claustrophobia

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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 6 Jul 22

Phobias fall into four major categories: Natural Environment, Animals, Medical Treatments or Issues, Specific Situations. I have a fear of Small Spaces, specifically MRIs (Claustrophobia), Heights (Acrophobia), Flying,...

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Can horses get claustrophobia?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382256) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Mar 21

Anna (@LadyDuck) commented on a recent post that animals could also have problems and maybe Red, the Collie pit pony that I wrote about recently, suffered from claustrophobia. I believe one of my harness ponies became...

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What a crazy day: Stuck in the elevator!

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 24 Oct 17

Have you ever been stuck in an elevator? Oh my God... Today, my day was very crazy "simply" because I got stuck in an elevator 2 times (one time in the morning and one time in the late...

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One week of licence due to illness.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 22 May 17

My youngest daughter has had back problems for years. Today she was in such pain that she went to a doctor near her work site. The doctor gave her pills and rest (no work for a week) but he also asked for a magnetic resonance...

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Car Wash Chronicles 2

Raine38 @Raine38 (12387) • United States 5 Nov 16

Whenever I go to a car wash, I remember my friend who I helped get over her fear of going inside to have her car washed. She is not scared of the car wash per se, she is claustrophobic and thus the enclosed and tight space while...

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Adventures on our trip. The second one.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 25 Jul 16

We woke up at 5 in Panama. Vicente (12) decided to take the shower of his life. I think he was half an hour in the bathroom. Claudia told me that he hated showers at home. We went down and in the middle of the...

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Weirdest Phobias

Anna @LadyDuck (502573) • Italy 14 Oct 15

I believe that, with very few exceptions, we are all affected by some unreasonable fears. The most common are the fear of height (acrophobia) and of the closed spaces (claustrophobia). There are other more uncommon phobias,...

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What makes you claustrophobic

MirandaKay @MirandaKay (231) • United States 30 Jul 10

I have claustrophobia so I try to avoid situations that I know cause it. I know being in the center of a crowd of people causes it so I try to stay on the outer edge of a crowd. Also being in an elevator but only if it is full, I...

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Have You Ever Been Stuck in an Elevator?

tinym8 @tinym8 (423) • United States 10 Jul 10

I was stuck in an elevator once in a hospital for over 1/2 an hour! I was visiting my son who had surgery when he was a very tiny infant. It wasn't that scary because I was in an elevator filled with maintenance men from the...

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How claustrophobic are you?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17380) • Canada 16 Apr 10

One of my biggest fears is waking up in an enclosed space. I don't like the feeling of not being able to move freely. But I'm not sure if I would call it a fear, I just most likely would panic if I were in a tight place. I also...

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Top 3 Phobias

maria1081 @maria1081 (1251) • Philippines 17 Jan 10

Today I have learned through watching TV that the top 3 Phobias experienced by people around the world are Achrophobia, Claustrophobia and Arachnophobia. Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a...

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MRI's frighten me!!

collieluv28 @collieluv28 (388) • United States 11 Mar 09

Okay, so today I had an MRI scheduled. I've been having problems with my right arm, with pain from my shoulder to my fingers. My doc thinks I might have a pinched nerve hence the MRI. I thought I could handle it, they rolled me...

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Claustrophobia

mojcica @mojcica (1511) • Slovenia 23 Oct 08

Claustrophobia is fear of enclosed spaces...such as small rooms, elevaters, tunnels, locked rooms, ect. It often result in panic attacks and fearing of suffocation. Are you claustrophobic? Or have any kind of phobia or major...

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If you got stuck in an elevator, what would you do?

BayleighGray @BayleighGray (4334) • United States 9 Nov 07

I just love Family Fued, watching it now. The survey question is....(refer to title). I thought I was going to be stuck once. I FREAKED out! Literally. My sis had just moved to this apt building, and this was my first time...

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What is the worst place to be in that doesn't have a window?

Amber @AmbiePam (120917) • United States 17 Sep 07

I don't particularly like being somewhere for a long period of time that doesn't have a view to the outside world, like a window, or a glass door you can see through. Still others hate bathrooms that don't have windows because...

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Why do some people seem to live in fear?

rosie_123 @rosie_123 (6113) 12 Sep 07

Maybe I'm lucky and blessed that I tend to glide through life without stressing too much about anything, but ever since I joined myLot I've been struck by how many people seem to spend their lives living in fear. I don't...

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Claustrophobia - Scare of being in closed spaces.

Pateos @Pateos (79) • Canada 18 Apr 07

Hello people, Are you claustrophobic? Are you a person who is scared of being in closed spaces. Such as an elevator? Well guess what, i am! I am afraid of going into an elevator, there is no room in there and what if i get...

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How to Control Claustrophobia?

monica1981 @monica1981 (466) • United States 19 Mar 07

Until a few years ago I was never claustrophobic. Then I was in a horrible car accident and was trapped in my car for 45 minutes because of it. Ever since then I've been claustrophobic. I get claustrophobic when there are too many...

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What are your biggest phobias?

SKLC_PT @SKLC_PT (1234) 1 Mar 07

What would you say are your biggest phobias? Would you like to overcome them? Mine are some bugs like cockroaches, centipedes and spiders. I'm scared of heights too. I would like to be able to overcome them however I doubt I'll...

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Are you claustrophobic?

Leesh27 @Leesh27 (43) • United States 14 Nov 06

Are you claustrophobic? If you are how do you deal with it?

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