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Yesterday when my partner told me not to jump on an elevator so I jumped off the elevator
Nooo please don't jump in or out of elevators it's actually unsettling im w your partner on this one
I jump in elevators all the time, although I don't do with when other people are inside.
It's fun, it's not like an elevator with a 2000lb weight capacity is gonna break from a 160lb person jumping
They undergo more force when accelerating than when one person hops in them
Nobody said it's a rational fear, it's unsettling is all. I generally dislike lifts and will take stairs when I can
You can jump up the steps instead of taking the elevator!
I used to be a little bit more unsettled by elevators until I learned how they work. Those things are built to such insane standards that I now feel safer in them than on a 5ft staircase. I don't think I could be less unsettled by being somewhere aside from my literal bed.
Maybe I should learn more about them. I used to have recurring nightmares of being in a plummeting elevator (not helped by the fact it's a trope in so many action movies and games). I guess it's like vertical thalassophobia in some ways too, like it's the same fear of the void underneath, but also the thought that you're separated from it by just a few feet of metal. At least in the ocean you can swim. Then, add the vertigo, air pressure discomfort and related fear of heights/ledges/precipices ("I'm heading up to a place where I'll be uncomfortable/afraid") means that the ascent is scary and the destination sucks. Also small enclosed space. I have been stuck in elevators twice, once for just a few minutes the other time for about half an hour... All around, do not enjoy them.
I mean the elevator had completely come to a stop so it was fine