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Extreme claustrophobia help?
I recently started a new job, that requires me to get on an elevator something I usually avoid all together . All day long I cannot concentrate because I know that if I want to go outside I have to brave that elevator Im terified it will get stuck . Someone tell me how to get over this? I hate it and it controls my life

Panic Attacks---Kind of like reverse claustrophobia?
This past week I've had two panic attacks one Four days ago and one yesterday. Both times, I felt as if the room I was in was too big, kind of like a reverse claustrophobia. Is there a name for this? Also, I have been battling with what I think is depression for the past few months. I want to go on medication, but my counselor has not brought it up yet. Should I bring it up, or find a new counselor? I'm so lost. Please help

What are the different treatments for claustrophobia?


How long does a person have to be in a small space before claustrophobia sets in?
If someone actually has claustrophobia, I mean. Is it different for different people, depending on how severe their claustrophobia is? Sorry, I need it for a book.

I recently developed a bad case of claustrophobia. Why is this happening?
I've always been generally depressed in the past. And I used to be on antidepressants, but i stopped taking them a year ago. Recently, I was arrested for being at the 'wrong place at the wrong time'. It was my friend's fault really. Anyway, I never been arrested. So when they slapped the cuffs on me, and put me in a van, I started screaming. I seriously couldn't breath, and I guess i was having a panic attack. The cops added " resisting arrest" to the charge. But I wasn't trying to be uncooperative, I was seriously freaking out. This is very unusual of me, because I never had claustrophobia.

How can i overcome my claustrophobia and fear of heights?


Do I have claustrophobia? Or is it just anxiety?
I was at a sorta crowded church the other night, seated right in the middle of the pew. I felt really squished, and all of a sudden I started getting really nervous, to the point of a panic attack. No one seemed to notice according to friends and family, I don't look nervous at all luckily. It lasted pretty much the whole time we were there. well maybe half the time it started to get serious I felt the need to " get to somewhere safe" but it felt like there was no way out. I know it sounds like claustrophobia, but I thought it was just anxiety becuase I was afraid of embarrassing myself in front of all these people. I had social anxiety a few years back, but I got over that so I hope it's not starting again. Any ideas? this doesn't happen normally at church

Can claustrophobia just be discovered, or does it need a trigger?
I did an event for invisible children some time ago where hundreds of us made our own refugee camp, and wrote letters to the government concerning their situations. The whole purpose was to put ourselves in their shoes. and raise awareness But when I got our sleeping box, or whatever you would call it. I couldnt sleep, and would panic and was increasingly aware of my breathing. I knew it was irrational and I tried to calm myself down a lot. Now I have never experienced claustrophobia before or after this. and I'm wondering could I have clastrophobia, but only experience it in extremely small dark spaces, like this was, or was this my panic disorder reacting to a strange new and uncomfortable enviornment?

What are some good tips for claustrophobia?
im going to be on a coach for three hours and i go really claustrophobic have you got any tips on calming myself and control my breathing?

What can i do about my claustrophobia?
Well this year i have been getting really clostrophobic. but it is mostly in chapel ok so in chapel it not that i feel like the walls are closing in it like my palms get sweaty i get nauseated and dizzy i already sit on the end but it doesnt solve the problem. any suggestions?

How can i make someone understand about my claustrophobia?!?
Right, i'm going to Leeds Festival, and i told my boyfriend that i can't go in the crowds, because i will start having panic attacks, i am more than happy to just listen and be in the back. But he's like...Oh you can overcome it easy.And he was like " then why are you going to one of the biggest fesitvals in the world if your not even gonna go see the bands.. properly" Like i just wanna listen, i am happy being on my own, he can go do what he likes. How do i make him understand that my claustrophobia is quite serious.

Is this claustrophobia and....?
what else??okthe problem is thissay I am laying down on my bed next to my dog and my arm is stretched out.. I am fine.The thing is, say as soon as he puts his head on my arm I feel I have to keep moving my arm somehow or stretching it.Also, say I crack my left shoulderblade, I have to crack my right one so it feels exactly the same, and can't stop til it is the same... Even if there was no n ed to crack it in the 1st place. This also goes for say if a friend pokes my left arm, I have to poke my rightWhat are these????I'm 16.. So not that young

Help! claustrophobia is taking over my life!?
i can't get on airplanes, i can't get on the tube, i can't go on a train unless i know there is no tunnels, and even when im on the train i keep thinking and wondering if there will be a tunnel.im 16, and its got to the point where its taking over my life i can't go on holiday abroad, i can't go up to London, and I can't visit friends who live in brighton, because of the tunnel,and even though my mum knows this, she believes seeing counsellor is wrong so did i, but this now controlling my life, and its getting worse help me please i don't know what to do Sthank you xxx

Claustrophobia question?
Would being at a concert surronded by shoulder to shoulder people effect people that have claustrophobia?Thanks. I didn't know which catagory to put this in. Sorry