ABSTRACT

Amanda is scared of lifts. It’s not that she can’t take them at all, but she doesn’t like to. Unfortunately, her office is on the 10th floor. “I get a bit panicky in lifts,” she explains. “I start to feel dizzy and have to take long, deep breaths to calm myself down. My colleagues and my boss don’t know about it, so when I’m with them, or when I’m late or just don’t have the energy to use the stairs, I take the lift and suffer it.”