Apologies as I know this has been done to death on here but I couldn't quite find what I'm looking for.
Last week I had the pleasure of doing the An Teallach ridge across to the two Munros the other side in perfect conditions, I was very happy with the climbing/bouldering elements so continued onwards. Once we reached the top of the ridge I started to lose it, I made it to the second pinnacle then climbed off down the back to the escape route. It took me a good twenty minutes of staggering along with my hands on the floor to get across to Sgurr Fiona and return to normal.
A few of the people I was with were nervous of the climb which didn't bother me in the slightest, once we were on the ridge they switched to hopping about all over the place and I was like Bambi on ice. I was very grateful for them being so supportive but I'm also very frustrated with myself.
I love adrenaline sports, very keen downhill/enduro mountain biker and skier so I'm quite good at being 'scared', but this was very similar to going into shock to the point were no amount of rational thinking can help. Symptoms were visual distortions, nausea, jelly legs and the like.
Is it something I can overcome with practice? I have noticed that I start going into shock (nausea & visual blackspots) a lot more recently than I used to whilst watching A&E type programmes, and I seem to get carsick while I'm driving; does anyone have any experience with visiting their GP for this? I use quite a lot of decongestant sprays as I seem to be regularly blocked up (could be relevant), and my job has recently become significantly more stressful (maybe not relevant).
Not sure if I've always had it or it's come on more recently, I remember as a kid being quite nervous of edges and having to lean 'inland' when watching other people near edges
Thanks