you feel anxious!!! #brava
34 likesAbseiling [rappelling for your American fans] is kind of fun, but it's very unnatural feeling and it's completely counter intuitive to trust your life to a rope just fed round a figure of eight shaped lump of metal. However, abseiling down a climbing wallwith big crash mats at the bottom can let you learn to trust the equipment and find out what happens if you let go entirely, etc etc and makes abseiling on actual rocks where actually falling would be fatal much less stressful...
10 likesI'd imagine you wouldn't understand. A warrior, you are not.
1 likehey have u gotten over ur fear of death? im still figuring out how to deal with it
1 likethis quote from "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende might be helpful: โJust as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change."
13 likesJust trust yourself to pull through no matter what and weirdly enough, it'll work out that way.
13 likes+seaepy thats so deep and beautiful, love it <3
5 likeslouiseglasgow ?
0 likes@doddlevloggle that's so brave wow lol๐ค๐ช๐
0 likesI love dodie, she is just so genuine and nice. u can't find many other people as good as her
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I love her she is the best!
2 likesShe's one of my favourite people on this earth
3 likesSame
0 likesYeah she's pure
0 likesHow about cavetown?
1 likeYeah dodies amazing! I wish I could find other people who appreciate her so much around me
3 likesAlso cute dog
3 likesWhen someone does a โstory timeโ (I hate that phrase so much) and you know without a doubt that thereโs no exaggeration.
0 likes"I want my life in the hands of a machine" Well, you say that now, Dodie. But when our robotic overlords take over, I can't imagine you'd say the same thing. By then, you'll be wishing for something organic.
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I don't know why but I just can't stop laughing at your comment ๐
13 likesPerhaps she has it quite well concering her wish for their arrival beforhand. Second of all, talking about trust issues!
3 likesDon't remind us! D:!
1 like... But yeah, those machines feel far more trust worthy than a human. But they kind of ruin a part of the fun of climbing.
The irony of this video is that your LOFT BED is right behind you while talking about your fear of heights lmao
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HAHA
276 likes+doddleoddle ๐๐๐๐
4 likesDon't make her scared of going to bed now :') lmao
22 likesI would never get a loft bed. that would be torture.
8 likesAsia Dawn Sitting on my loft bed right now ๐
8 likesWatching this video while laying on my loft bed right now ๐
4 likesI'm on my loft bed now
3 likesCereal Superhero omg saaaaaaammmmmeeee
0 likesThere's actually a bit of a difference. Kinda like how claustrophobic people can ride in cars
5 likesI have no mental fear of heights, but physically I react very strongly it's bizarre. So I really am not frightened but my body shakes for ages if I get even a few feet off the ground. Once I was hanging Christmas decorations at a friend's place and because I'm very tall I only needed to stand on a chair to do it. Just being on that chair sent me into full shakes until well into the next day, like I couldn't write anything down at all for 24 hours because my hands were shaking so much. Does anyone else get this?
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+Juliette Hacking yes same! Mentally I'm aware I'm probably safe but my body just goes CRAZY
80 likesI know what you mean! I went ziplining a while back and I was so excited but I couldn't stop shaking! weird!
3 likesSame I really want to go sky diving before I die. but if I'm on a latter I shake like crazy and can't breathe,
1 likeI identify with this so hard! I work at a summer camp during the summers and I have to help run the high ropes course and climbing wall and when I'm up there I shake like crazy but I'm totally calm. But literally everyone else on staff is the same way even the people who only do the high stuff, so we definitely aren't alone in this.
2 likes+Matthew Lauder That's good to know but it's such a shame because I love things like that. I remember this one time when I was about 13, I was at like an outdoor retreat and we had to build a tower out of milk crates and like use each other to all climb to the top. It was pretty high up but I managed to ruin everything because my shaky leg at the top of the tower kicked the whole thing over and there were just 5 kids dangling from harnesses in the air- all of them kinda mad at me.
0 likesYes! Its so hard to explain to people because it is not like i'm afraid mentally but my body reacts!
0 likesthat's exactly me when doing class/public presentations. mentally, I'm fine. I'm prepared. I get up and I do it and I'm okay. however, every time my friends always tell me that my voice was shaking and I looked and sounded so nervous but in my head I'm fine.
4 likesi feel exactly the same
0 likes+emma I'm exactly the same! I had to do a school performance once which I wasn't really worried about, but for some reason my legs (not my hands, my voice, or any other part of my body) wouldn't stop shaking, so I couldn't play properly._.
2 likesSounds kinda like vertigo which is a balance thing so idk I guess
1 likeI have a physical fear of speaking and presenting in front of people... but in my mind I'm extremely calm. I never understood it since I had no problem speaking, it is just an involuntary reaction.
4 likesClyde Donovan same ๐ i'm perfectly fine with presenting and speaking in front of class (i'll even volunteer!) but when i do it, my body is shaking like crazy, and i feel nauseous, even though i'm totally fine with it. my body just goes crazy even though my mind is super fine lol
0 likesI can't stand on one of those Home Depot kind of two-step laddery things because I'm so weirdly afraid of falling lmao
1 likeJuliette Hacking I know this is a million years late but I have the same thing. I'm currently playing Wendy in Peter Pan in my community theatre, so we have to "fly" basically standing on these see saw things that go like 3 feet off the ground. I go on it and I'm not scared at all, but my legs shake like crazy and I tense up so much. And the director's like "you ok mate" and I'm like YES THIS IS FUN IGNORE MY LEGS PLEASE. It's odd. Glad to know I'm not alone :)
0 likesYes! I went up a ladder a few steps in my garden, meant to be going up to a roof, that wasn't gonna happen xD and I was shaking and my dad asked "are you scared?" and yes I was scared haha, someone reply please and tell me you've been in a similar situation where it hasn't been extremely high up
0 likesthis is what happens to me when I perform (Clarinet and Piano) when I'm being tested (be it teacher or examiner) , it's terrible because I'm not that nervous but my fingers are sweaty causing them to slip and play wrong notes and my whole body shakes and if I make a tiny mistake everything just gets worse
2 likesI love the end of the video where she is about to go over the bar and is like "oooook" ๐๐๐
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+xxcrazydollxx oh god my voice lol
40 likesikr that was soo cute
3 likesI was laughing so much at that. Evan's such a great friend!!!!!!!!!!
6 likesOooOOKK xD
3 likes"oooooOOOH KAY..."
0 likesAs much as I'm proud of Dodie, I'm so freaking proud of Evan. Speaking from experience, hanging in midair is terrifying whether you have a fear of heights or not. I'm so proud of Evan for doing abseiling the entire tower by himself. You both did an incredible job. ๐โค
5 likes"My fear of heights" literally four videos later "I JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE". ๐๐
131 likes"I don't need a men. I need a machine " -doddleoddle 2016
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*man
3 likesi used to do rock-climbing and abseiling in year 8-12 and honestly having a human belaying you is WAY better than having it be done electronically. human error can be greater but i don't trust a robot to do that, really.
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also: gloves? what.
0 likessame and so true
1 likesame here I need to again. abseiling is brilliant
1 like@Seamus Talbot yesss omg it's so much fun
0 likesi was the oldest by yr 12 so i was also Helping the instructor by belaying the younger ones at that point.
Came here to say that - I think it helps if you've belayed for a while yourself. If you've never belayed before you won't know how easy it is to hold someone in the rope down position, I've quite comfortably held someone (low down) with my thumb and two fingers in one hand (not recommended, btw).
3 likesAlso re: gloves, you need them for abseiling when you're controlling the rope yourself because things get super hot and finger trappy.
Ollie Embourne yes I totally agreeee
0 likesOllie Embourne I go rock climbing and I don't trust the mechanical belaying thing at all, I much prefer having a human.
0 likesDodie I saw on s/c that you felt ugly this morning! you are beyond beautiful oh my word I can only hope to one day have those brows of yours!
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+meow meow doddleoddle ๐
0 likesWhat really?? Omg I thought she'd looked amazing today!! I thought her hair and lipstick were especially gorgeous
19 likesYou can still feel ugly...
4 likesI'm similar... I have a fear of falling. Heights don't scare me (I like looking out of plane windows and seeing the view) but as soon as I'm in a situation where I could fall, I freak out. I feel for you Dodie. I could have never done it.
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fairly sure everyone has a fear of falling off of high places, people who didn't took themselves out of the gene pool centuries ago.
1 likeso true. do they get scared when standing on a chair or a step stool though? lol it's all terrifying to me :)
2 likesthe "oooooookay" bit at the end ! I feel you girl I feel you ! I've never been afraid of heights and one day I was out with a group of kids I worked with at that time and we went to one of those climbing parks where you have different obstacles in different heights between trees and I was like "pssssh how hard can this be". Little did I know that 30 minutes later I'd be 10 meters over the ground shaking my ass off trying to smile to not scare the already crying kids behind me even more, climbing through a net with a lot of holes, grabbing onto some ropes for the dear live of me. I was 100% sure this was were I'd die and they'd had to cut my cold body out of this damn net. Never have I ever felt this amount of pure panic.
6 likesConstantly talking to myself to make sure I'd breath and keep going. Even thinking about it now makes me anxious.
I am incredibly proud of you for doing this, but let's just make sure none of us has to do this kind of stuff ever agin. xx
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*life
0 likesEven though it makes perfect sense to be scared it always confuses me a little when people don't like abseiling because genuinely one of my favorites things in the world to do, on school camp everyone had at most like two or three goes and I went for at least seven buts that's beside the point. well done dodie I'm proud of you
2 likesI love how Evan is just laughing
9 likes"I NEED A MACHINE I DONT NEED A MAN" is exactly how i came out to my mom...
24 likesI can't stand at the top of a ladder without feeling like I'm going to fall off, so I understand how you feel Dodie. You were very brave, I wouldn't abseil down anything for all the money in the world :)
1 like"I need a machine, not a man"
33 likessame
these videos have reached new heights.
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If you're going to go out on a limb with puns like that, you really need to bring a better altitude to your comments.
36 likesthis comment chain omg
6 likesThinking is Troublesome AHAHAHAHA
0 likesEvan Edinger wot you doing on a different channel m8
0 likesThinking is Troublesome Evan is that you? XD
0 likesMy friend went down the exact same tower for charity and I had to go up with her and I completely get how you felt! Its absolutely massive and I was literally so scared for her. I go past that tower pretty much every day and it just brings back memory's of looking down
1 likewhen Dodie was crying, I just wanted to reach through my screen and hug her
2 likesI love watching Dodie's videos, it just makes me super comfortable and fine. It makes me smile, I feel like I'm listening to a friend
0 likesThere's something about the way you tell stories that I just really love ๐
0 likesHahaha I'm so glad we finally got to see more of the footage! I remember checking your snapchat and twitter throughout the day and seeing how terrified you were, so when the coke video came out I knew they must have put it together cleverly to make you look less scared. This was funny, oh bless you Dodie.
0 likeseverytime i go past the lift tower i think of you now lol, i really don't blame you tho i hate heights and it's so high it looks horrific
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Haha gosh it's horrible
90 likesI'm so proud of you for doing it!! And yes, it's checked off and you never have to do it again! I know how this feels; I did something similar once when I was a kid with a high dive. not fun But I did it! Way to go Dodie!! <3
0 likesI love how Evan supported you the whole way. You two are so lucky to have such caring friends. <3
0 likesAww Dodie you're adorable! โค๏ธ I loved this story, made me laugh so much!
0 likesyou're such a good storyteller, dodie! i love this channel's content so much -- i love how real you are and all of your stories are super engaging. i don't get bored when i watch them regardless of how long they are, contrary to most other "storytime" videos (i know that this isn't necessarily a storytime video but it's within the same family, i think).
0 likesi go back and watch a lot of the videos where you're talking about events in your life. i watched your "angry" video three or four times and it's never boring.
also, totally off topic, could you do a flat tour?? i'm always so curious about the layout of your flat because i don't think that it's anything like how i picture it in my head. idk if that's a bit creepy/invasive but i'm just curious. :)
I relate to this so much, my parents used to take me climbing loads when I was little but I almost always got stuck cause I was terrified and would refuse to move
0 likesThe way you told this story was absolutely brilliant and so damn funny!! Definitely need more story time with Dodie videos, because this made my absolute day! Also sorry about your fear, i'm glad you're at least aware of it now (: x
0 likesI'm happy that you stayed strong, and I wish I could've gave you a hug telling you it's okay and you didn't have to do it. But you were so brave! Good job
0 likesI'm a rock climber, and ironically enough when I first started I was terrified of heights. I'm over it now, but I relate to you so much. also you look super pretty in this video ๐
0 likesI'm a rock climber, and ironically enough when I first started I was terrified of heights. I'm over it now, but I relate to you so much. also you look super pretty in this video ๐
0 likesI have an extreme fear of heights, I found out when I was at the top of a zipline and had the biggest panic attack of my life. I feel ya dodie
0 likesI was feeling sad and this made me smile. Thank you Dodie. x
0 likesI realized I was terrified of heights when I first climbed on top my sister's loft bed in her college dorm, which was NOT even that high at all. I would've fled so fast from this abseiling activity. You're brave for pushing through!
0 likesYou're so brave! I also have a phobia of heights so I feel ya ๐
0 likesI went on NCS two years ago without realising I had a fear of heights, and we did bloody abseiling!
1 likeGot all geared up and everything, went to the edge of the rock face, until I was internally (and slightly externally) screaming๐
your videos always cheer me up so much thank you dodie ily
2 likesJust had to say your such an inspiration to me! your the reason I started playing ukelele and I just love your videos ๐น
0 likesLove you Dodie , thank you for helping me procrastinate :)
0 likesEvan is such a good friend! I feel like I would definitely want him cracking jokes if I was freaking out like that. (which I 100% would be in that situation.)
0 likesOh my goodness, I definitely know how it feels to be in that kind of situation!!!! I also have a fear of (falling from) heights and it is so bad that if I feel like I'm going to fall from almost any height higher than the roof of my house I will instantly go into shock and either start crying, go numb, or both. So as you can imagine, I am not the world's most roller-coaster-loving girl and I get picked on A LOT by my family when we go to the amusement parks. BUT, I am working my very hardest to go mind-over-matter because I feel like I am missing out on having a lot of fun. Hope you can get over your fears too, Dodie. I love you and your channels, you are brilliant, funny, beautiful, and so bloody amazing.
0 likesHonestly, you're such a delight. You have such a wonderful mindset and way of telling things that just bring It to life. never stop telling your stories, because I love them.
0 likesit's almost 5am in the philippines but there's a new dodie video so who needs sleep
17 likesI find it hysterical that Evan is laughing the whole damn time ๐
0 likesThis is giving me flashbacks to the first time I went abseiling
0 likesI was 13 and I tried 5 different times and just burst into tears every time
In the end the instructor went down next to me helping me every step of the way whilst I was sobbing uncontrollably
The thing is its been 5 years and now I love abseiling and have even been an instructor helping out kids in my position
But regarding the mechanical rock climbing machines the first time I encountered them was last year
I only ever had people holding me up
The first time I tried it I had to climb back down the rock climbing wall because I didn't trust the machine in the slightest
But I was annoyed at myself for doing that so I made myself keep climbing and trying trusting the machine from a metre above the ground then 2 and by the end of the climbing session (idk what to call it) I could go to the top of the wall and fling myself of trusting the machine entirely
It's interesting pushing yourself to your limit
Thank you for talking about this. After watching the CocaCola video (where you were very obviously not fine and yet did go down) I was worrying quite a bit about how and if you had actually given your conscious consent to do this and not being pressured into doing it by the team or whoever.
0 likesI'm still not sure about anything but seeing you talk about it and still speaking so positively about the job puts my mind at ease at least a little bit.
Hope you are well & please don't ever let someone pressure you into doing something, no matter who they are or whatever the reasons. Otherwise you might just end up with yet another fear to add to your list. But you probably already know that.
It's not really my place to tell you any of this, so I'm sorry. But I was really worried and I wanted to thank you for making that video that helped clear up at least some of the confusion.
Have a wonderful day, I wish you the very best (:
Dodie soothes me and makes me feel like all this mess of my mental health is maybe slightly fixable...I love her bunches <3
0 likesSimilar thing happened to me when I was in first year of university. I lived on the 23rd floor of a tower with 27 floors, and when the wind blew strongly, I swear I could feel the building sway. The place had three elevators that frequently malfunctioned and left their passengers stuck. After two semesters in that place, I emerged with a fear of heights.
0 likesThat tower looked terrifying!!! I'm so impressed that you managed to abseil down! You were scared but you were so brave! Well Done Dodie!! Xxx
0 likesThis whole video i wanted to hug you! I know Evan's normally the funny guy cracking jokes but even him doing that you can still sense he's worried about you. You're amazing for doing it though!!
0 likesAs panicky as you were, I'm very proud of you for completing it!!
0 likesI respect that you posted this video. Most people hide their fears and insecurities. Instead you embraced it and owned it. Well done.
1 likeI found out I was afraid of heights when I was up on a 50 foot high ropes course in Poland, and I didn't know enough Polish to tell the people on the ground I wanted to come down. Haha :)
1 likeWell, I would say that's impressive. I saw the picture of the tower and just that gave me a little shiver in my spine. As someone who can start to panic halfway up a stone tower (such as a church or castle tower), you did impressively well.
0 likesAw I loved this! I may or may not be watching this in school oops
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+Audrey Sossy omg dangerous
125 likesI know that feeling...
1 likewatch out for the teach!
2 likesI'm watching in school too haha
3 likes+doddlevloggle AHH DODIE
2 likes"a house and a half" is my new favorite measurement. also, yeah heights are TERRIFYING i climbed up this really tall like 200 ft light house the other week and i was shaking so hard i almost fell on my way back down it was so scary. tbh id probably do something like what you did and be super excited bc i love adventure type stuff but just looking down from really high is the absolute worst.
0 likesYou're literally me while doing rock climbing or abseiling. I did outward bound and sobbed halfway up the rock wall because it felt like my support rope wasn't tight and they wouldn't let me down until I'd turned around to look at the view. Literally so horrific
0 likesI remember my uncle from out of town visited us and on the news they announced that some people were going to space or something and I innocently asked my uncle "Would you ever do that?" and he said, "No I'm terribly scared of heights" and I guess that turned a switch in my head that made me self conscious of heights and I think I can confirm that since that day I am scared of heights. I think before that I was unaware of it, but now if I go to a really high place, even if there's some form of security like glass or a railing, my legs start to get weak and I have to step back for a moment if not I feel like I'd collapse.
0 likesJust listening to this story makes me nervous xD I have a huge fear of heights, you were so brave to even do the inside one!
0 likesi just love how you tell stories. also i felt bad i was laughing at your suffering but it was just so funny
0 likesI remember going rock climbing with my mum and it was the same situation you were in! I was at the top of the rock climbing wall and to get down, my mum had to carefully lower me. I was freaking out about this but then I calmed myself down by thinking, "She is my mum, I am her child, she won't let anything bad happen to me. This is fine."
0 likesAnyway, long story short, I had a cast on my arm for a few weeks.
You look really pretty in this Dodie, as you you do in every other video. Love you Hun, keep being you โค๏ธ
0 likesYou conquered your fear, that is never easy. Sometimes the greatest act of bravery is toย battle our own demons. Well done Dodie.ย :)
0 likesRight when you started talking about "how I need to do this", my heart dropped, I have to fear of heights too, it's so scary!!
0 likesahh just letting you know, you were able to make me laugh for the 1st time in like 5 days cuz im down with fever. and just thank you, ily :)
0 likesEvan is a pure bean and Dodie's story actually made me feel like I was there and I got scared for a sec
0 likesAs someone who has had a fear of heights for as long as I can remember, I was already getting nervous just watching the video. A fear of heights doesn't work well when you also have a very lively imagination, so the first thing I picture when I see a huge drop is me or the person close to it falling off and it freaks me the fuck out. I've been getting better at dealing with heights lately though, so that's good.
0 likesI don't know where I'm going with this, but I wanted to talk about my fear of heights.
Bye.
Ohhh Dodie :( I think it's amazing you went through with it though! Even if you were sobbing the whole way through :)
0 likesFear of heights so big that I'm scared when I'm standing on a chair or in a staircase (ANY staircase lmao). I really understand the feeling you're talking about and how you felt in the video! Aaargh it's the worst thing about this fear, it's that once you are there, you cannot control yourself, you know you have to calm down and all but you just can't haha! Anyways, really proud that you did it, I would've never ever been able to do it, all my respect Dodie!
0 likesdodie you are incredible. you're so real and lovely, carry on making videos you absolute darling
0 likesI laughed my heart out xD Dodie is so much like me !
0 likesOh gosh, I would have died! You were so brave, Dodie! <3
0 likesI loved the way you were telling us your experience, I know it wasn't funny for you but I was laughing all the video. Lots of love from Spain
0 likesI used to have an irrational fear of heights until I decided to try a theme park ride and immediately saw how cool it was to be that high up in the air and I am no longer afraid
1 likeYour one of my fave you tubers . I love how real you are xx
0 likesI just watched the video again, and you can really be proud of yourself. A fear of heights is a very normal thing to have, and even in the video it looks like you overcame a massive hurdle there. You did really well, especially at the climbing wall.
0 likesThe people securing you a really looked like they were doing a professional and methodical job in the video. All the security measures I'd normally take when doing a top rope and an abseil were there as well as a few extra's (mainly back-ups).
I don't know if they did this, but usually when I take someone with a fear of heights for a bit of a climb, I try to explain the entire securing routine, and what precautions I'm taking to keep them safe. Usually that makes them feel more at ease with the situation. Did they do something similar for you?
I just had to explain to a coworker why I was laughing so hard and I couldn't even speak. This was wonderful.
0 likesThis is astonishing to me! I love heights and rock climbing, it's funny to me that doddie says "I need a machine not a man" because it's the complete opposite for me. I don't trust the machine at all!!! But kudos to her for doing it! She's even more lovable now!
0 likesi laughed throughout this entire video! love you dodie xx
0 likesThat footage was actually really adorable thanks to Evan, him trying so hard to comfort you while he loses his shit. Whatta good pal.
0 likesi don't have a fear of heights but i do have a fear that dodie will never say hi to me
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I have a fear of both :( That's not really a fear for me, I would just love if people that I love noticed people like me, I think one day one of your idols will notice you
0 likesThat's so funny that you were more comfortable with the machine! I've gone rock climbing a lot and I was always nervous around the machine ones! I learned how to with a person and I figured a person can see me fall but the machine can't. XD
0 likesOmg ive never been this early before. I want to take this chance to say that Dodie, you are amazing, ur music is amazing, i relate to you so much! You are seriously amazing! I look up to you so much. Thankyou for existing, living and making videos.- Em
0 likes"I need a machine! I don't need a man!"
6 likesDodie keep it pg
well done dodie that was so brave of you! my phobias are walking alone in the dark which i had to do today ahhhh, the dentist, death and im kinda claustrophobic
0 likesOmg i loved this so much, dodie you adorable piece of cuteness !!! Hahahahaha i couldn't stop laughing, i'm sorry <3
0 likesEvan is such a sweet heart! I love him so much
0 likesI feel this so much. I use to be scared of loads of stuff as a kid and would often have sobbing attacks in public places. I had to go for an MRI yesterday and the minute they bolted me into this metal helmet thing my brain just flipped like NOPE NOPE NOPE so I ripped the helmet off and kinda sprinted out of the room. Panic doesn't bring out my best colours.
0 likesI wish the kid that fell into Harambe's enclosure was scared of heights
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Omg
0 likesXD
0 likes+captainDANK NO
3 likesWell that whole experience is a nightmare - thank you for sharing :P. At school camp in year 6 (I was around 10) we had to do abseiling - I also didn't know I had a fear of heights. I get to the top, my friend takes a photo of me hanging, and I unclip myself and just walk away from the situation haha
0 likesDodie why!! I lost my fear of heights a long time ago and you brought it back!!
0 likesI can't imagine what that must have been like! I'm not a fan of heights either and also discovered that while rock climbing. Good job for pushing through, I don't think I could have!
0 likesI get vertigo from standing on a bridge that's only 40-60 feet in the air, so to me someone with a fear of heights doing something like this is unthinkable.
0 likesYou are far braver than I.
I have a terrible bad fear of heights ๐ซ
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same.
0 likesMe too. I cried on a hike in the Grand Canyon :/
0 likesSame
0 likesSame
0 likessame, i cant even climb a tall ladder
1 likeSame.
0 likesI think you did really well there, you still did it. I find I have a fear of falling - when looking down at a great height I imagine myself falling ... so maybe I should fear my imagination, or maybe that keeps me away from the edge! I once went on a free fall ride in an amusement park as high as that tower and it was insane - I'll never do that again ...seriously. x )
0 likesim terrified of heights as well so i know exactly how you felt :/ i went on the highest level on a cruise ship once (keep in mind there was only glass surrounding the sides so you could see through to the ocean and we were SO HIGH UP) and i just started having a panic attack and balling my eyes out while my mom was trying to help me down the stairs and trying to calm me down. lets just say that wasn't a very fun experience :) proud of u tho for facing your fears !!
0 likesI feel kinda bad for laughing at someone when they're in such a panicked state- but Dodie's response to the guy telling her to flap her arms if she needed to was HILARIOUS.
0 likeswhen I went on a pgl holiday (it's an activity holiday) I had to do abseiling as well and I had pretty much the same experience. I also had to jump off an eight foot high rock into a cold river, with nobody at the bottom and it was the most horrible thing I have ever done because I couldn't breathe for at least 20 seconds after it
0 likesanyone think that when she's crying it kinda sounds like she's laughing? ๐
4 likesI went on a ride called Scream, where it's this big tower that brings you up and down at horrifying speeds. I had my eyes closed most of the time (I was 11 and scared shitless) but when we got to the top, I opened my eyes, and there was this gorgeous view of the park. Immediately after that, we started plummeting toward the ground, and I screamed my head off. Had a good time though.
0 likesSame here!
0 likesI remember getting very dizzy and feeling nauseous when visiting a very very very tall building once. Once we were on the roof I almost passed out. It was horrible!
I feel you, I have a huge fear of height I can't even go up two steps of ladder without feeling like I'm going to fall and die but in planes I'm absolutely fine
0 likesI LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU X I also have a fear of falling more than heights weirdly
3 likesaww dodie, you were really brave for doing something you were so scared of. I'm the opposite with climbing and abseiling. I can't stand the machine things which hold the rope I have you have a person holding the rope idk xx
0 likesahh i totally relate to you, it's so weird like growing up and realising your scared of things you didn't think you were??? like when i was a kid i gave no thought to heights whatsoever but once i got old enough to properly start fearing my mortality (which is later than you'd think lol) it was a whoooole other story
0 likes"eh! dodie look! that's it!"
0 likesI LAUGHED WAY TOO HARD AT THAT PART IDK WHY ๐๐
I've always had a fear of steep slopes or just anything steep in general. Walking down stairs or down anything steep gives me the worst anxiousy wheezy feeling and I get all jitter ๐ btw loving you endlessly all the way from Australia xx
0 likesjust hearing you talk about it made me so anxious oh my god i don't even want to try to imagine what it would be like to actually do it
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frens |-/
1 likeI love you Dodie! You are so amazing!๐๐
0 likesas someone with a near-debilitating fear of heights, watching this video made my palms sweat SO much
0 likesI realised I was scared of heights after trying to do abseiling when I was 11 and I freaked out when I put my feet on the edge of the abseiling tower so you're not alone! x
0 likesyou are amazing and an inspiration love you dodie
0 likesmy fear of heights
18 likesi jumped out of a plane
character development
I haven't been in your situation ever but just listening to your story made me tear up all of a sudden
0 likesThis literally the BEST story in the entire world. I've a fear of this too but this storytelling had me laughing so hard. Aaah life, I can't, I'm still cry laughing ! Brilliant.
0 likesThat's what I was like at camp. Putting your life in the hands of someone you've known for a day is pretty hard, especially when you're scared of heights
0 likesAww, bless you!! Well done for doing the practice bit!! I'm not sure I could have even done that!! x
0 likes* saw dodie cries *
19 likes* cries *
omg this made my heart beat so fast even listening to you talking about it u were SO BRAVE!!!! <3
0 likesHey Dodie, I have a fear of heights and I used to have to cling to the wall at home when we had bar railings as I could see the ground below and it terrified me. Now I can easily walk down stairs though! It was tough to battle the fear and I'm still aware of it (don't think that will ever go away) but it doesn't terrify me like it used to. Just wanted to let you know its not always gonna be as crippling as it feels rn. Keep your head up, love you! You are awesome xxxx
0 likesI haven't been in your situation ever but just listening to your story made me tear up fast
0 likesHonestly having someone at the bottom is much safer and so much more comforting than the automatic line - you get to communicate with the person at the bottom and they can give you as much or as little support as you need, the machine just drops you if you fall off, where as you'll stay in the air if you have a person
1 likeSounds like you're working on Blue Peter!
19 likesI have been abseiling it was incredible! so scary at first but so worth it, I definitely want to do it again
0 likesWith me I'm absolutely terrified of heights I get scared just hearing you talk about this but if I definitely know I'm safe I'm completely fine lol
0 likesthis made me pretty happy about you being able to talk about this because i am terrified of heights. theres a bridge by my house that goes over a freeway and it scares me so much that i have to hold someones hand while going over it, so im a little less self concious about my fear because i always feel like a baby when i talk about it.
0 likesI discovered my fear of heights when I was like 9 and it was because of the rope climbing in gym class, I would always be scared of falling right from the top and breaking some part of my body. Still scared of heights tbh.
0 likesare you sure its not a fear of falling??
7 likesI understand in my head that I'm most likely safe and everything's fine, but I have bad vertigo and when I go up high it triggers really bad dizziness. People always say it's an excuse for me being scared and so a 'choice' (and damn right I'm scared as well) but it's somewhat difficult to abseil when the room is spinning and you're at risk of passing out....!
0 likesYou're so unbelievably brave Dodie, I could never have done that, especially seeing how upset and scared you were. Well done you for pushing through, it's pretty inspirational! Whenever you're having a down day, remember that this is just another great thing you have achieved, overcoming your fear, pushing through the feels :') sending love and hugs as always ~ Emma x
OMG Dodie! I felt SO sorry for you, and at the same time it was so funny to watch.
0 likesI totally get this. My fear of heights is so bad that I will momentarily freeze at the top of stairs, especially if they're in a building I'm not familiar with. If they happen to be multi level stairs then I will skirt along the far wall, if possible.
0 likesOh man I feel this so hard. I did not realize that I was afraid of heights until I decided to go bungee jumping. I cried for like five minutes before the guy pushed me.
0 likesOh God, that sounds terrible :O I can't believe they didn't "react more" when you started crying!
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Personally I'm not afraid of heights at all if I'm just depending on a
2 likesbuilding or a strong structure (like being at the top of a tower or a
mountain and looking down), however if I feel like my position depends
on me and my physical abilities (like rock climbing, or those tree ropes amusement parks), I just lose it. I was fine when I was younger, but a few years ago, I realised even though I had no problem abseiling along the side of a mountain (because I felt like the harness was "in charge"), I was unable to climb rocks without panicking, because I felt too weak. Same thing last summer when I went to a tree amusement park with my friends, I ended up just taking pictures of them instead of doing the climbing haha
This brought back so many emotions about my fear of heights. This one time at cadet camp....(typed that and couldn't help but think of american pie hahaha) we had to climb a rock wall in front of all our school friends. I got half way up, looked down...panicked big time and my hands clenched so hard. After like 10 mins sobbing and not being able to relax my hands ..my teacher finally managed to calm me down. Was so so embarassing.
0 likesI am also SUPER SUPER scared of heights! A few weeks ago I was on the French Riviera with a friend and we were swimming in the sea and we swam to this like spot where people would sunbathe or dive from. My friend had no problem at all diving off that thing. I on the other hand was PETRIFIED. I read somewhere that it's a very common fear if you're more connected to your mind rather than in touch with your body. If you're too concentrated on your thoughts and don't embrace the feeling of freedom (or whatever normal people feel when they do stupid things like that... I wouldn't know I GET SO SCARED) this feeling turns into fear.
0 likesSo basically we are probably a bit too rational you and I. I'm honestly okay with that haha
I feel so similar to Dodie when it comes to these sort of things, no joke
0 likesI started dissociating around the time Dodie put up her video about it, and I learned more about it and I was glad that someone else understood, especially someone I look up to. And I've had acrophobia since I was very young because of an accident in which I fell from a tree in third grade and landed on a branch (between my legs) and it tore my hymen. I had a massive panic attack before I was supposed to go ziplining on a trip my freshman year of high school, and I was excited for it originally, and 200 stairs later I was a mess. And that was something I paid for with my own money, too. :(
So I'm really glad that someone I look up to understands how I feel. <3
oh my gosh I'm so proud of you for doing it and like ya know getting that shot ;D honestly though like i didn't mind abseiling when i did it in year 6 lol but i think now i wouldn't be abe to do it at all so GO DODIE
0 likesguess you could say that you fear is pretty dodie-gerous sotry I can't pun
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is that supposed to be dangerous?
15 likesI'm disappointed in u son
21 likessorry kiddos
6 likesgold star for trying, though
8 likes+kate m nice try dilly
3 likesOne gold star for me! (i know all the words to that song๐)
1 likeThx fam
0 likesdodie I've been super depressed and anxious because of school and when i saw you posted, it made me feel so much better love uuuu
0 likesI have done abseiling 3 times before. I have done it off a bridge, a wooden building and into a quarry. I did the quarry one this Autumn and I remember being a bit nervous but mostly fine.
0 likesAs soon as I got to the horizontal position, I fell about a meter and my feet slipped so swung into the rock. When I got halfway done I was so stressed I thought I was going to pass out; I started to see swirls and things went blurry. I'm not doing it again ๐
10 mins of dodie talk is the PERFECT way to end my day at my new school ahh
0 likesAwwww Evan was so nice haha I feel you Dodie
0 likesI NEED A MACHINE. I DON'T NEED A MAN.
6 likesWhen I was 11 I went rock climbing. It was the middle of January and the rock wall was outside. Found out that day that the fear of heights gets way worse when your hands are numb from the cold. I was at the top when I realized I couldn't hold onto anything (hands too numb) and demanded the rope-holder guy to let me down slowly
0 likesI respect that you went further than your mental wall and you broke through and pushed it as far as you did. As a former rock climber, the gig did do it right by slowly working you up to that height great job on both sides
0 likesI love how at 7:35 ish, Evan was just like "HAH literally leaving her hanging"
1 likei didn't think i'd ever be afraid of heights but i have a bunk bed with my brother and he has the top bunk so when we moved i wanted to switch, i got up and was immediately terrified of how i was gonna get down
1 likeLast time I was this early the Harambe meme wasn't dead
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just like harambe :/
51 likes+Rabondo OMG AHAHAHH
1 likeRabondo OMG
0 likesWait I thought it said harambe wasn't dead oops
1 likei want to see the whole raw unedited footage, and then just give you a hug dodie! i think i probably would be the same as your really, like id be freaking out but id force myself just to get through it through sheer will power! proud of you :)
0 likesI used to be just like this with heights, I was TERRIFIED! And last year, somehow my sister convinced me to go zip-lining with her. I was so scared, holding off a panic attack, but when I did it it was the most fantastic experience, I can't describe it other than I just felt so free. The next day we then had a tree top assault course to do. I thought that would be fine after the zip-line. Nope, that was still awful. Even though I knew I was safe, I was attached by the same harness system as on the zip-lines except I was moving slowly and I was fighting tears the whole time. But there was a zip-line at the end of the course so that made it all better :)
0 likesI remember watching that video and I felt so bad for you omg I just wanted to give you a big hug. Evan was such a good sport though.
0 likesSchool is stressing me out so much but your vids make everything better โค๏ธ
3 likesI will probs cry when Dodie gets 1M subscribers.
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Thinkingouyloud time to cry
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0 likesI can't watch this video without feeling like I'm going to cry - this is the last video she made before her brain completely broke for a year and a half
0 likesWhen I was at school we went on this adventure thing and I did rock climbing, i was fine, I went on a zip line and I was fine, I got to the top of the abseiling wall and cried my eyes out and demanded that they put on the floor(literally what I said) ๐๐
0 likesI never new I had a fear of heights my entire life until I went on the Ferris wheel at Disneyland a couple years ago. Oh my gosh I was freaking out internally but there was other people in the cart so I didn't want to make a scene. For some reason I decided to go on it again the next year I visited. I thought I would be brave. And what really scares me is the fact that I'm just sitting there with no security or anything to hold onto. If I'm strapped into something like a roller coaster, or my body is covered then I feel super safe, but if I don't have anything hold onto then I hate it!
0 likesI felt so bad for you in the abseiling video! At least Evan was there, when I saw him I knew you'd be fine.
0 likeswhere did you get your loft bed?
6 likesi have a really small room and itd help me out a lot
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she got it at ikea :)
0 likes@Gabrielle Vachon
0 likesive searched ikea but the bed isnt there
been watching for months but can't afford the bed and it's now upwards of ยฃ400.
0 likesso I'm getting a metal one instead hopefully
the same exact thing happened to me when I discovered/acquired a fear of heights when my camp made us go repelling down the side of a cliff
0 likesI literally hate heights so much omg!! I remember in school we were having photos taken with every one in my year, and me being one of the tallest I was at the back but we were up on steps and the barriers were wobbly and basically if one person fell so did everyone so that was fun ๐ I live in northampton and I honestly don't even know how you got up to the top of the lift tower I wouldn't ever walk up the stairs ๐
0 likesI can totally relate to being afraid of heights. The majority of my nightmares as a child were about crazy escalators and travelators where you would basically plummet to your death if you let go of the railing
0 likesare you going to do a vid on bullet journaling?
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that would greattt
1 likeoh yeh
37 likesI love how you start the audio for little snippets before the visuals, it's really clever and effective
0 likesI'm so so proud of you for doing it, I would've refused completely
0 likesI can relate. at 6th grade camp I had to abseil. they told me to jump (I had wires and everything) and I cried because I thought I would just fall straight to the ground and break myself lol. I'm a senior now so I'm over it but it was pretty horrifying at the time.
0 likesI laughed so hard, and Evan was too on the video. But I think you could get over your fear of hight's you just have to work with it. I did get over mine and it was very hard and scary. Love you Dodie.
0 likesand then she jumped out of a plane
6 likesThis is exactly how I am, like, in my head I push myself, and in my head I'm fine, but my body's physical reaction is to cry and freak out!!! ๐ณ๐
0 likesOh my god. As a fellow person with a fear of heights, that footage of Evan up there almost gave me a heart attack.
0 likesI've had a fear of heights my whole life. When I was nine, I went to Canada with my family and they wanted to go zip lining in the trees and I didn't want to but I couldn't be left alone so I had to go. Basically on the longest zip line everything was fine until I got to the end and just started slipping back and I ended up in the middle of the zip line hANGING SUPER HIGH OVER ROCKS AND THRASHING WATER BELOW (which I found out by looking down which was a big mistake). 9 year old me was crying and just terrified. Needless to say that I am never going on a zip line EVER AGAIN. Yeah. Not a fun experience. I feel your pain Dodie
0 likesYou literally have just summed me up completely summed up my feeling about heights. The first time I went abseiling I freaked out sooooo much, I have never done it with a mechanical thingy but always with another person holding it, although i did it, the amount of brain power it took to even step over the edge was ridiculous. Although I would push myself to do it again I some how even freak out when trying to jump down from a table to the floor, im not joking and don't even get me started on the top tier seats at the 02. NOPE.
0 likesDodie, it's 10 and I have to wake up at 6am tomorrow for school :(
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Go to sleep
3 likesfor a whole year of college I didn''t go to sleep before midnight, to wake up at 6:30. sleep at 11 was/is world news for me๏ปฟ
4 likesi get so much less sleep than that on a normal school night lmao
4 likesI'm so glad you posted this video after I done abseiling last week! If I saw it before there wasn't going to be any way I could do it haha
0 likesIt's so amazing to see the progress from this to the sky diving.
0 likesIt's so amazing to see the progress from this to the sky diving.
0 likesEvan is so lovely in this. :) He was so supportive of dodes.
0 likesscared of dentists and the dark
4 likesI'm laughing so hard lmao. I love this story so much
0 likesLeave it to Evan to still make puns while you're sobbing. "Haha literally leaving her hanging" ๐
0 likesAw! That's good Doddie! You are amazing! โค๏ธโค๏ธ
0 likesI did abseiling once but before that I didn't know I was afraid of heights too. They told me it's just descending a big rock wall 40m tall and I thought how bad can it be? But when we were actually on top of it, I was like struck by lightening and couldn't move.
0 likesI didn't want to, but they said it was my turn and I was almost peeing my pants. But once I stepped over the edge and hung on that wall I actually enjoyed that feeling of hanging in the air and looking down and seeing others next to you doing it as well.
I don't know if I would experience that again but I definitely enjoyed it back then!
i need to go to sleep but this vid is more important
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I have homework to do but this is more important
6 likesI have to study for a test but this is more important
0 likesI have to eat but this is more important
0 likesi found a better one
2 likesI have to get a life but this is more important
#relatable
7 likes+dat bรธi trueee
3 likesI have a thing with heights too, like in my mind I'm not particularly scared of them, but my brain just goes NOPE and freaks out. one time i was standing on top of this bridge that goes over the railway and I'm pretty freaked out over trains and cars and stuff too, and I felt like I was going to faint when the train went past.
0 likesOH MAN Dodie I understand what you went through!! I did a ropes course during middle school and it was so high up and I fell off of this floating bridge type thing and had a full on panic attack- like no one could help me out of there because I would not let go of the rope it was dreadfulllllllllll. They finally calmed me down a bit and helped pull me out between the floating bridge slats, but geez I'm still scarred from it. It's honestly so impressive that you went through with it like major props to you because that is such a difficult thing to overcome.
0 likesI actually love you, and your hair just makes me want to cut mine! Also, I'm scared of heights too! x
0 likesi did abseiling once, but when i was perched on the wooden building thing, i swung from one side to the other and hit my shoulder on the side of it. i then screamed like there was no tomorrow. it also looked like it would collapse any minute. my legs were shaking at the end and i had to sit down for like 10 minutes while everyone else did stuff!
0 likesI'm early omfg hey hi hello I should say something special??
3 likesDodie I love you please notice me ๐
THIS KIS HONESTLY EXACTLY HOW I AM. The times I've abseiled I've always thought, 'Oh I'll be fine' but then I get to the edge and I start bawling my eyes out and shaking and find it hard to feel reassured by everyone, oh my god. It's so bad, I physically can't do it, my body won't let me go over the edge. And I TOTALLY get the machine/person thing. I've never done it with a machine but having a person is so stressful, they seem so, not weak, but I feel like they aren't holding the rope tight when they are. Sorry about that hahah
0 likesI found out I have claustrophobia on a 2 hour school trip through a cave. Had a severe panic attack the entire time and couldn't breathe. I wasn't allowed to get out at the start because apparently it's too difficult to walk someone back up 20 stairs out the entrance. I 1000000% feel your pain ๐๐ผ
0 likesTotally sympathise, I have a phobia of heights and it's god awful, it affects me on a daily basis and I don't think many people I know understand how terrifying it is
0 likesI love you Dodes! Another reason why we are alike Another reason why I love you.
0 likeshello mr. doddleoddle. nice video! 10/10
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6 likeshello your channel is amazing
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0 likes+Iris McShane I WAS LIKE HALF ASLEEP WHEN I WROTE THAT WHOOPS
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0 likesOh my god I remember going on a year six camping adventure for a week and we did rock climbing and abseiling, and about half our group cried at the top because it honestly didn't look that high but suddenly realising we had to just drop ;;;;;;;;
0 likesdodie: "I need a machine! I don't need a man"
0 likesi guess, this is why we need feminism? You go, girl :D
dodie you are such a good story teller I can't
0 likesI always said I wasn't scared of heights, I wasn't when I was younger, until we climbed a massive wall
0 likesliterally terrifying- could not do it
I went for an internship interview yesterday and the lady was giving me a tour around the office, and at some point she asks whether I'm afraid of heights XD Because the outside way down from the 4th to the 3rd floor is one of those narrow twisty staircases on the side of the building. And I was like, sure, that's fine, and focused on not thinking of falling the whole way down. There was this one time though, a couple years back, when I was crossing an old hanging bridge. There were several of us and we were being led by this little girl across the bridge. Keep in mind this is night time and the only lights we have are our little flashlights. And for some reason when we were slap bang in the middle of this bridge, one of the members in our group decides to ask the girl if the bridge had ever tipped over. Like, whyyyyy??????!! Also, apparently it had before. So that information was...horrible. Yup XD
0 likesI get way to excited when I see one of your videos in my subscription box, love you so much โค๏ธ๐๐ผ
0 likesHer voice is so soothing like itโs so calming .
1 likeYou just summed up how I felt on the Via Feratta in the Lake District. It was a horrible experience but I'm proud for getting through it. You should be proud too, Dodie xxx
0 likesI could've sworn dodie uploaded this before hmm,,either way I enjoyed this love a good bit of story time w dodes๐
0 likesi also have a huge fear of heights too so i cAN tOTALLY understand the-sweaty-hands-inducing-fear and oh my god i'm so proud of you for getting through that shoot omg i wouldn't have even been able to do the rock climbing lskdjalksjd
0 likesi love u dodie. u are so real, so much support for you xxx
0 likesThis was my experience last week with rollercoasters. so accurate omg.
0 likesi'm not afraid of heights myself, but maybe after i encounter an experience likes yours i probably will be. thank you for sharing this! really puts in perspective how awful the phobia of height is. :p
0 likesI was exactly the same, i didn't know I was scared of heights until I was 250ft in the air doing an obsticle course balling my eyes out๐๐ฆ
0 likesI've slowly been losing my fear of heights as I get more into caving/spelunking
0 likesI got so anxious watching thee footage, I have a massive fear of heights and even a thought of that qould freak me out and it was difficult to see Dodie so panicky!
0 likesI have a fear of heights too! I get paralysed and laugh hysterically in response to even being on a swing
0 likesI got serious depression and your my Inspiration to keep going....thank you so much
0 likesdodie is exactly the kind of friend i need right now :)
0 likesAlso I'm absolutely terrified of heights, I will literally avoid heights at all costs. Love youu ๐
0 likesI discovered I was afraid of heights whilst I was on a scout camp for a week in the lake district. There was activities through the week and one of them (I can't remember the name exactly) was where you climbed up a tree... thing and jumped off. Oh BOY that was not fun. Halfway up the tree thing I looked down and fucking froze and clung on to it for dear life. When I finally got to the top I just stood there shaking so near tears (in the rain might I add so the platform was slippery) for like ten minutes whilst everyone else was saying "just jump! it'll be fine!" because that's supposed to be comforting apparently.
0 likesAh, scary scary memories. Fun fun fun.
OMG I love your makeup. Tbh though you could literally put gravy on your face and you'd still look beautiful. I'm so jealous of you and also so in love.
1 likeIt's gotten to the point where I just 'like' your videos before I watch them because I know how much I will love them :)
0 likesaaw Poor Dodie! We all have our fears (cringey I know) lots of love xx
0 likesAww I feel so bad... I also have a huge fear of heights and I totally get it. It's actually horrible cause of all the people who don't understand it. Like, I'm scared to climb on a fricking chair... I remember the first time I went on a water slide. I was shaking so much and it was horrifying. Buildings without elevators are my worst nightmare. ๐
0 likesI'm petrified of heights too, and it happened all of a sudden whilst I was on the Eiffel Tower! How embarrassing when I was crying the entire time and holding onto the middle of the tower, I couldn't go anywhere near the edge! It's not transitioned to planes, I hate flying because I hate knowing how high I am in the air!
0 likesthis reminds me of this thing called the power pole. it's a literal power pole (the giant wodden ones shaped like a cross) and you literally climb up it. you climb up a power pole in the middle of the forest held only by a camp counselor holding a rope that you're tied to.
0 likesand then you jump off the top.
ITS TERRIFYING but if you ever get the chance you should totally do it! i think there is a video somewhere on youtube of somebody with a go-pro at Camp Hanes that filmed it.
you're so great dodie ๐
0 likesyou're so great dodie ๐
0 likesa few weeks ago i was at a camp and one of the activities was high ropes. naturally, i thought that we were going to be climbing ROPES like in gym or something. hahaha NO !!!! we were supposed to climb a 20-30+ foot high LOG, walk across another maybe 20 foot long log (which was only about a foot wide???), go back to the middle and just FALL BACK. we were attached to a harness like the one dodie and evan were and it was held by a counselor. When it was my turn (i was dumb and volunteered to go third) i didnt make it past the LADDER and started bawling my eyes out sksksjsj!!! i made myself go again after everyone else and i made it to the third ring (the only thing we had to step on were these two inch metal rings) and BITCH. BITCH!!!!!!!! my hands hurt like hell and i have almost NO upper body strength. so naturally i start sobbing again. and the pole was shaking too. so yeah!!!!!! i wish i could do it again but i probably wouldnt make it all the way through haha
0 likesi wouldve been the same, im mildly afraid of "the unknown" where im not in control and i dont know what can happen! so if i was to be stuck where my life is in someone elses hands and im being pulled down into nothing, i would be terrified out of my mind omg
0 likesI have always been an oddball with heights, I can happily climb/be on natural heights without the panic induced fear I get on man made heights! Put me on a tall bridges/towers etc I will freeze and most likely cry (I was on Tower Bridge in London in January and I had a full blown panic with everybody just looking at me as I was (panicky) determined to go in the glass floor to get a picture to show my dad while I imagined every possible scary death possible as I also repeatedly asked the staff If I could die or if the glass could break doing this haha... I also may or may not have smacked my friend in the chest when she decided to jump onto it when I was on it.) But I can happily climb mountains and glens without a problem, I've climbed Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis happily many times without any height fears. Its odd.
0 likesWell done Dodie! I don't think I could ever do that! X
0 likesI am the exact way. I get petrified when I'm standing next to those glass railings on the third floor of malls. I get the hibbie jeebies from even lookin at them
0 likesas someone who climbs at least once a week and is also afraid of heights I would like to comment upon being let down. the thing you like more is called autobelay and the thing you were doing was toproping. I guess it's personal preference and depends on who is belaying you but toproping feels so much more safe to me because if you fall then you stop. about the knots in abseiling, dunno if they told you, but the important ones are self tightening which means the more weight you put on them the tighter they get and they won't come out. I know that personally, knowing more makes me less scared of things. hope this helps anyone afraid of rock climbing, abseiling, or heights in general. also would like to add that I wasn't afraid of heights at all until I watched someone fall 50 feet and get really badly injured and that really messed me up for a while and still makes it hard for me to do certain things.
1 likeAw Dodie! So proud of you for getting through it though xx Where did you get your shorts from? As I noticed them in the 'standy-up' part and I really like them xx
0 likesat like 0:32 you're so precious idk what we did to deserve someone so amazing as you
0 likesJust paused the video to say your hair looks gorgeous and so healthy๐!
1 likeI was nearly in tears watching this video. "I have a massive fear of heights" is an understatement for me.
0 likesEDIT: I feel sick just looking at the fucking building.
when I went abseiling with my school(although it probably wasn't as high as that) I had control of my own ropes so I had to hold onto them. So if I let go, I was gonna fall, i felt so much better though knowing I had the control :P
0 likesAww poor Doodie... I notice you very nervous in the Coca Cola video, but I never knew how hard it actually was for you ;-; I'm glad you can share and actually tell the story behind it!
0 likesThroughout the video, I've been saying, "OH, HONEY, I KNOW." God, the idea of falling solo is terrifying - even if it's just a few feet (slipping on the ice as a child and very much hurting my derrierre will do that #MichiganLife). I've gotten a little bit better about it, as I was helping repaint this building and that required being up on a ladder often, but still, my body just kind of freaks out. It kind of becomes Charles Lee from the Hamilton song, "Stay Alive" - "EVERYONE ATTACK
0 likes" "RETREAT!" "ATTA" "RETREAT!!!!!"I remember in 9th grade we went on a field trip to a climbing thing and I climbed up despite my phobia of heights but when I was on top I was supposed to like run over something and I started SOBBING and my biology teacher who was with us filmed it and showed it to the entire class .. WHY THE FUCK
0 likesI'm afraid of heights too. :/ I did walk on the see-through glass bit in the CN tower/Space Needle and then I couldn't move. And going up St. Peter's Basilica dome in Rome was really terrifying too. ^^' I couldn't enjoy the view since I was so petrified haha. Kudos to you though for going through this.:) I would never have gone through with it. D:
0 likesI feel like it's weird that I love heights, like I'm quite obsessed. I love sitting on edge of rocks jutting out of really high cliffs and walking on paths with steep drops and I love cliff jumping and abseiling, I've always wanted to climb a crane but yeah........tis illegal.......so yeah! just another pointless comment :)
0 likesever since i was a little kid, i have been scared of heights. i could walk on my legs when i was one years old, but instead i walked on my knees cause i thought it was scary walking on my legs. it has always been that way. just standing on a chair makes me nearly cry. when i'm around heights i have to be with someone i trust and hold on to them. that's the only way it gets less scary.
1 likeI did something like this and practically the same thing happened, I had a giant panic attack half way down
0 likesi've never been afraid of heights when it comes to being in a tall place, like a building or a skyscraper. But if you put me hanging on height (like, from one i can fall, because i love stuff like canopy) )I will freak out and cry for my life, like I was never able to climb the rope at school because it was too scary for me.
0 likesI remember once in a school trip we did arborism and I was crying the whole time.
Dodie the exact same thing happened to me. I had no clue that I was afraid of heights until i was climbing the ladder to the top of the wall. I was half way up the ladder and I started balling intensely. But the ladder was too steep for me with teary eyes to climb down so the crew at the top told me the only way for me to get down is to get up and absail my way down the wall. The crew at the top literally had to grab my arm once I was in reach and hoist me up since I was going so slow!! I didn't stop sobbing until I got to the ground ๐ mind you this wall was only 10 meters high!!
0 likesRock climbing is a hugeee thing in my life I do it like everyday! I have never used the machine I have always had a person holding me! You get used to it! I would recommend continuing climbing!
0 likesI, too, am fucking terrified of heights, and I am just outrageously impressed that you went and did the first bit. I would have nope'd all the way home. Good Job Dodie!
0 likesthis made me want to cry laugh because I know this feeling so much. My fear the dark bugs and falling
0 likesWhen I was in sixth grade we went to a camp where they hoisted you up a tree to walk across a tightrope. But the pulley system was the same thing as you described, only we were being held up by a few of our classmates. MY LIFE WAS IN A FEW 11 YEAR OLDS HANDS. I lived though. surprisingly
0 likesI'm so sorry Dodie. I know EXACTLY how that feels, but I'm just mega claustrophobic. If you put me in an elevator, I'm a screaming, panicking, crying ball of frenzy and I WILL punch you if you force me into an elevator. So yeah :)
0 likesI thought it would be great to face my fear of heights by abseiling down a set of waterfalls in Ecuador. First 2 were about 5m high, fine. Rushing water, no big deal. Third waterfall we had to abseil halfway down and clip ourselves onto another line and jump OFF THE WATERFALL INTO A POOL 20m BELOW. Once you're there, you can't get back up the other waterfalls. I was sobbing the entire time.
0 likesI went abseiling in Wales with glasebury off a bridge and I loved it Iv never really been scared of heights but I have realised as Iv got older Iv become more scared of the dentist even though heights and the dentist is different things ๐
0 likesThe thing is that you stood up to your fear, and that enough is very fucking admirable. ๐
0 likesi get panicky when i go up to a second floor office at work and i would feel so anxious inside my body and start getting hyperventilating and feel like going down quick.and even think about the heights of my memory and gets my anxiety high by thinking about it.
0 likesI've done that before where you have to go through with something that is terrifying you and you're panicking the entire time. It's happened a few times, but the worst was my senior year of high school, we went white water rafting. I should preface this by saying that I can't swim. We had such a bad winter, the rapids were all 2-3 classes higher than usual. We flipped on the first rapid. I had to get back into the raft and then they put me in the very front, where you can't hold on to anything with your feet to stay in the raft. It was awful. I survived, but never ever again.
0 likesProud of you for doing it!
0 likesthis is literally my entire life i used to be uncomfortable with heights but sort of ok, and then i went abseiling and when i was going down lowered my bum too much and FLIPPED OVER. needless to say i'm terrified of heights now i can't face them
0 likesI went zip-lining and repelling (which is basically what you did) and we had to repel down a 50 foot tall tree to get off the zip-line course. The issue was no one told me this otherwise I would have never gone. So I get there and they make me go down first and I start crying hysterically. I reacted the same way you did. The only difference was I didn't have an extra person controlling my way down. I had to do it on my own and I almost pissed myself ๐
0 likesI think with anything like that, it really helps if the first time you do it is ten feet off the ground at a climbing wall over nice thick crash mats, where you can play with the equipment and learn what happens if you try various things, and develop a level of trust in what you are doing in a situation where you know a 'catastrophe' isn't even going to hurt never mind horrifically kill you... I imagine abseiling down a 200 foot wall is a lot less scary if you are comfortable with using a descender and trusting it first...
0 likesAbseilling be so scary. Ive only tried it once at a camp and I couldnt do it. Like leaning backwards over a huge height is So unnantural and surely goes against all the instincts of not-falling-over-tall-things-and-dying. You were so brave continuing on even tho you were crying!!
0 likesaww, you poor thing! honestly, i would've been the exact same way. there's no way in hell anyone could get me to do that. i've been scared of heights for as long as i can remember.
0 likesYou're a very good story teller Dodie
0 likesyou should be so proud that you did it! well done!!
0 likesomg I would've been scared!!!!Though I love heights but not that high!!!I'm happy that you made it safely down.
0 likesThis was me when I went hang gliding, it wssn't even that tall but i literally just started crying and everyone had to comfort me and be like yeah yeah you'll be fine. Although, they had like army grade machinery so... but still. Since then I can't even sit at the top of the bleachers at school... it's bad.
0 likesI've got a good head for heights I did an arial assault course a 200ft above the ground and the first part I had to dangle before getting to the start and I handled it very well. I also do quite a bit of climbing so I'm good with this stuff.
0 likesthank you so much for making my day easier by simply uploading a video.
0 likesOh Dodie!! I'm so sorry... but I can't help but laugh a little! I don't really have a fear of heights, but I have a fear of falling. The rock walls would have been fine for me, but I probably would have reacted similarly to the abseiling portion. I think I would have liked to try the outside one, though, if only for the view -- it looked gorgeous, from the footage Evan got!
0 likesYou're so brave! I wouldn't be able to do that!!!
0 likesbless u dodie and also bless evan with his silently laughing face
0 likesI have a fear of heights (like I can't look over a relatively high bridge) but weirdly I'm fine with climbing/abseiling
0 likesI love you, your videos and your music a lot. โค๏ธ
0 likesI am crying laughing! ๐
1 likebless you! ๐
(watching this back during lockdown donโt mind me)
0 likesbut I live in Northampton and as soon as you started talking about a tower I knew you meant the Lift Tower - you are so brave to have done that as you can literally see that thing from the other side of the town so well done!
Let's go story time of my own.
0 likesSo, very near where I live, there is this thing called Tree Runners. And as the name entails, you 'run' through trees. Okay, not quite. It's 'lil activities like bridges, and tightropes, that sort of thing, generally quite high off the ground, depending on which course you're doing. 'Treerunners is an exciting, challenging and sometimes demanding activity that uses zip lines, snowboards and tarzan swings as well as other challenges to get you from tree to tree. Set in a beautiful oak forest, it is the perfect day out for families, birthday parties, hens, stags, first dates (or last) and school trips.' is the description from the website. I've done this three times before at the old one, twice on the smaller one, and once on the bigger one. It's my brothers birthday , and my mum suggests we go tree running. Me, my brother, my older sister and her boyfriend. We all agree to go on the smaller course, as it was everyone else's first time, and I wasn't that confident with heights anyway. So, we get to the place, get our harnesses on, nervous time, e.c.t. I get through the first course fine, with only little struggles on jumping off for the zipline. The second course is harder to start, and just generally more challenging. However, i've done this course before so it isn't too bad. When I get to ziplines, i tend to get a bit nervous and shaky, so I can't put enough power into the zipline. (my hand is shaking typing this). On a zipline, another bit and zipline away from the end, my hands are really starting to hardcore STING, where the other parts have been hard and I have gripped on for dear life. So, I do the zipline as I normally would, grab on to the blue rope at the end and pull myself up. Bearing in mind, i'm usually very shaky with this anyway. Especially as someone with bad upper body strength, as i'm quite heavy. So, when i get to the end of this zipline, I grab on to the blue rope, but i grab on too quickly. Instead, I end up slowing myself down, so i'm 5/10 feet from the platform. So, I start pulling myself. This is where I realise just how much my hands hurt, and I start to tear up a bit. My sister looks over worried, but I just smile. Then, my hands really hurt and i just can't pull myself up. So I fall along the zipline. Also, side note, these harnesses and attachments literally have no way of coming off. But, as i'm falling along the zipline, I don't realise my hands are still on the rope, so of course I rope burn them even more. At this point I am sobbing from the pain, and sheer panic of the situation. So my dad grabs my legs, and tries to push me towards the platform. Rinse and repeat. I grab the rope, lack the body strength to pull myself up, slip back. I'm sobbing all over the place. And then I think how everyone can see a great lump of a 13 year old sobbing on the smaller course... My anxiety kicks in. The guy comes over with this giant pole, which allows you to push yourself forward when you're in midair. I'm still crying, so my hands are shaking and my grip is loose. Because, you know, they still hurt. So I grab on to the rope, get my feet on the platform. At this point I have to reach up to grab on to the zipline, because my weight is over the platform. As I do this, I realise I'm slightly more to the left of the platform, and as I reach up, my left foot slips off said platform. And I SCREAM because I'm so scared. I manage to pull myself up, sobbing and shaking, get across the bridge and do the final zipline (easy because it goes down). And thus, my story of why I hate heights even more and I vow to not even get within close proximity of the tree runners centre.
I don't have a fear of heights, i have a specific fear of abseiling. I took part in NCS over the summer and rock climbing and abseiling was one of the activities. rock climbing i absolutely loved, something about pushing myself physically and mentally, i don't know why i was just loving it. the abseiling on the other hand. different story. I didn't get gloves. and it was the same as Dodie described, so my hand was burning it hurt so much. then all of a sudden i cant move. at all. there is a metal loop that your ropes hook through and my whole head of hair is trapped in it. if i try to carry on moving, it pulls my hair tighter. my entire body weight is either on my hand, or my hair. this is where i start freaking out. just ridiculously sobbing on the side of a cliff. to cut a long story shot they leave me hanging there, clinging on for dear life, for what feels like forever (it was probably like 30 seconds). until eventually they pull all of my ropes back up to the top and do what they call an 'emergency decent'. Safe to say i will never do that again. -side note: my hand was black by the end of it.
1 likei did abseiling at this summer camp once and i've always been a bit fearful of heights, but thought "hey this isn't too tall, i can do that, YEAH GREAT i am a CONFIDENT PERSON" etc blah blah. so i get to the top after climbing up all the ladders and i realise my legs are shaking uncontrollably. the instructor is probably used to this and i was thinking to myself "yeah, totally this is totally fine. no problem here". then he straps/clips me in to this harness shit and he's like "ok, don't hold onto the rope here (above my head, where you would naturally want to hold a rope you believe is your only tether to the world of the living), hold it here (like right next to my hip. wtf) and lean back as though you're sitting on the toilet with your feet on the door" (?) lmao, so i'm stuck at the top, shaking like a leaf, attempting to lower myself down into the proper position and also attempting to not scream out in terror as everything looked TINY from where i was. i felt a bit woozy, but i leaned to the side to see how far down it was, and thus proceeded to projectile vomit. it literally splatted directly on someone's coat that they'd left at the bottom. i cried like a baby and had to get pulled back up. this was a tower probably a quarter of the quarter of the tower you went down. so dodie - well done. you did really well, be proud of urself. at least your breakfast remained intact.
0 likesDodie! I am afraid of heights too! And people told me doing a high ropes course would help me face my fears and get over them. Spoiler: it did not.
0 likesevans reactions were so funny bless him
0 likesI used to have nightmares as a kid where id be leaning against the railing of something and it snaps and i plummet to the floor, i cant even look at someone get too close to the edge of a big drop without nearly crying i understand 100% what that must have felt like
0 likesI actually got scared listening to this, that's how strong my fear of heights is
0 likesI could never do that either it's okay dodie! I did rock climbing once and I fell... Broke a bone lol... UR OKAY <3
0 likesI have a fear of heights. My family went to do this skyline tour (you walk along the building that's like 40 metres high) when we got to the top I just broke down..... I really wanted to do it for myself but I couldn't.
0 likesIn my experience of wall climbing, a person with the rope is a million times better than a machine! I just don't trust the machine to actually catch me.
0 likesThat last clip were you say 'ooooooooook.' totally shouldn't laugh at it but made me laugh. Love you Dodie.
0 likesI went to Go Ape for my twin's bday a few years ago. I liked the first part of it but at the second half of it I cried. I HATED IT SO MUCH. A few years later for my 13th birthday(I think lol) I wanted to go back and do it again bc I thought it'd be fun blah blah blah. TURNS OUT IT WASNT. I almost cried again. And I was really crabby towards my family and friend who went with me during the course bc I was so terrified. Fair play though by friend was so helpful ๐ I KNOW HOW IT FEELS. And poor you for when the person was trying to force you to do it aw ;(((( xox
0 likesI can't even imagine. I literally had a breakdown on a rock climbing wall before and it wasn't even that high.
0 likesDodie, you are so much braver than me. On my year 7 residential we had to do abseiling and it was only a couple meters high but I couldn't do it. I was in tears but I kept saying I'd do it but right at the last second I refused. I am so terrified of heights
0 likesI'm so bad with heights, I went to a theme park with all my friends and was just sat at the side the whole time ๐ฅ
0 likesI'm scared of heights too! I've never actually had one, but I get really close to having a panic attack when I'm up high, it's horrible, I don't know what to do about it...
0 likesI'm scared of heights but at the same time I feel like this would be so cool and wanna try it
0 likesDodie your so adorable see I also did this and I'm absolutely terrified of heights
0 likesI'm finding it harder and harder each video to believe dodie is being honest
0 likesI am 13 and have a fear of heights...
2 likes2 years ago i went on a reasidential trip and we did trapeese which was basically jumping off a telephone post and trying to grab a bar. I cried for 5 mins ๐ then last year we went on a residential trip and we did high ropes and i was stood on this one platform for 5 mins...
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Sophie-Grace Philip lmao Iโm 12 and itโs scary how much I donโt have a fear of heights. Like I was on this park ride and I was REALLY HIGH UP like the people under me just look like burly dark blobs and I looked straight down and felt nothing. I was bored
1 likeAwwwwww DODIE!! I honestly don't blame you. I wouldn't say heights are one of my biggest fears but falling on the other hand. I HATE FALLING. Any roller coaster or fair ride with a 90 degree drop.....yeah no thanks ๐
0 likesI am so afraid of heights, no one could pay me enough to do what you did!xx
0 likesThat's really strange because with climbing I'm exactly opposite - the machine thing ( it's called an auto-belay) terrifies me because I worry that it would break :(
0 likesI've been to Go Ape quite a few times now and I'm good with heights and being up in the trees, but last year I did something a little different. With Go Ape you do it all yourself, if you've been you'll know. But you hook yourself up to the wires about you and you can't fall and I'm good with that. Last year I did a similar thing except some bloke at the bottom was holding my rope and it was all on him, if he let go I'd fall. It was awful and I cried in front of a bunch of little kids because I didn't trust the man, I agree with you when you say you prefer machines or a least doing it yourself. At least you can say you had a go at it though :)
0 likesYeah not watched the video yet and I have to agree, I get vertigo at heights. I like to call it by its Latin name 'Acrophobia' because it sounds cooler but really at its worst I get mega dizzy just going up a stepladder.
0 likesI have a fear of standing next to tall buildings and looking up. I'm always afraid they'll fall on me or something. Whenever I look up, my knees go weak. It's terrible
0 likesevan is just the best! I'm sorry it was such an awful experience for you, personally, I love abseiling. so much adrenaline.
0 likesholy shit the same sort of thing happened to me tho
0 likesi wasn't that afraid of heights but then i went up to the top of a bell tower, proceeded to have a panic attack, and now even things like stairs freak me out.. i wonder why that happens
I realized whilst watching this that my face reacts to your vlogs like you're right here and we're having a conversation.
0 likesI never used to be afraid of heights until I got really depressed because I was actually afraid that I might lose control over myself and just jump off a tower (for example)
0 likesnow that I've overcome this stage of depression(maybe just temporarily) i feel mostly fine going to high places whereas during my depression (i gotta say it's never been this bad again, i would maybe actually say i'd been suicidal in hindsight) my legs would shake and i would only want to sit on the ground to feel "safer"
Honestly I relate as someone who has every single phobia ever
0 likes"I don't need a man, I need a machine."Same Dodie, Same.
0 likesIt's great how Dodie answers lots of the comments, it's so nice.
0 likesahaaa yeah i didn't think i had a fear of heights but then i went to germany for a week, went up the cologne cathedral and realised about 2/3 of the way up that i REally didn't like how high i was. first there was like a massive spiral staircase which was okay bc it was an enclosed space made of concrete but then you got to the base of one of the two towers and you could see to about halfway up the tower and there were gaps in the walls of this tower like massive windows without glass and in the middle of this tower was a metal caged staircase with like the "stair/platform" bit and i began walking up them with no problem but then i realised about half way up that i was vEry high up and i did not like it one bit. i think i may have had a panic attack bc i couldn't move i was holding onto the railing and i was like crying and i couldn't breathe very well and my friends carried on up and said they would come back for me after if i made my way back down ((i couldn't)) and my other friend who also realised she was afraid of heights stayed with me while we were both kinda just crying and in the end my teacher had to basically hold my hand to get me up the rest of those stairs, and we finally got up to the second half of this tower. there was a bit around the outside of it where you could walk round and me and my also panicky friend decided to do that. REGRET. there was only a flimsy metal fence between me and 100 metres down to the ground. i had to hold on to both sides and take tiny steps and my friend asked me to hold her hand bc she was on the verge of another panic attack, as was i. so we made it round, and what really got me panicking more was the fact that i could see the other tower from where i was and i didn't like it. we eventually made it back down ((very slowly back down the spiral staircase with me taking shaky breaths)) and i can guarantee i'm never doing that again
0 likesim scared of heights too, I cried when I did abseiling in year 6 for a school trip, I'm now in year 10 and still terrified
0 likesI have a really bad fear of heights as well ahaha, watching her hang onto that railing made my hands so sweaty omg
0 likesWhen I went on my year 6 residential. I abseiled at it. I was a bit cocky. I kept saying I can do this. But when the time came for me and my friend to go down, we both cried and it took us like 5 minutes to actually start. I didn't want to lower myself down so I got rope burn on my hand. You could see the raw flesh. That was over 3 months ago and I still have a pink mark on my hand. And it was outside, so I could see everything. One of the scariest moments of my life. Lol.
0 likes"I need a machine, I don't need man". I don't know why, but this phrase had me in tears
0 likesI went rock climbing a couple of months ago & I'm only really scared of heights if they feel unstable/unsafe. I had the instructor holding my rope & he just said to tell him when I wanted to get down. So, I climb about 3/4 of the way & my legs start shaking, I start sweating, panicking, I feel unsafe & so I asked him to get down. In response, he bloody says "Oh no, you can carry on!!" So I'm there, almost slipping trying to get to the top, still shaking, begging this guy to let me down & he keeps telling me to go further?? I ended up just screaming at him to let me get down, overall a traumatic experience 10/10 would not recommend.
0 likesOmg theme park rides and heights are my 2 biggest fears on earth!! Actually, maybe spiders too now that I think about it. They nasty.
0 likesOn the bright side, you did it! Even if you were terrified, you managed to do it. I know exactly what it's like having one traumatic experience suddenly bring about a phobia. I never used to be afraid of spiders, then I moved somewhere where every autumn the house gets invaded with huge ones, and now I am afraid of all them regardless of size. Ugh, brains right?
0 likesman whenever i get near ledges that are high up i just get so disoriented, its like i start to feel dizzy almost. id love to overcome it, but its just the scariest thing ever.
0 likesoh my gosh I canโt believe I had to watch this for the second to to realise but I live in Northampton and I canโt believe youโve abseiled down that tower you amazing human dodie clark
0 likesI use to be absurdly scared of the heights. I mean I still am. But nowadays I do not get fucking panic, cries like mad and lies down on the floor. I use to feel like some one is seriously pushing me towards any ledge. Like someone is standing behind me and pushes me with all of his/her force. I mean the panic would be for fucking real. I would have hade a complete mental breakdown. I would be sobbing while hugging a railing or something two meters from the edge.
0 likesI think I have trained away a bunch of that fear, but it is very much still there.
oh dodie you are so brave I know what that's like
0 likesI can't even go up four step ladder ..
what's next climbing a mountain
don't know how you did this feat
take care
As someone trained in belaying (that's the person holding you up when you are climbing) you are definitely very very safe with a human belayer. The pulley system makes it so you aren't your entire body weight and if the person belaying is bigger than you then you have no chance of falling that person's full attention is on you. Now if the person belaying is smaller than you it's a little trickier but often they'll have an anchor either weights tied to them or a real person holding on to them. I'm glad you got through I just want you to feel safer in retrospect I guess?
0 likeshonestly thought this story was going to end with you saying you didn't even do the inside one, but its so impressive that you did!
0 likesI went abseiling on a school trip when I was like 12 up a proper rock outside and it was next to a fucking road. I climbed up it ok. And then when it came to abseiling down I got down like two steps, then I slip, I'm about to hit my head and even tho I had a helmet on I reached my hands out to stop because I'm a fucking idiot and I let go of the rope :) I then had my first ever panic attack really really high up with my teachers and the instructors trying to coax me down. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. I was just hanging there crying and almost hyperventilating lol
0 likesOH, GIRL. I have so much respect for you that you did that at all. I wouldn't have been able to make myself climb over that little rail. I am so afraid of being up high, and the sensation of falling. Nope. Nope. Sorry you had to go through that, Dodie, you were seriously so brave! hug
0 likesInteresting to see this is one second below the 10 minute mark. Dodie could have really easily and subtly made it over 10 minutes... Well done for not doing that Dodes! โญ๏ธ
0 likesShe truly looked terrified, oh my. Haha. Way to brave it out, Dodie!
0 likesYeah, and this is why I can't handle heights well. I can just about do room height now but damn, props for handling the 200ft!
2 likesmy fear of heights is so bad. whenever we would go on residential trips with school there would always be high things and id be like an inch off the ground and be like get me down now. also there was once this ossicle course 6m in the air and everyone else did it i walked to the start and had a panic attack so that was fun
1 likeIf people ask me if I'm afraid of heights, I'm unsure of what to say. I'm perfectly fine with heights, happy, even, as long as I'm safe. If I feel like there's a chance I could fall, I'm terrified.
0 likesI know exactly what you're talking about. If I'm on a ledge more than five feet off from the ground, I start to panic.
0 likesTell you a secret Dodie, I've had an auto-belay fail to catch, a human belay who knows what they're doing is much safer. Also, that skinny little rope could hold a lorry over that edge. Not giving you gloves however was negligent! I hate heights and I'm so proud of you facing your fear!!
0 likesI recently thought I had a fear of heights but I think it's more just fear of falling. anyways I hate rollercoasters cuz the corners feel like I'm gonna fall out
0 likesI recently thought I had a fear of heights but I think it's more just fear of falling. anyways I hate rollercoasters cuz the corners feel like I'm gonna fall out
0 likesI went to PGL with school in Year 7 and when I did abseiling they didn't give me gloves and I got rope burn nice to know you're supposed to wear gloves thanks dodes
0 likesok but evan looks so cuddly and adorable in that sweateR?? and i love this video, i was laughing so much despite it all awww
0 likesOh man... my biggest fear is heights. But i also like trying new stuff (sometimes involving heights...). Let's just say, I have cried in a lighthouse before because I wanted to get to the top of it. (Walking up stairs inside it)
0 likesJust to let you know Didier, I think that in a belay (the thing holding your rope onto the guys harness) there is something to make sure you cannot fall, like a kind a brake. Xx
0 likesI'm afraid of heights as well! Some people think maths is fun to............:) but well done Dodie the show must go on!
0 likesSo I'm very afraid of heights and we went to this clip and climb place, and I was climbing up these mario pipes and when I got to the top I couldn't jump down because I didn't trust that the machine thing wouldn't malfunction. I was used to my dad holding me as I climbed up regular climbing walls, but this machine was new and it felt when u first jumped off that it wasn't holding u and u were gonna fall to ur death. Also these pipes weren't high enough for u to die if u fell, you would just break a leg or something. Anyway once I finally got down I cried my eyes out in front of my entire class, and I was so embarrassed and yeah. That was when I decided I don't like heights.
0 likesWhen I was 14, I went on this roller coaster ride called the Acrophobia, which, mind you, means "Fear of Heights". Now, I knew that I was afraid of heights but my sister was like, "Oh, it's won't be so bad..." and so we get on the ride, and I think, "Okay! yeah! I can do this! I am perfectly okay." But then, the guy comes around to lock all of our chest protector things to keep us in our seats, and panic just sets in. Once he locked me in, I just started freaking the fuck out. I was like, "I don't want to do this. Kealah, I DONT WANT TO DO THIS." And she was laughing and trying to hold my hand but I was inconsolable. The guy kinda makes the ride move up so that our feet are just dangling a little more and we are no longer on the platform. This is when I just burst into tears. Loud, jesus-save-me-now tears. So, everyone around is laughing at me and I don't even care because I am freaking out. Then, the guy comes onto the speaker and he says, "Aw, little girl with the dark hair, don't cry! It won't be that bad." But then, he takes us to the top very top. It was like a straight shoot right up. You could see the whole park, the highways, houses, everything, from the top. By now, I am just a mess. I'm like screaming, "GET ME OFF!" over and over even though I know that at this point, I'm screwed. So, the guy comes over the speaker and he says, "Don't cry!! It's okay. WE're still going to drop you but..." and I start like wailing as we plummet to what felt like in my mind, our deaths. Oh, my god. People I didn't even know where coming up to me and giving me a hug. So, at the end,my family is asking like, "Did that fix your fear of heights?" and I don't think I answered. I think I just sat down and cried, to be completely honest with you. So, don't worry Dodie, all of people with a phobia of Heights has freaked the FUCK out before and pretty much embarrassed themselves haha
0 likesI also have a fear of heights but I do this thing where I forget about it until I am somewhere very high up and I am too scared to get down. It happens so often I'll see a thing and I'll be like hell yea I'm gonna climb the thing I'm not scared and then I'm up and I panic & freeze. It's awful so I feel for u dodie
0 likesim sorry dodie but your so adorable when your distraught lol
2 likesI have a pretty intense fear of vomiting but I actually love heights and I don't really know anyone else who does
0 likesI'm literally so scared of heights, I don't even like climbing on the top of bunk beds
0 likesI had to do abseiling once, but my body refused to coordinate and I couldn't stop shaking so bad I had to get back down by a ladder.
0 likesI'm scared of looking up. I have no idea why, but whenever I do it, I get really dizzy and panicky. The worst thing is that I love watching the clouds and the stars, so this is the worst thing. Lucky I can handle it, so I guess I'm okay with it.
0 likesI feel so much better about my fear of heights now because they toned it down in the coke video but now I'm like 'oh no, she is like me, she was freaking out and crying like I did, I feel less like a wussy child now!'
0 likesI have always hated heights which is something I think I got from my mum, but it's gotten to a point where one day my friends were trying to get me to hop a very high wall, and instead of doing that I took the 45 minute route home and leFT THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL I'M SO BAD
0 likesYou have yet again proven why you are my HERO Dodie ! They would have had to bring up a stretcher to carry me down the stairs once I had looked over the edge even one time and then they would have had to have an ambulance to take me to shock therapy to get me back in this world again.ย <3ย And your smile really lights up the set when you are laughing,
0 likesI don't like when you upload long videos because around minute 4 I stop controlling how much I freaking love you.
0 likesI started breathing heavily because I'm also very afraid of heights and I'm very imaginative.
0 likesGoddamnit Evan, the puns!
0 likesand fuuuuck I can't believe they continued with that. You had the face of someone who would kill to be somewhere a million times safer and everyone's like "let's do this!"
Like, what?!?!
When you're attached to a person they use these figure 8 things that make you weigh less than a fourth of your actual weight to them. They're holding a puppy basically, you're safe! Someone should have told you to make you feel a bit better
0 likesI would've been able to do the abseiling, but it's climbing the stairs that would've got me. When it's me in control without ropes, that's when I'm afraid. I know. I'm weird.
0 likesyikes :O proud of u for pushing through dodie
0 likesI have a fear of heights too, I did a sky dive last year for charity and somehow I am still absolutely terrified if I get higher than 5 ft off the ground
0 likesI'm so afraid of heights that even thinking about bringing in really high places makes my legs weak
0 likesYou could tell you weren't super comfortable in the video, but wow! Well done to whoever edits the Coke videos :p
0 likesBut well done for pushing through as long as you did, I would have quit long before.
I can't understand that feeling because I love heights but I still think they should've told dodie not to do it because maybe if she was so scared and distracted she could do something wrong
0 likesI feel you. I'm terrified of heights as well. DX
0 likesI felt very apprehensive just listening to your story
0 likesAbsolutely Coca Cola needs talkative girls like you :)
0 likesoh my god I have such a fear of heights that I just realized it the other day. I was at this really old train place in my town, and it's like, imagine a house, but it doesn't have a floor, or a roof or walls so it's basically just beams (they're pretty wide like 3 feet across) AND THEYRE ONLY LIKE 10-15 FEET OFF THE GROUND!!! BUT MY STUPID ASS DIDNT KNOW I WAS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS, SO I STEPPED ON TO A BEAM. I GOT LIKE 2 STEPS ACROSS AND F R O Z E. I LITERALLY COULDNT MOVE. SO, AFTER LIKE 15 MINUTES OF SHAKING, NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE, AND CRYING, I FINALLY SAT MY LITTLE ASS DOWN, SOME-FUCKING-HOW TURNED AROUND, HELD ON FOR D E A R L I F E AND SCOOTED BACK TO SAFETY. that is all thank you very much
0 likesI actually developed a fear of heights on a school trip to France where they forced me to climb up a huge tower and also force me to the top of the Eiffel tower in a tiny lift carrying like 50 peeps ;~; it was not a good day
0 likesyes yes i have a massive fear of heights and once my friends made me ride a roller coaster and they made me ride tHE FRIGGIN SCARIEST ONE AND I WAS LITERALLY SOBBING AND I KINDA BLACKED OUT LIke i just hate heights, i don't hate falling just heights i hate it when people say that like nO
2 likesBut what if the machine malfunctions, Dodie? (I can totally relate with fear of heigts, though)
0 likesYou are proper great yano. I was having a convo about heights with my guy best friend today, what a cowinkidink
0 likes5:25 Evan is such a great friend XD
0 likesLast week I went absailing on table mountain in south africa, 122 meters down, 1000 meter above sea level, maybe not for you Dodie ๐
0 likesHearing Dodie cry made my heart hurt
0 likesoh my goodness i have the WORST fear of heights O.O i cant even imagine, my hands were sweating and i was getting so anxious just hearing this
0 likesI'm really sorry you had to go through that, but the clips of you crying really made me laugh... I'm such a horrible person ๐ญ Still, loved the video.๐
1 likeI got fear of heights just by watching you talk about it doddie xD
0 likes"Thanks for watching my vedj" Dodie, when did you film this?๐
0 likesI have a nervous of heights lol. I'm not scared but it makes me slightly nervous. But then the adrenaline kicks in and is awesome ๐
0 likesDodie my hands were sweating just listening to this!
0 likesSince bravery is not the absence of fear, but overcoming fear, I think you demonstrated incredible bravery in doing the first abseil at all. Or possibly demonstrated an unhealthy willingness to do things you feel extremely uncomfortable doing because you're expected to. Be safe, do what's right for you.
0 likesyou're exactly me when it comes to heights
0 likesI'm terrified of heights too, I feel your pain
0 likesdodie, very quietly: oh okay just leave me hangin here
0 likesevan, yelling: /CLAP/ LITERALLY LEAVING HER HANGING HAHHAHAH
I did the same kind of rope thing but with tree climbing... going up was easy but coming down was so so scary
0 likesI find it interesting you trust the electronic belaying systems over humans for the rock climbing because I'm always scared those thing will fail because I've grown up with people holding me and the device the rope is attached to is really safe but ANYWAY it kinda sucks you went through with it if it scared you that much
0 likesI can never tell when your opening sentences are the beginning of a poem or not lol
0 likesI'm have a fear of heights I'm not in control of, like high bridges and glass floors, but if I'm climbing a tree in absolutely fine because I have my life in my hands...
1 likeLiterally Dodie is the prettiest thing on Earth even without makeup oml
0 likes...is it insensitive to say that I love heights and that this makes me want to abseil?
0 likesI almost fainted when my brother and me were in the spinnaker tower and he started jumping on the glass floor with a 200 ft drop below.
0 likesWALES๐ Also on the day of your abseiling shoot, you recorded a birthday message for me so thank you!!!
0 likesDodie, you look like an afraid little kitten in those shots. I hope your fear gets better through time ^u^
0 likesi went rock climbing this summer, and I'd been 3 times before, and everything had been fine. but this time, I just freaked out. i had a full panic attack on the high ropes and I just couldn't move and i was full on crying and i. felt so inadequate and pathetic โโ
0 likesThis whole video all i kept thinking about is HOW GORGEOUS YOU ARE AND HOW GOOD YOUR HAIR AND LIP COLOR LOOK, AND THAT WHITE SHIRT LOOKS SO GOOD ON YOU and now i'm sad that i don't look like you
0 likesthe ending made me laugh sorry "okaaaay" while sobbing was too funny
0 likesI think abseiling on the inside would be easier than on the outside, because it's not even just looking down that gets me its just being able to see everything.
0 likesEver walk down the stairs of the Eiffel Tower? That's pretty scary too :) (Never take the stairs up... never).
0 likesI have a fear of heights. I can't believe you did as much as you did. Even if I hadn't realized how terrifying it was, there would have come a point before bawling my eyes out that I would have turned to stone and refused to move an inch in any direction and gotten really Really quiet. It's taken a while for me to mostly get over my fear of roller coasters, at least most of the ones that arnt insane. And i don't mind flying in a plane that's bigger than four people, (although I have been in a small plane before and I was tense the entire time). And I do want to go on a zip line one day. But anything where I'm just going straight down is horrible. Elevators will always get my heart beating just a bit more.
0 likesLove you dodie your the best!!!
0 likesI always just want to cuddle you & protect you, even more so now..fu heights!
2 likesI'm the same! but like, I love standing at the top of tall things, it's more the fear of actually falling for me, that's why I hate abseiling so much!!!
0 likesluv luv luv your channel & your music & respect everything you do except from work with a horrible mass gross corporation like coca cola such a shaame
0 likesI abseiled down a cliff once and my shoes wouldn't grip the bloody cliff and i was just repeatedly smashing into the cliff face while the instructor shouts and me to grip my feet and my whole class is watching me! It was both terrifying and embarrassing.
0 likessorry I'm a bit late dodie but thank you for another great video!
0 likesDodie have you considered that your relatively newly found fear of heights might be caused by your anxiety? Because I never used to be scared of heights or bridges or anything like that and then I got anxiety. Now when I'm on bridges I have intrusive thoughts which basically means my brain is like: what if you jumped off? No but really WHAT IF YOU JUMPED OFF? And I'm like no that's dumb why would I do that, I don't want to do that but my brain keeps on being stupid and just thinks of all the ways it could go badly and I freak out.
0 likesHaha oh no, Dodie :D I want to hug you. I would have died. But honestly: Don't feel bad letting people know where your limits are. You don't have to make everyone and yourself believe that everything's fine when it's not. It's honorable that you would try though :)
0 likesi have a fear of heights that was awakened when i went on a rollercoaster for the 1st time and now i terrified of all heights
0 likesHeights are fine, and falling is fun. It's that sudden stop at the bottom that I dislike. ๐๐ Love you Dodie. ๐
0 likesawwwwwhh dodie, bless >< hope you're okay x
0 likesOh god Dodie, this was so painful to hear! :ยฐD I'm so sorry for you poor babe
0 likesmy abseiling story - haha, what a great time, i also discovered my fear of heights
0 likesBless your precious lil heart Dodez...
0 likesOMG Dodie I knew this would be about the abseiling from the title. I'M DEAD THE HIGH FIVE PART LMAO I CAN'T. TOO CUTE OMG. Ughhhhhh and btw you're ruining my life Dodie because I love you so much I'm serious.
0 likesOMG Dodie I knew this would be about the abseiling from the title. I'M DEAD THE HIGH FIVE PART LMAO I CAN'T. TOO CUTE OMG. Ughhhhhh and btw you're ruining my life Dodie because I love you so much I'm serious.
0 likesYeah Dodie to even try this.. you are brave af... I could never... I would break down... the inside you did.. I could never... good job!
0 likesI am kind of in awe of the fact that she was panicking that hard and still did the first bit of absailing.
0 likesWhat eyeshadow are you wearing omg ive been looking for a shade like that, ps your skin looks very very nice :)
1 likeI fear outer space, like if I imagine myself floating in space with nowhere to touch or stand I panic
0 likesAnd I fear the bottom of the ocean/deep sea lol even when I'm playing games where I have to swim real deep like GTA V I panic haha not fun, sorry for bad english
"I don't need a man, I need a machine!"
1 likeStop it brain, stop thinking the wrong things... the Internet destroyed my innocence XD
Whoever at coke made the decision to get the girl who has anxiety and cries in these situations probably regrets their decision.
0 likesDodie you're precious. Not in a condescending way, but in a Mr. Rogers way. I'm sorry they put you through that
0 likesI would have done like exactly the right things. I am SO afraid of heights it's so bad I would have collapsed or so
1 likeThe face she made when she mention the school being 'maybe a house and a half' HAHAHAHA
0 likesI was litterally shaking while watching this, I totally get what you mean
0 likesI'm so scared of heights that i can't look straight up or down lol
2 likes"Literally leaving her hanging" are you serious Evan you're the best
0 likesI can't agree with you more. Heights are so bad for me, I freak out at even the possibility of being high up without any "protection" so to speak. Like I'm ok if I'm in a building that's high up and everything is blocked, but if it's open, no way. I don't like it being open because I create this huge fear that I am going to fall and plus it's just terrifying. I won't do rock climbing, skydiving, bunjee jumping, any super high up rides at an amusement park. Absolutely will not, I will cry.
0 likesthis video was amazing, i love this type of talky videos
0 likesI need a long long ASMR video from dodie!
0 likesI could listen to Dodie for hours
0 likes6:51 "I don't need a man!" You go, Dodie!
0 likesdodie i can listen to you talk forever omg i love you so much
0 likesMY ANXIETY WAS SO HIGH WHILE WATCHING THIS BECAUSE OF MY FEAR OF HEIGHTS
0 likesOh my god I'm exactly the same except I actually cannot do whatever it is that involves heights. Once I tried to do trapeze at a circus workshop and literally just cried at the top of the ladder whilst everyone else went past me until they let me down again
0 likesJon uploaded a few minutes again and now Dodie (:
0 likesChristmas is early. Thank you for uploading. I'm most likely watching this with my few remaining data cuz no wifi. I don't regret it
you look extremely cute in this!! by the way, i love heights. it's really weird, but I love walking on glass floors things (wow rian nice explanation) and then jump? what the hell. I'm weird
0 likesI totally get it! Some people hate small spaces and some people hate heights, I happen to be in the hights and I feel much safer in a small space than having the fear of falling. Funny how brains work
0 likesI'm terrified of heights, always have been. I'm fine if I know I'm strapped in and I'm not gonna die but if I'm on a 5 meter high wall I get so scared because my heads like "YOU'RE GONNA FALL AND DIE AND HURT YO SELF". Idk my brains weird
0 likesaww I'm so sorry but that really was great story :), and that last "oooookay" cracked me up haha
1 likeI also have a fear of heights, I didn't think I had it until I actually got dizzy when I looked down from high up once.. It's not like crazy, but I don't like it. Can't go on roller coasters, heights & speed is not a good combo.
0 likesI thought he wanted to cut because it literally looked like you were going to faint! Bravely done!
0 likesI think I would be a balling mess if I was hanging over the edge while someone gets me gloves XD
0 likesI love u dodie I don't know if it's the same anywhere else but in the U.S that's called repelling I love it but you're wonderful
0 likesthis reminds me of that time I broke down crying in the line of tower of terror
0 likesJust hearing you talk about it is making me so freaking anxious !
0 likesCould you please do an everyday get ready with me? You're beautiful don't ever think you aren't and have abs amazing day
0 likesMy hands are sweating just thinking about what you did. Just seeing high up places on tv makes me nervous!
0 likesI probably shouldn't be laughing at dodie crying but it sounds like when a 3 year old doesn't get that doll she wanted and even laughing at the camera make sit really difficult.
1 likeI just avoid most things to do with heights. I've got very poor peripheral vision and depth perception.... both of which are needed when heights are involved...
0 likesonce I did abseiling and the guy absent mindedly let the rope slip and I just plummeted down half the wall until he realised so yeah I understand your fear
0 likesI'm the simpler opposite when it comes to being lowered. I hate the mechanical ones but with people it's fine because they can hold and the have knots it to stop you dropping all the way
0 likes10/10 reenactments Dodie really ๐๐top notch
0 likesEvan comforting her at the end was beautifUULLLLLLLOHHHHHHHKAY
0 likesDODIE
0 likesLAST WEEK I'VE FOUND OUT THAT I AM AFRAID OF HEIGHTS
woah that is spooky isn't it
YOU'RE SO CUTE DODIE and that lip colour looks really good on you AND YOU'RE SO CUTE AND I LOVE YOU bye
0 likesHonestly Dodie I thought my only fear was spiders and then I realised I was very frightened of heights. But only if I didn't have any support so like standing on a balcony? Rollercoasters I'm fine with which is really weird???? Wat do
0 likesI am so scared of heights. When I was like 7 I went to a zip line thing, I got like 6 feet up and cried. I am scared of everything tho
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"I can't go down stairs anymore" I LOST IT
0 likes"oh
0 likeswe know" I'm dying poor thing omg
im terrified of heights too but I'm like so small that my feet like fly on every stool i sit on so that moment when i have to get down and do a little jump is awful
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so imagine me going down a mountain like i did the other day haha good day im not shaking
0 likesstarted my A Level Music today and we're studying the Last Five Years!! I was so happy and I thought of you โจ
0 likesDodie.. why did you go through with it even though you were terrified? I mean, facing your fears is great but if you're THAT terrified.. there's really no harm in not doing it. Emotionally, you might've been a lot better off?
0 likesI do not have a fear of heights yet a fear of falling. I am not scared to climb a ladder or go somewhere really high up. I'm scared of falling, so, if somebody isn't holding said ladder or if said ladder starts wobbling, I immediately want to get down. Or if someone says the wind is very strong, then I chicken out. This happened to me last year, I was at a theme park with my family and the only ride I could go on was the Ferris wheel (I was on my period)heavy flow) and when we got to the top, I was fine, until, my sister decides she's going to change the side she's sitting on and the whole thing started rattling, squeaking and shaking. Tears came bursting out and wouldn't stop until we left.
0 likesThe same happened when I went abseiling(?) the first time, I cried along with my now best friend, the second time I was fine.
Wow that was the most I've written today!
i like your videos a lot
0 likesive been watching since the first cocacola ad
thank you for
all of it
evan is such a sweetheart <3
0 likestbh dodie i know your life too well as soon as you said "a month ago i went abseiling" and then "i'm going to dublin in a few days" i knew this wasn't recent lmao
0 likesFear of heights is the conscious manifestation of an unconscious fear of death, or rather the latter making it's way into consciousness.
0 likesthis is really nice to listen to this and a light rain noise from asoftmurmur.com :) thank you for calming me down dodie
0 likesI was belaying my brother once and we both almost died because he's heavier than me (he's all muscle but I'm wiry) LOL BANTZ #THROWBACK
0 likeslmao I have the WORST fear of heights too Dodes I get so panicky it's like my entire stomach drops out and my brain just starts screaming
0 likesDodie you're in my Business Studies course work
1 likePart of it is to watch your videos omg
I couldn't at Evan's "gotta get that shot" hahahaha 6:00
0 likesI am the same way glad you understand the struggle
0 likesi am sooo scared of heights too dodie:) i feel ya xixox
0 likesI THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDDING ABOUT THE THUMBNAIL ON TWITTER IM CRYING THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU DODIE
0 likesI'm the opposite of Dodie and I much prefer humans over electronic belaying when rock climbing. The electronic one drops way too quickly for me.
0 likesAs an amateur climber... oof. I know I'm very late, but I can assure you the person holding the rope does NOT have to hold tightly at all. While you're not supposed to, a finger and thumb is enough! The device the person uses does most of the work, they just have to pull the rope through. Depending on the device, you would've been safe even if they'd let go, thanks to an automatic locking system. I'm very late but if anyone with a similar fear reads this I hope it helped :) Just trust the rope and trust your partner
0 likesDROPS EVERYTHING FOR DODIE
0 likesThis cracked me up Dodie, I didn't enjoy your fear because phobia's are horrible but you told the story in such a hilarious way :') - L x
2 likesI did abseiling at like a quarter of the hight that she did and did did the same thing she did when she was going down i did not let go of the rope it was terrifying
0 likes"so far I've done some stunt driving, recorded some for jack. I've even done abseiling
0 likes.. but we won't talk about that.
I've learned about graffiti, got covered In paint. So please subscribe to CokeTV it really is great"
" I don't need a man, I need a machine!" Why is that so me
0 likesOk but when the man says "Can we cut there" and the moment Dodie realizes that the cameras aren't recording anymore she looks so sad omg I want to cry
0 likesWhat are the odds of there being a possible intertwined instrumental? <3 I'm dying to record a cover of it to go along with a slideshow of lame-o and cutesy pictures for my fiancรฉ buuuuuut I can't instrument whatsoever! Just lowkey hopin and prayin :')
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And also I relate, because I went in the big class over window thing in the Sears tower in Chicago and I was soooo terrified. Found out the next day that the one I stood in broke a couple hours after I left :')
0 likesIkr......
0 likesI don't know it it's mental or physical at me, but we went to descent from Scouting, and the wall was as all as a house or a little bit taller. It was safe and I knew that, but nobody could make to descent down on that damn wall. It was not that high but when they gave me the ropes and I looked down I started to cry and shake, and i backed and I was like โgood....GET THESE OFF FROM MEโ . My reaction was like Dodie's. And since it was a wall from a castle, we went higher to the tower. Now that was high! So only the older bois descended down on the tower's wall, but only with watching them, i was no nervous and I had to look away. I just can't fight that as Dodie did. I think It's phoby.
Even crying Dodie is still the cutest
0 likesWatching those little clips of you crying was heart breaking :(
0 likesJeez I feel so nervous just watching this! As if they made you do it when you were crying that's awful!
0 likesLove you Dodie!
0 likesaww dodie i feel ya
0 likesWe need a 'fandom name'! Like how Carries subscribers are called Hopefuls and stuff! If we already have a name, WHY DONT I KNOW!!!
0 likesI honestly feel like you're so much like me.
0 likesOML WHEN EVER I SEEย DODIE CRY I JUST WANT TO RUN TO HER AND GIVE HER A BIG HUG
0 likeswe went to abseil at this quarry place where part of Snow White and the Huntsman was filmed. Idk the specifics, it was rly fkin tall tho and when i was about to go down (i was like the last one) the group-leader lady was telling the group-leader man about some girl who was abseiling there and her ropes came loose and she died. So it was like adrenaline-fuelled terror on the way down with my teacher. After we were done finally tho, my teacher told me I kept her calm because I was being very calm (lol nop).
0 likesmy favourite part is the end where you're sobbing and go 'oooOoOOOOkay'
0 likesRight, so I know that this won't make a difference. But the guy at the bottom was probably someone who practiced for at least 4 years to become a qualified climbing instructor.
1 like"I don't need a man, I need a machine"๐๐๐
0 likesI've thought this for a while and randomly thought to write it on here, but Dodie you have a really lovely smile :) something about the way your mouth goes or something, not sure....but it's lovely! :D
0 likesBtw dodie the mechanical thing for rock climbing is called an automatic belay device :-) and the person was belaying you I used to do rock climbing and I have a MASSIVE fear of heights and never got the hang of it. I always preferred the automatic belay device though :)
0 likesdrinking game: take a shot every time dodie says 'like'.
0 likesI would be nervous absailing off that tower and i am not afraid of heights i am so proud of to for facing your fear love you dodi
0 likesI literally fear everything on a daily basis:P
0 likesI got so excited when I saw that dodie made a new video
0 likesI have a pretty bad fear of height so I know how you feel
0 likesI laughed so much omg I love you
0 likesHi! Just wanted to say that on your snapchat story, while it is the marching equivalent of a tuba, the instrument is called a Sousaphone
0 likesi watched the coke tv thing when it came out and i felt so bad for you but like you said it will make a great story
0 likesI'm ok with heights but it depends how high I am ๐
0 likesI climb everyday and trust me dodie, belaying by person is safe. If anything it is safer than the electronic belays.
0 likesThere is a girl in my school who has such a crippling fear of heights that she can't go past the second floor.
1 likeDodie I wouldn't of been able to do the fluffing inside one so well done u brave lil souL
0 likesyou look really really pretty in this video :) (also I'm so so jealous of your hair!!!!)
0 likesWHO HAD THE NERVE TO DISLIKE THIS FREAKING VIDEO!!! ๐ก๐ก๐
0 likeswith the person on the other side of rock climbing theyre belaying and if they can't hold on its fine cause the rope should be being pulled through a lock thing on their harness and they should be clipped to the floor so you won't fall :)
0 likesalso fun fact I'm right handed but using a knife and fork and belaying I do left handed
at about 3:49 when you say the word scary I laughed so hard yes good
0 likesDodie, you are simply magnificent.
0 likesEvan in this video kills me ๐
0 likesLmfao awwww dodie I love you so much but at the end you definitely sounded like you were giving birth
0 likesIf anyone in the comments knows what I'm talking about I'll genuinely be so excited. Alright, so there's a kpop group, Monsta X, and they had a little reality show, Right Now, and in the last episode (if I remember correctly), they get the chance to bungee jump. So of course the idiot who has a fear of heights (my ultimate bias, btw), says he wants to do it. ...Dodie, if you feel like you reacted poorly, please watch this, because he (barely) gets up there and breaks down. Honestly, since Wonho is my bias, it was very hard for me to watch, because he cries, and cries, and is so shaky by the time he's able to stand and walk up to the platform to jump. But he does it, and he's fine afterwards and probably doesn't regret doing it, much like yourself.
0 likesThe take away of this comment? In a convoluted way, Dodie, you reminded me of a Korean pop idol.
this , is the exact same reaction i did when i first absailed
0 likesa machine may keep you safe, but what if the machine malfunctions.... A human can't malfunction. Also the knot they used is a figure of eight knot which is the safest knot around. Its almost physically impossible for that knot to come undone.
0 likesminus the coke side of things i've had this exact same experience it was the WORST im so sorry u had to experience that omg its the most terrifying thing
0 likes"I need a machine, I don't need a man" Amen sister
0 likes3:36 omg that laugh lmao ๐
0 likesOkay but the thing with me is that I HATE heights, but I am absolutely in love with Ferris wheels?? And like, I can't even look through the window of a tall building without feeling really sick and anxious?? Lmao whoops
0 likesoi i went rock climbing and i realized i have trust issues with those things where you rely on a person to lower you, i only did the mechanical ones!
0 likesI'm exactly the same, I went on the Liverpool wheel while on a date and I cried. We're not together now...
0 likesI started balling my eyes out as you were describing it cause just the thought scares me๐ต
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Sophie Lou itโs funny looking at the people in the comments dying. I feel like Iโm the only one here thatโs not afraid of heights. Her describing it made me feel excited and I really wanna try it.
0 likesYASSSS NEW VID!!!!!! oh and Dods I started bullet journaling and its pretty great :)
0 likesAwh dodie I know what you mean about the rope thing but he has a tiny automated lock thing on the rope so if you let go and he's not holding the rope you don't go anywhere it's fine ๐ฌ. It's known as belaying
0 likesYOU POOR THING OMG UR SO BRAVE DODIE ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
0 likesI feel like I am going to relate a lot to this one.
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Update: I did. There is something horrible about the vulnerabity of feeling scared that makes you incapable of thinking of anything else. I have definetely being on that situation (also sorry if there are any mispellings on this, I am not a native speaker. Also I love you lots. Stay awesome xxxxx).
0 likesIt's like a natural fear. Your body NEEDS to be afraid of heights, otherwise, yeah, death. So to win that over is very hard. Some people don't have it because of genetics. Well, be glad you didn't back out. For a moment it looked like you were going to faint when that guy said, can we cut here. Poor doddie :')
0 likesdodie im proud of you i am horribly afraid of heights i dont think i could have done the practice one
0 likesI'm not usually scared of heights, but when it comes to abseiling from a tower I am terrified!
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I've given up on it twice when I've been to PGL and I was in tears both times ๐ You're so much braver than me xD
0 likesTbf I don't mind abseiling after climbing up somewhere - it's just when I have to climb over the edge of the tower it's just like argh
0 likesIs it weird that I would actually pay money to get to do That? I just love hights !
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nour al rifaie SAME like I wish I could have done what Dodie did
0 likesThis was me when I went sky diving. Crossed it off the bucket list. NEVER DOING IT AGAIN.
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How was it? Skydiving is on. My bucket list hah
0 likes+Peej at the disco it was terrifying! I realized that I really, really don't like adrenaline rushes >.<
0 likesYep I'm scared of heights and the whole way through that video I was like NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
0 likesHey dodie! that person 'holding' the rope while you were climbing? They are actually just as safe if not safer than the belay maschine you're used to seeing. They actually have the rope hooked to their harness and use a tool or device that uses friction to catch you if you fall. Even if they were not holding on to the rope for some reason, as long as there was no slack in the line then you would be fine. :)
0 likesomg I have this huge abseiling thing at the end of this month with a bunch of my friends. we have to climb down this huge rickety wooden tower with just a tiny rope. I'm going to die I'm so scared HELP
0 likesomg xD cuteness overload...I just wanted to hug the shit out of you :D
1 likeI'm so bad with heights, I avoid them at all costs.. this sounds like a nightmaareee hahhah
0 likesInteresting. I'm far more afraid of mechanical faults than a human error.
0 likesI watch this video at least once a week!
0 likes"I don't need a man. I need a machine!" ๐ my relationship with my iPhone
0 likesdodie how am i supposed to sleep when you upload i am going to blame you for my sleep deprivation
0 likesThat was my issue with abseiling so yeah. I don't have a scared of heights I just HATE abseiling.
0 likesYour make up is lovely. What eye shadow are you using in this! Also, great video
0 likesoh boy that sounds like a fun experience - so glad they got you gloves though
0 likesgosh you mentioned 'vedj' and I got all those flashbacks to July when everything was amazing, I started on a new school this week and fUck I miss summer (mainly July) already :-(
0 likesOne time on holidays in Poland we went up this high as shit tower and when we got to the top I peer over the edge, I then backed away until I hit a wall, and then I didn't walk away from the wall as everyone stood at the edge looking down giving me a bloody heart attack cause I thought they where gonna fall and die
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HateMeCauseYouAintMe itโs something when your scared of heights but itโs something else when you are scared for other people. Am I bad for finding this a little funny
0 likesOMG this is priceless! As the saying goes, you never know until you try! XoKK @preppycrocodile
0 likesI got my foot stuck into a rock and I got so scared the guy had to come down and get me
0 likesI'm surprised that they didn't make the video a "Coke can even make scary things fun!" Thing Or something
0 likesLove this Dodie
0 likesI am terrified of heights too, and it used to be so bad that I would just not go down escalators or even ride roller-coasters. Gladly, it has gotten better
0 likesI am so scared of heights like I will get panic attack for like 5-10 minutes lol๐ฌ
0 likesLol well I love that you can talk and laugh about it
0 likesDodie you are precious
1 likewhen she showed the pic my mouth literally dropped! also love u ooox
0 likes"I need a machine. I don't need a man" A+
0 likesI have a huge fear of heights and the dark. And also death. And spiders. And bees. And pretty much everything under the sun.
0 likesHey Dodie, what camera do you use? Much love xx
0 likesDo not worry Doddie I am terrified of heights meaning I am terrified of tall escalators.
0 likesThat is so funny!!!!!
0 likesBut fear can be fun!!
We conquer our fears :D
0 likesAm I a horrible person for laughing at the footage of Dodie sobbing??
0 likesi used to be very terrified of heights but it got better, so i went to a climbing park with friends. i couldn't move after a few steps and then i stood on the ground and watched them. but i could do the easier route, i think my fear is not extremely bad. i just sometimes shut down when the thing i'm standing on is moving. i love flying or looking down from tall buildings or going on high roller coasters, but walking on shaking ground, nope...
0 likesI feel so bad for laughing at this, but somehow it seemed like such a funny story .. i'm sorryyy
0 likesI don't have a fear of heights, it's more a fear of falling and SPLAT.
1 likeLove your videos๐
0 likesman i get this so much. im just not as brave/determined as you are i had to do a tiny abseiling once and i was terrified the whole time but i did it and after that i wanted to never doing it again and i never have even though i had so any opportunities. but i just,, i dont see how i could do that kind of stuff. you mentioned your sweaty hands and thats so me with everything. once my sister and dad went parasailing and they asked me to film it and ??? i was shaking so bad and hands were sweaty when it was just me on the ground filming them. like idk man it sucks but i guess we just gotta deal with it
0 likesI have such a bad fear of heights and its not even rational I don't have thoughts about what could go wrong i am just terrified and sometimes I can't stand if there is a huge window when I am in a high building. and I have been offered to do abseiling before and I couldn't climb the steps so u have done so so well and I'm proud of u because I feel like I have missed out on a lot because of this stupid fear
0 likesI didn't realise I was afraid of heights until I abseiled either ๐๐
0 likesI didn't realise I was afraid of heights until I abseiled either ๐๐
0 likesI got a foot up on a climbing wall and cried, heights are terrifying๐ฉ๐ฉ
0 likesive learned im totally okay with heights but terrifiedd of falling from heights
0 likesyou were very brave ๐
0 likes"thanks for watching my vej" - Dodie - september 2016
0 likesmy first reaction at the picture of the brick wall thingy:
0 likesWHAT DODIE UR INSANE
why do i feel like ive already seen this ? is it a reupload? havent you talked about this dodie? im so fucking confused... so proud of you for doing it tho!
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I thought this toooo!!
0 likesmaybe she uploaded it then deleted it or sth idk ??
so weird!! but thats probably it, i find it even weirder that no one is mentioning it and im like. whATs happening lmao
0 likes+C Hart I knoww I just spent aaages scrolling through comments to find at least somebody else who thought the same thing and carried on scrolling after I'd found your comment!๐
1 like+C Hart she filmed it in like July as part of vedj though so she probs did upload it ?!
1 likeTo be fair, the guy didn't seem to be being very re-assuring with you. Tone of voice, eye contact and demeanour are incredibly important in those situations and he wasn't doing any of that while trying to instruct you.
0 likesi love this so hilarious and adorable. also where are your shorts from pretty please i really want a pair?
0 likesOmg I am terrified of heoghts, I can barely climb the rock walls at playgrounds, yes I still go to playgrounds and I am definitely over the age of 10.
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And the rocks wall at the playground I go to are not even six feet tall
0 likesoh my god when evan went "we left her hanging" and the camera just CUT i started choking ekfjsk ALSO THE VERY ENDING "hooo" kdhrksjh
0 likesive had a fear of heights too. if i go anywhere high it's like the floor is moving and eeeee
0 likes"OOOOOOOOOKAY"
1 likethis is my reaction when someone tells me I have school again xD
"I NEED A MACHINE, NOT A MAN"
0 likesI died
"I NEED A MACHINE, NOT A MAN"
0 likesI died
You always know your nearly home when you spot our lift tower (live in Northampton) ๐
0 likesI can't go down escalators or stairs, that have no walls next to them, because of my fear of heights... it is a bit better though, if I do balance excercises. - You were so brave doing the abseiling. But it looked really traumatic, even in the cut version.
0 likesreminds of the time i had to climb down something that high BUT WAIT i didn't abseil or climb, the sadistic man in charge made us crawl down it, looking down at the ground while i pray for jesus to save my scared sweating ass
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also reminds of the time i went on a residential trip and the sadistic woman in charge tried to make me climb up a slippy wet rocky mountain in the rain in pitch black and i looked her right in the face and said "are you joking ha ha no"
0 likesThat little bit at the end oh Dodie I'm so sorry
1 likeThe fear of heights is so lame bc heights are cool & fun ๐ฉ
0 likesmy heart lept when she showed the picture, hahaha.
0 likesi'm getting so much anxiety listening to this ๐
0 likesi canโt even trust myself with heights because i'll really really want to jump off
2 likesI would probably not have been able to do it! I would have freaked out also!
0 likesWhy am I only watching this now?๐ซ I'm Welsh and I would have hard-core stalked dodie๐
0 likesI'm a climber so don't relate a lot. But I definitely prefer the idea of a human, maybe coz I've always had a belayer. Although having a new belayer who I know isn't very experienced scares me so much. I trust the people I work with normally so new people I find very hard to deal with.
0 likesI'm terrified of heights but only if I have to physically get up to the height myself??? I can deal with tall buildings and rides, but if I have to climb up a staircase or a ladder I get soooo scared. I can barely climb up the stairs into my own attic but standing at the top of the Empire State Building was no problem lol I do not understand
0 likesI got a thing where I just go "fuck it" and kinda go to sleep ig, and only do exactly what I was told to do and it all works out
0 likesI am the complete opposite. I only trust harnesses if they have a person on the other side that is trained otherwise I do exactly what you did but Es worse
0 likesHoly cow watching this made me so anxious.
0 likesI went to a place called Go Ape n i was so scared my legs were shaking (it's an obstacle course place but in tall trees) 'twas fun though
0 likesThe ending broke my heart
0 likesI'm not scared of heights, I'm scared of free-falling. Like planes and normal roller coasters are fine because I'm STRAPPED IN and I don't feel like I'm free falling, but skydiving and those rides where you just fall straight down are a NIGHTMARE. Let alone abseiling!! Or those rock climbers who don't use ropes?? Or the tight rope people who walk over waterfalls?? Never ever ever
0 likesI do not think it was unreasonable in the slightest to react the way you did. Even Evan said in his vlog, there was no real training, to take you from a rock climbing wall to something like that was ridiculous. Don't be too hard on yourself.
0 likesEvan's reaction is me
0 likesIM afraid of heights but I love them because of the adrenaline
0 likesThis made me want a coke, so I guess their advertising works.
0 likesI don't like 7:10 because she looks miserable! (I'm not afraid of heights but i do get really scared when i do things like rope courses. i AM afraid of really deep water, drowning, two other things๐ฌ)
1 likedodie btw i do climbing at school and even if the guy holding you isn't holding you tight the rope wont move cause friction and stuff so you cant fall :)
0 likesI love you Dodie, but as a Rock Climber... that is not how belaying works XD
0 likesIf you want dear I could give you a decent, safe, climbing lesson... (Just realized how creepy that sound XD) Well, erm, stay awesome darling!!
I'm supposed to be in Sweeney Todd rehearsals right now, BUT THAT CAN WAIT I MUST WATCH.
0 likesIs it weird I would trust a human more than a machine? A machine could malfunction and wouldn't care because it's not sentient, a human would be like - woah spring into action, life in the balance. Interesting, different outlooks..
0 likesI remember watching the snapchats when you went with Evan to the rock climbing
0 likesPlease, Dodie, what kind of lipstick are you wearing? It's gorgeous! ๐
0 likesYou look beautiful as always Dodie
0 likesI have such a bad fear of heights that I'm even afraid of slides
0 likesI have such a huge fear of heights but no one knows because I pretend like I don't
0 likesI'm sorry I laughed so much at the footage am I a bad person?
0 likesYep I live in Northampton and I always see the lift tower and I would shit my self if I abseiled down it so it's fine also my uncle used to work there because they tested lifts there ( i think) so yeah
0 likesjust watching this video made me feel extremely nervous
0 likesI don't think it's a fear of heights, it's a fear of falling and going splat :p
0 likesyou poor girl... i would of been the same through all of that
0 likesi cant deal with heights
Nother video of adorable Dodie :)
0 likes"I need a machine! not a man!" same
0 likesIs it just me or Dodie reminds me of Rosie from "Love, Rosie"?
1 likeWhat a great video to save a crappy day
0 likesThe strength of a tree is in it's thick unmovable trunk. Yet safety is at the top of the bough where the thin and brittle branches seem most insecure. The leopard does not really out climb the lion in truth. He is simply less muscularly dense. The medium range branches will not support the lion as it does the leopard. This is at play with baboons evading the leopard. They are no more skilled climbers, just lighter. In this hierarchy, the squirrel is king. Ironically the most fearful situations tend to be the safest. All of humanity possesses a lightness. They need only find the correct tree to climb; one in which their insecurities give them lighter bones and a trimmer body to evade the heavier predator. Song writers and humorists know this best. Vulnerability shows to be the new security.
0 likeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfenJiS5NV4
I'm Not Even Afraid Of Heights But I Wouldn't Be Able To Do That Ever...
0 likes6:34 "literally leaving her hanging" EVAN IM DEAADDD
0 likesliterally iโm the opposite i have like zero trust in machines i would only trust a human to keep me up lol
0 likesahhh i know the feeling, i am terrified of heights. i have vertigo. not fun
0 likeslol tfw when you watch so much dodie that you know she probably filmed this on the same day as no laughy just dancey bc clothes
0 likesI'm scared just listening to you explaining it
0 likesIf I saw that tall ass brick building I would piss myself. Fuck no. You are so brave Dodie.
0 likesthis video makes my stomach get butterflies and my hands sweat aaaaaa
0 likesi also have a fear of heights, when i went on the emirates thing in london i was almost crying first time around hhhhhnhggggg
0 likesYou're the light of my life love you ๐๐
0 likesSo of course after a year of moving from England to Ireland,
0 likesdodie goes abseiling in my old hometown Northampton
mY lUCk
Evan was trying so hard awe ๐
0 likesOh my god! I live in Northampton I was so like HOLY SHIT DODIE HAS TOUCHED A TOWER THAT I HAVE SEEN LMAO
0 likesI'm sorry but Evan there like "HAH clap you are LITERALLY leaving her hanging!"
0 likesI've always been afraid of heights
0 likesWhen Dodie's wearing the same t shirt as you
0 likesyou can still get down from your loft bed right? haha jk well done on conquering your newfound fear :D
0 likesmy phobia of heights is so bad, that I still can't go down the escalator without holding someone's hand. Yeah.
0 likesOkay so I think I was maybe 13 and there was a school trip to one of those adventure camp things. So we walk fucking AGES to this big ass rock on the side of the road and these two intern guys started tying ropes to the trees and stuff at the top of the rock. So they sit/stand at the top and all my friends go up. It looked okay. I went up, I was kinda shit at it. Then we had to abseil down the rock. Once again, my friends do it totally fine. Then I do it. So I'm going down fucking terrified because it was also just like 2 20 year old men and some fricking trees holding me on. I'm maybe halfway down and i kinda have slipped out of that right angle position with your legs and I feel like my heads gonna hit the rock and so I put my hands out even though I was wearing a helmet and in the process I LET GO OF THE ROPE. Thank GOD for the two guys who caught the safety rope thing lol. I was so high up crying my fucking eyes out. Long story short they basically lowered me down bawling after lol
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AHHH it was so horrible. I had a full blown anxiety attack in mid air.
0 likesLove you dodie!
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But I did watch that video and I thought you were laughing there omfg I feel so bad
0 likesBut Dodie, would you do that tower for a basket of kittens?
1 likeDodie i seriously think you should do more asmr, just tap the mic. when you clap in the start and turn it off it gives me tinglees :S
0 likesIโm terrified of heights and Iโve had several panic attacks because of heights and whenever Iโm not near heights Iโm like โoh Iโm fine Iโm not scared of heightsโ and then I get 5 ft. off the ground and start crying
0 likesJodie - You are SO DAMN CUTE in this video!!!!! Also, when you stood up for a demo - and showed your sheer stockings and cute shorts (and lovely bum) - you looked very very cute and sexy! Your face is so expressive and pretty! Loved it!!
0 likesI just finished watching a video by Emily Hart on anxiety - I must send her your link!
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"jodie"
11 likesOne time on a very big zip wire with a very big drop I got a broke. Harness. And the dude realised I had a broken harness just as I jumped off. It broke just as I got to the ground.
0 likesthat "oooookay" at the end i'm cryin omg
0 likeswhatttt when i went rockclimibing it was always a person holding a rope!! I've never seen a machine thing
0 likesLove you dodie
0 likeswhat lipstick are you wearing dodiiiie this is literally the color i've been looking for for months!!
0 likesEvan is so sweet omfg
0 likesIdk I'd just really like you to listen to the 'Afraid of Heights' Album Trailer (Billy Talent). What's said in the album trailer is amazing, I think you'd like it. (And their music is great.)
0 likesRappelling? oh!!! Oml, I did this when I was 9, and its only scary when you go over the edge. in the air is fun
0 likesDodie you got up there, me I would have told the driver to turn around.
0 likesAgain looking stunning๐ I love your eyebrows like way to much๐โค๏ธ
0 likesIt's not so much a fear of heights...but more a fear of other people's incompetence causing you to die.
0 likesLove the thumbnails dodes 10/10
0 likesYou really like that shirt, don't you Dodie? :P Jk glad to know you know how to work a washing machine :)
1 likeYou're actually so adorable omg
0 likesI have a fear of Heights as well!
0 likesLOVE YOU DODS <3
0 likesA fear of heights is a human instinct, not an individual specific fear, everyone has a fear of heights, but some people's brains kind of restrict the fear so those people can skydive, climb, wingsuit, or do anything to do with heights with no problems. Lel.
0 likesdodie where is your desk chair from? love you โค
0 likes"thanks for watching my VEDJ" dodie it's september
0 likesWHY DO I RELATE AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH???!!!
0 likesthat clip at the end was so cute omg
0 likesI am TERRIFIED of falling. I don't say heights because I'm fine on roller coasters but even on a ladder I start mentally freaking out, I just can't do it. I was on a ferris wheel for the first time this weekend and I hated it. I was fine when it was continuously moving but when it kept starting and stopping to let people on I think I almost cried because all I could imagine was the carriage tipping backwards with nothing to stop me from falling out
0 likes8:10 - the best bit hahahaha
0 likes"i NEED A MACHINE. I DON'T NEED A MAN" same
22 likesI'm not afraid of heights, I'm afraid of falling And when you mentioned Wales I freaked out cause that's where I live omg!!!!1!
0 likesI dont understand how ANYONE can be ok with heights??????? like??? THATS SO ODD TO ME
0 likesthe "ooookay" at the end cracked me up
0 likesYou are literally the cutest human on the earth
0 likesWhat sound recording device do you use in your vids?
0 likes'HHMMMOHKAY'
0 likesDodie I love you hahahahahaha
DODIE GUESS WHAT IM COMING TO SEE YOU PERFORM ON OCT 31 WITH MY BFF SIGGY!!!!!!! SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!
1 likeim fine with climbing up then abseiling down, but i cant stomach abseiling when you have to go off the edge noooonononoo
0 likesThis sounds horrible. I have a very very extreme fear of heights and when I say extreme I mean EXTREME. I can't stand on any high place this includes but not exclusive to: chairs, tables, bridges ect. your bed is like my worst nightmare, some of the escalators in the tube in london? nope nope nope. so I can completely relate to what you experienced. hell, I wouldn't have done it, i wouldn't have even gotten in the building in the first place! well done to you for not giving up and actually going through with it, i know i wouldn't have done.
0 likesI'm the same. I'm just like "Nope."
0 likesDodie I want to give you a hug. I hate heights as well.
0 likesmy god i love you dodie
0 likesmost of the time when you say 'dodie' by auto-closed captions translates it to 'daddy' and i'm trying not to be uncomfortable.
0 likeslove you DODDIE
0 likesSooo you'd never go into the clear glass elevators that go over buildings?
0 likesi didn't even realize the tower was so tall when i watched the video!! i just got that now from the picture
0 likesI would much rather have an actual person belaying me than an auto belay. Maybe that's cos I'm a rockclimber lol
0 likesYou look really nice today :)
0 likesI feel bad for laughing.
1 likeI can't wait to come to the uk and meet you in the flesh !!!!! :) :D
0 likesWhen dodie uploads, *pauses other video and clicks video
1 like6:44 OHMYGOD STOP BEING SO CUTE
0 likeswhen you can see your house in dodie's picture of the lift tower
0 likeshey!! will you check out and consider doing a cover of 5 years time? i really think you could be creative with it <33
0 likesWhy are you such a gorgeous person. in this video you look amazing, Where do you get your hair cut? and also can you make a video or reply on school help. because I'm stressed, it's my first year of highschool and my head is spinning. So you may not see this but I mean, It would be nice, Love you - Lilac
0 likesImagine she got so scared she went into a-cola
0 likes(Sorry for the pun)
I weirdly love heights
0 likessee i am NOT an adrenaline junkie AT ALL to the point where any theme park rides scare the shit out of me however for some reason abseiling is so fun to me? I'm not afraid of heights at all and we did abseiling at my school camp last year and I had the best time. it wasn't as tall as the building but i think it was as tall as the quarter one. but my question is, even if the thought of this very tall building excites me now and i'm like "yes i'd do that!" would that change when i got to it? because obviously its all fun and games until you're the one at the top of the building
0 likesAwww dodie :'(
0 likesI am so scared of height I don't think I've ever met anyone that isn't or I haven't cared to ask because when in the moment I'm just stuck
0 likesCan't believe you're coming to my home country! Love you lots xx
0 likesi really relate to the okay at the end like wow
0 likesWAIT DODIE!!!!!!!!!! YOU WENT TO NORTHAMPTON OMG I LIVE THERE YOU WENT ABSAILING OFF OF THE LIFT TOWER!!!!!!!!! I DRIVE PAST THAT ALL THE TIME OMG I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT SEE YOU!!!!โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
0 likeslove you dodie!!!
0 likesReplies (1)
your videos are always great
0 likesOh Dodie.... :/ At least you had Evan there to help out!
0 likesAw Dodie I feel so bad
0 likesSo abseiling and rappelling are the same thing? That's what it seems like. Was confused for a moment
0 likesYou deserve 12million subscribers.
0 likesEvan: Ha! clap literally leaving her hanging!
0 likesIs Dodie turning into Inside Out? Anger? Fear? What's next, Joy hopefully
0 likesim not scared of heights.. I'm scared of falling
0 likesYou're not afraid of heights Dodie, that's irrational. You're afraid of falling ๐
0 likesomg your reaction is me stood on a foot ladder ehe
0 likesah I just wanted to go to sleep! I still love you tho ๐๐
1 likeYOU LOOK STUNNING IN THIS VID OH My gossshhhhh okay bye have a good eve
0 likesWould so be me if I tried abseiling
0 likesME too. Except I've known since I was 5. I grew up inย a place with lots of hills.
0 likesI wanted to hug u so bad during the clips
2 likesOh god I'm getting such anxiety just listening to your story that would be the worst!!!!!!!!!!! (I hate heights)
0 likesDADDY DODIE IS BACK
0 likesThis is so sad but so funny omg
0 likesDodie whats the name of the lipstick you have on?
0 likesAlso you look stunning
The knot they used probably looked ridiculous but sometimes the most strange looking and loose knots are the strongest
0 likesI AM TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS OML
0 likesThe ending aww :(
0 likesso happy you uploaded a vid on the day of my birthday! yay best present ever!
0 likesI'm really scared of rollercoaster
1 likeOmg dodie ur fears are exactly the same as mine what๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
0 likesMy legs stop working when I'm up high ๐ฌ
0 likesI have a fear of heights too ahhhh
0 likesI saw that video, Evan was lovely๐
0 likesI have a fear of needles๐. I need to get a blood test but I physically cannot do it. I know it's important that I do, but I just can't๐ซ
0 likesI'm scared of dogs it's sorta some what like yours where I'm like lol dogs aren't that scary but then I see a dog walk up to me and I freeze and start crying
0 likesLittle ironic, you got a loft bed! :'D
0 likeshow did you even do that i couldn't even do the mini abseiling wall at year 7 camp
0 likesI'm so sorry but I cried laughing
0 likesaa i have a little fear of heights too!!
0 likesYou are the sweetest and cutest person in the world
0 likesBurgh you're just so fucking gorgeous Dodie!!! And you make up today... like yes mate!!!!!
0 likesYou're an angel
0 likesah you look really beautiful in this!!!! did you dye your hair??
0 likesi am living for your eyeshadow right now omf
0 likesCOMMITMENT...That is my fear.. >.<
0 likesI got SO anxious watching this
0 likesIve been o that exact abseiling site, my parents did this!
0 likesweird but your nose looks so pretty in this video!
0 likes(you're always beautiful but something dumb i noticed)
Aww ! Poor dodie
0 likesI love heights so much
0 likesthis video made me so PANICKY ugh im sweating
0 likes๐ the end "OOOOKAY"
0 likesJust watched the coke video what the actual hell was that thing Evan abseiled it was higher than a coffeehouse in Amsterdam
0 likesDodie, i love you, i mean the video, I mean you HMMHMMM.
0 likesThat Oooohkay at the end ๐
0 likesloved this btw when did u start making vids and will u come to Birmingham !?
0 likesI hate heights and when people ask why I always say 'If we were supposed to be in the air we would be born with wings'
0 likesi hate heights so much i can think of them and start sweating and shaking
0 likesThat sounds like something I would do tbh :3
0 likesReplies (1)
Not the panicky part the dangerous part
0 likesI'M FROM NORTHAMPTON. I'M SCREAMING. I WENT TO THAT ABSALING PLACE
0 likesPoor Doddie!
0 likes+1 for the Terrified Of Heights Club.
0 likesMy hands are so clammy after watching this
0 likesi have a fear of heights too lol
0 likesI'm afraid of heights, too.
0 likesDo you know if your merch shop will be up again soon? I really want to buy the She t-shirt!
0 likesand a few months later you go skydiving
0 likes:'3 d'awwwwwww
I FEEL SO SICK AFTER WATCHING THIS FJFBDJJDJ i am sooo scared of heights
0 likesAs a climber is odd that you trust auto-belay more than a person
0 likesEveryone is born with a fear of heights
0 likesThey say your not afraid of heights, your afraid of the fall. I hate heights too, my dad made the fam go on a Ferris wheel and far a little bit he started rocking back and forth. When we got to the top I looked out and then decided to close my eyes the rest of the ride. The Ride Of Steel doesnโt bother me though and thatโs roller coaster is about 100 feet tall with a straight drop
0 likesDodie is a scared, independent woman who don't need no man.
0 likes"I need a machine not a man"...sounds like an ad for a vibrator WhAt Sry whyy did I say that ugh
1 likeI got anxiety looking at the picture of the tower
0 likesI have that t-shirt ๐ TWINNING
0 likesHOLY CRAP ABSEILING THE LIFT TOWER OMG!!!!!!!
0 likesI have a fear of heights aswell but when I realised it I was on the Burj Khalifa :^)))
0 likesThis gave me second-hand anxiety.
0 likesDude hit me up next time, I'm all for trying stuff like that!
0 likesThe instructor looks terrified because here you are sobbing and Evan can't stop laughing and he's just like "um..."
0 likesfor abseiling normally the guy/gal at the bottom which has a harness with the rope attached to it so it locks every time he pulls the rope out.
0 likesI love yo! This is amazing!
0 likesReplies (1)
*you
0 likesIt is crazy how our lives will never even cross at one single point
0 likesReplies (1)
I mean its crazy how i'll forget your existance and our lives will continue as if none of us ever lived
0 likes8.25 anyone else think she sounded exactly like Sansa (Sophie Turner) from GoT when she said "cold hard floor"
0 likeslooking lovely as always ๐
0 likesI love dodie's messurments, it was like a house... Maybe a house and a half.
0 likesI had a fear of hights until I jumped roped 90ft
0 likesi thrive for heights
0 likesHey Dodes! What Camera do you use????
0 likes7:40 EVAN NOW'S NOT THE TIME
0 likesI think you're afraid of falling (and dying) and not heights... because you keep mentioning that a machine should hold you and not a man
0 likesthe Okay at the end ๐
0 likesHeights all the way for me, been very high, I hated it every time,.. LOL... I am that guy that does it though, never thought a plane, stupid...J|s
0 likesso much second hand anxiety omg
0 likes'my pal evan' bruh we know
0 likesdodie you are increcible
0 likesI wouldn't have done it either omg
0 likesHoooooooooooly shit that was so scary
0 likesTHE NOISE AT YHE END
0 likes"hhhokay"
im so sorry but thats so funny to me
I relate to this video quite a lot
0 likesi didn't know what that was so in my head you were gonna like free fall or some shit lmao. i'd do that it doesn't seem too bad
0 likesI haven't watched yet but if you are scared of heights whY do you HAVE A loft bed ??? Dodie why
0 likesJust the picture of the tower was making me nervous.... SHIT THAT'S TALL!!!!!!!!
0 likesTotally unrelated to the subject of this video (btw Dodie I've been abseiling with school and I got over the ledge and kept asking her what to do next and each time she was "like let go of the bar"-this went on for a while....) but Dodie looks so much like Lily Collins in this?!
0 likesHey Dodie luv ya!!
0 likesWhat's your lipstick colour? Omg I'm in love๐
0 likesRight when I leave Wales, Dodie goes :(
0 likesWHERE ARE YOU GOING IN WALES??? I wanna meet you so much <3
1 likei am TERRIFIED of heights
0 likeswhats your eye shadow? I love it
0 likesi'm from Wales, when will you ever do a meet up in south wales is the question :')
0 likeshahahahahahahahaha omg dead at the clip
0 likesthe last bit though
0 likes"mmMkay"
This video gave me such anxiety
0 likesWhy doesn't Dodie do coke tv anymore?
0 likesdodes!! where do you get all your coolio coca cola tshirts man
0 likesGot a tad excited when u said Northampton because I live there ๐๐ป๐๐ป
0 likesAnd you bloody skydived you champ!
0 likesI had a chance of doing a sailing 2 I turned it down 2 I regret that
0 likesOkay... let's see... I'm not supposed to laugh, right? :)
0 likesif dodie hates heights what's up with that bed
0 likesDodie serving LEWKS
0 likesMy hands were sweaty too jeezz :P
0 likesAnd a month later, you jumped out of a plane. :D
0 likesI like heights
2 likesA LOOTTTT
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Poot is Shook SAME anything high up makes me feel really happy for some reason
0 likesWait, Dodie was at the Northampton lift tower???
0 likesyou abseiled the express lift tower I'm soo jelous my uncle owns it but he won't let me do it
0 likesYet you still thought it'd be great idea to jump of your bed...
0 likesHow's your ankle by the way?
9:58, love that you didn't add stupid stuff for the 10 min mark for better ads.
0 likesI relate to the title
0 likesMy fav <3
0 likesI'm watching this is school but so worth it because it's you,
1 likewhat lipstick are you wearing I adore it XD
0 likesAs if the abseiling is in Northampton I live 15 mins away and didn't even know it existed ๐
0 likesI'm cool with heights
0 likesLove you hope to see Boston
0 likesahhhhhhhhh sameee๐๐๐๐ฌ
0 likeslegend has it if you comment early dodie might reply
0 likesi live really close to that tower that you abseiled down haha
0 likesI love you so much honestly
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You make me impossibly happy
0 likesi hate heights too they're scaryyy
0 likesAre you going to comic con in October dodie??
0 likesmy feet went tingly hearing you talk about heights EW EW EW
0 likesroom tour pleaseeee
0 likesI just got back from abseiling in Wales and holy crappu I hateeeeee heights
0 likesI'm so sad I didn't know you were in northampton... I could've met you :((
0 likesI have a fear of telling people things. I have been gay for 4 years and I have not told anyone yet
0 likesthought your biggest fear was death whoops
0 likesHow'd you get to work for coke?
0 likesI remember seeing this video
0 likesdo you reply if i come 6 mins after the vid was made? ):
1 likeoh btw i hope you can overcome your fear ohno
OH MY GOD THAT TOWER IS SO FUCKIN TALL
0 likesDodie ain't need no man!
0 likesdodie will never notice me when theres always over 1000 comments here :(
0 likesHey Dodie!
0 likeswhere in Wales are you going for coke TV?๐
0 likesMY fear of heights
0 likesOmg I live in Northampton and Iโve been to that tower
0 likesdark ass brows, i love it
0 likesInvite me! I can walk you all through that!! ;)
0 likesHow did you got this job
0 likesIt's sound aaaaaaawsome
Hey, I live in Northampton, you abseiled down the Xpress Lift Tower!
0 likesThe lift tower is one of Northamptons only claims to fame despite kinky boots and Matt smith lol
0 likesYoung woman bursts into tears Captioned: Coca Cola, we're not a horrible corporation, I know this makes us look bad but we promise K?
1 likei wonder if an eye patch would have helped
0 likesyes Dodie !
0 likes3:24 SHIT THAT'S TALL
0 likesgeez i love you so much.
0 likesWhat mascara do you use?
0 likesGod she is adorable...
0 likesNext up. bungee jumping from a sky scraper :^: pls
0 likeshello dodie๐๐โจ
0 likesYou can see the Northampton lift tower from my bedroom window!!!
0 likesYou need a better bucket list. Do stuff you like!
0 likesI am extremely scared of store clerks. because I suck at talking.
0 likesdidn't you used to have a phobia of jewelry as well?
0 likesroses are red
0 likesviolets are blue
i didnt know what perfect was
until i saw you
0:39 ooooooo spoiler alert dodie u rebel
0 likesI am terrified of the St. Andrews tower
0 likesDid you say thanks for watching my vedj or was that my imagination
2 likesReplies (1)
She did. In the caption she said she filmed this in July.
1 likeI find it safer with the person at the bottom
0 likesIM SO EARLY ILY DODIE
0 likesAHHH YOU'RE GOING TO MY HOMETOWN WALESSSS
0 likesWhere's ur eyeshadow from ya look good gurl xxxx
0 likeswhens the video with jon coming out?
0 likesher makeup gives me the fearrr
1 like8:11 she reminds me of Hedy there
0 likesDODIE ARE YOU COMING TO IRELAND???!!! pls. ily
0 likesOMG I CAN'T BELIVE YOU SAIG GINORMOUS I'M SOOOO OFENDED
0 likesYES HI I JUST YOU TWEET ABOUT THIS AND GOT V EXCITED
0 likesdoes anyone know what lipstick she's wearing here?
0 likesMy pug loves you
0 likesJust 1 more second and you would of been in the money.
0 likes'vedj' LOL
0 likesYOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL
0 likesWhat a thumbnail haha :D! Also fuck spiders...
0 likesI know that tower! It's near me :D
0 likeshallo, i have a question. What kind of piano/keyboard do you have? I think about buy piano for myself so a will be really grateful for answer :) greeting from Poland and sorry about my English and kind of mistakes, but I'm learning this language just 5 months. :)
0 likesDODIE DO U REPLY TO EMAILS ?
1 likeowh why didn't I get a notification? I love you so much :)
0 likesi fucking love you
0 likesdodie got low, low, low, low, low, low, low
0 likesYou mentioned Northampton and I was like!!!! that's near me!! omg!!! Before I realised I live in Wales for likeย 8 months of the year, oops.
0 likesI literally just got back from Wales :( feeling annoyed
0 likeswhat doesn't kill you gives you phobia
0 likesShiit im early. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !
0 likesWas it the edge in Sheffield? Coz it seems the same
0 likesi hate heights but i love roller coasters
0 likesI feel like someone in the crew should have been like this women isn't okay with whats happening, maybe don't make her do this?? I get that you didn't want to back down but I don't know..
2 likesReplies (1)
I 100% agree. I mean I get that she was there to do a job but I feel like this was too much.
2 likesAnd I've literally been reading through the comments to see if anyone else was thinking that.
Where in Wales? Cardiff I hope! :')
0 likesFEAR OF HEIGHTS SAME AND ILYSM AND HEY THERE NOTIFICATION SQUAD
0 likesAre you a vegan or vegetarian?
0 likes<3
0 likesI drive past that tower every day nd I so would not be down for that
0 likeslast time I was this early to a video Abe Lincoln was still president
1 likeyou went down the Northampton lift tower. I live near there aww
0 likeslove love love
0 likesfave types of videos
0 likesOMG you're so fucking cute
0 likes*Jumps out of plane*
1 likeaw dodie
0 likesm8 I live near Wales you should totally do a meetup if you had the chance
0 likesI feel like o remember watching this video
0 likesI'm sorry for laughing.
0 likesDODIE!
0 likesvedj yes it is still july totally
0 likesSHITTT!! i live in Northampton and that tower... ewwww!
0 likessoo early I am actually not sure if I have a fear of heights.. i believe it is the same sotuation as Dodie
0 likesgoTTa GeT tHAt sHOt
0 likesYOU CAME TO MY HOMETOWN, IT'S THE LIFT TOWER - I WAS THERE LIKE TWO DAYS AGO. OMG.
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I'm like a tiny village on the v edge of northampton:( It's p boring tbh, you?
0 likesAs you lot get older, you'll find that sometimes that's actually a good thing. :p
0 likes@*****
0 likesAs a teen however, it's incredibly irritating when everything considered fun is at like a 45 min bus journey:(
@KevSims
0 likesInvest in a good book for all those bus rides.ย It's what I had to do. :)
WaLeS yEs i ScReaMeD
0 likeshttps://youtu.be/SUdOF9Nl4pM
0 likesThats the coca cola video lmao
wait vedj? but its september?
0 likesAll the rock climbers stand UPP
0 likesReplies (3)
Okay literally no one rock climbs :(
0 likes๐๐ผ
0 likes๐๐ผ
0 likesWhere will you be going in Wales :)
0 likesYou are an adorable green pea baguette
0 likes....beautiful
0 likesWALES WHERE R U GOING I LIVE IN WALES DODDDIEEEEE <333333
0 likesWhat part in Wales? ๐
0 likesI hate highs to. I'd pass out instead of cry.
0 likes"OOOO KAY"
0 likesI cannot believe you were in Northampton and I missed it
0 likesahhh i have this tooo ;-;
0 likesReplies (1)
oh god that tower looks like hell argh
0 likesSame I hate heights
0 likesEver done a skydive?
0 likesDodie your cute af๐
0 likesI LOVE U
1 likenorthampton lift tower! the only famous northampton landmark
0 likesVedj? Is it Jeptember?
0 likesI HAVE A FEAR OF BUTTERFLIES....!
0 likes"OOOOOOOOOOOk"
0 likesIf I subscribe or like Coke Tv than does the money go to dodie or Coke? Cause I don't wanna contribute to the mass amount of money they get
0 likesit's a long way down
0 likesHello my friend how are you and how have your life been? Xx
0 likesWas gonna sleep but this is better
0 likeswhy isn't anyone commenting on the "i need a machine, i don't need a man"??????
0 likesI find it difficult to focus on anything but the eyebrows ๐
0 likesIM SO EARLY OMG HEY LOVELY
0 likesDisclaimer to everyone, no one has a fear of heights. We have a fear of falling from reeeaally high up.
0 likesPoor dodie poor dodie aaa
0 likesI LIVE IN WALES OMG
0 likes0:19 clarkacola๐๐ soz
0 likesjust listening to you talk about this makes me wanna throw up ๐ญ
0 likesIN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
0 likessob "Oookay" sob
0 likesGif-able!
WHERE IN WALES OMG!!
0 likeswoah this was 5 days before my birthday
0 likesWhere in Northampton was this?
0 likesBelayers are loads better than autobelays and safer
0 likes2 seconds off that sweet sweet ad revenue ;-;
0 likesMy YouTube crashed just as you inserted the footage of u crying -_-
0 likesMe 2 dodie
0 likesdude what the fuck is absailing is it parasailing??
0 likesdope
0 likesIf you go to Paris do NOT go on the Eiffel Tower, it's awful if you don't like heights I was not loving life
0 likescheck out my edit of dodie xxx
0 likesDodie can you say hi Sean to me please
1 like"ooOOKay.."
0 likesYOU WENT TO WALES OMG WHY YOU DO DIS
0 likesam the same i hate hights there so bad
0 likesNorthampton? I live there xD
0 likesi am horribly afraid of heights, and it's so annoying, there are so many things i would love to do but can't do because i am a scared little baby ://
0 likesNORTHAMPTON!!!!
0 likeswhere in Wales are ya gonna be? Can you tell me or not ahhhhhh come to me in Conwy Dodie :))))))))) xx
0 likesoh my god the XC is in Hemel Jarmans Park i lITERALLY live there what the fuck how did i not see u there
0 likesForever trying to get noticed by the queen of my world, dodie Clark. I don't think this will happen because I have been sitting for a while trying to think of something memorable to comment about but you know, here I am typing this time wasting comment, oh well, love you dodie โค๏ธ
1 likeo how the turntables
0 likesWhat does SOZ mean?
0 likesReplies (3)
sorry
1 like+Maya Martin Really? That's it? Not and acronym for anything?
0 likes+Richard Hoyle nah it's just a sarcastic way to say "sorry"
1 like"UuuuuuUukayyY"
0 likesooOOKAY
0 likesI didn't like absailing
0 likesWALES!!!!
0 likesI will do all sorts of height things but I HATE WALL CLIMBING AT ABSEILING NOPE NOPE NOPE
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There is a place near mine wear the wall has a mechanical rope holding machine and I hate it because when you jump down its a bit of a free fall and if you dont control it you land on your arse. Would rather be attached a human with a belay than the blOODY MACHINE
0 likes+Crazitop where*
0 likesI'm terrified of airplanes. nod Airplanes horrify me.
0 likesdo you know any sex offenders in the mental health services in Edinburgh, and sex offenders in the crown office and COPFS?
0 likesOOOOOOKAY
0 likesOooh I live I Wales. Where abouts you goin?
0 likesoK but SaMe?!1
0 likesOoOooOh kAy
0 likesYou're hair looks great today, Dodie!
1 likeI LOVE YOU DODIE
1 likeDODIE I LOVE YOU
0 likesilysm dodieeee x
0 likesHi Dodie! :)
0 likesIt's a Dodie!!!!!!
0 likesu look so cute and im only starting the vid hey
1 likeLIT
1 likenotice me senpai pls
0 likesI hate heights
0 likesI'm soooo early
0 likesohoooohkay
0 likesMHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKAYY
0 likesHave u watched stranger things
0 likesoooohkay
0 likesWanna go mountain climbing๏ผ
0 likeswhere in wales
0 likesOh no that building is so stupidly big building oh no
0 likesYOU WERE IN NORTHAMPTON EHAT THE FUCK WHY DIDNT I KBOW
0 likesFirst i think lol love you
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also omg how do i get ur shirt
0 likesOnly 20 views ๐ฑ
0 likestobias eaton
0 likesEARLY
0 likesooooooooooooo k
1 likemmmmmkay
0 likesEvan needs to quit making bad puns when Dodie is basically having a panic attack
1 likeI have a terrible fear that your sister may not like me as I'm stupid and weird
0 likesHELLO
0 likesReplies (1)
I'm so early this is insane
0 likesearly asf
0 likesi'm early and no one cares
0 likeshi
0 likesWhat's absailing
0 likesReplies (1)
abseiling is when you're on a cliff being held on by a rope. then you slowly make your way down by either holding onto the rope and walking down the side of the cliff if you do small hops down the side. hope this helped :)
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Also, I have a fear of injuring myself and I hate anything. Any form of skating (ice, roller, boarding), I can't even go on climbing frames and sometimes I feel fine and I do it, but then I'm like "lol no this is awful" because I'm scared I'm gonna land wrong and break my leg or ankle or something.
11 likesI did abseiling before, I couldn't do the whole "pro, stand and walk down thing". I had to shimmy off of the side because they wouldn't let me go back down by the stairs.
Poor dodie, I understand how you feel and I'm glad you understand how I feel.
omg I'm exactly the same!! I'm not necessarily afraid of heights, but of falling. like you I'm afraid of any form of skating and some climbing frames
0 likes+Shan Webb someone can relate! All my friends think it's strange because I'm a dancer and I can injure myself through that... But that's the reason I don't want to injure myself. It's a strange phobia but it links in with having a fear of needles. I do believe it's called traumatophobia
0 likes+Beth Jefferies yeah. idk it's just the thought of falling while doing one of those things and injuring myself which makes me scared
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