Some people suggest practice falls to get over the fear of falling, starting with smallish falls and working up to bigger whips-- on safe terrain, of course!

I am not too big on that idea b/c I find that my fear of falling on one route doesn't translate to the other route, or my falling practice on one day doesn't translate to how comfortable I feel with falls on the next day. Some routes just feel scary-- it isn't the fall itself, but something about that route-- the exposure, etc.

But sometimes taking falls helps-- on a particular route, if I'm too scared to commit to a dynamic move, I take a fall on purpose. Then I get over it in my head-- see, you took a fall, and it was clean and O.K. This is what would happen if you throw for that hold and miss. No worse. Now DO it! It doesn't help on another route on a different day. but it helps for that particular one.