• Acrophobia
• Phobias
• Sydney Phobias Fixed Fast
• Spiders Phobia
• Social Phobia
• Emetophobia
• Aerophobia
• Public Speaking Phobia
• Fears
• Necrophobia
• Agoraphobia
• Brontophobia
• Claustrophobia
• Needle Phobia
• Anxiety
• Carcinophobia

Reliable claustrophobia information

Apparently i'm suffering from 'claustrophobia'... What do i do !?
I have just been told by friends that i am claustrophobic I looked this up on the internet and i found out that i probably am claustrophobic. So now what do i do? Do I go to my doctor ? If i need to go to the doctor what shall i say to her? HELP S S

How can you cure claustrophobia?
When I was younger me and my friends where playing out side , I had my moms keys and decided to give them to my friend and lock myself in the trunk I was younge . She didn't know how to open them so I was in ther for some time . I started to panick and really thought I would die in there . It was horrible I strted crying and got out of breat tinking I was suffercating. Luckily my frind called my mom and she opend the trunck. I'm only 13 now but an absolutly tarrifiedof small spaces. Even the thought what happend makes me panick. I still can't sleep at night because of it and sometimes wake in the middle of the night shaking .I haven't told my parents about this and I'm not willing to get through my frear by reacting it or anything like that . I need another way . Please help .

Do I have claustrophobia?
So, claustrophobia is the fear of being closed in... but when I'm in a small room I don't freak or stop breathing... in fact at school during music I usually go up to one of the small rooms and hide in the... things sorry I can't remember what they are called... but they are only just big enough to fit me in , and listen to music or sleep. Although, when I can't move part of my body... something really weird happens where say if somebody was sitting on my foot I struggle, scream and cry, then usually after awhile I can't breath, and once I passed out. I used to think this was normal, but I noticed the other day that when my friend was sitting on my other friend and refusing to get off, she the one getting sat on just laughed. Is this claustrophobia... or is it something else?

I dont have claustrophobia, but i think im developing one..?
okay this is serious..i grew up in a congested city, everyday i once walk up in concrete jungle were streets are narrow and is alive with activity,the streets i grew up in is kinda like a ghetto,with confined space quarters were neighbors just live at the next wall, and my former apartment is a highrise beside a busy side walk,.i have lived that way for 13 years,..but two years ago i moved out into the suburbs, and have enjoyed the company of nature,were trees just giveth fresh air and rolling hills just painted the ridge terrain of the subdivion im living in,...but things have change quite alot, you see, quite alot of people have found this retreated place that they have decided to build houses and live the laidback, at first its okay, but now its quite irratating,...gone is the hill im taking shortcuts in and gone is the grassy plain that i leaisurely walk in through,..now all i see are cheap townhouses, kitshcy apartments for rents and unnatural sceneries like more parked cars and noisy motorcycles,..i mean yeah, progress is inevitable, but there is this problem, everytime i pass walk by to the new townhouses, i feel suffocated,iritated and bitter,i might consider this as claustrophobia because everytime i see those new houses i feel like im suffocating, im not scared or anything, but its just the dramatic change is just too overwhelming for me that it had left me, paranoid and frustrated...i can't help it, especially those houses, it feels i just wanna burn it down, if only its legal then i have done it according so to ease my pain,..i cant avoid those houses because they are located into the only street that im now able to go home in,..< gone are the shortcuts of nature> , i tried being reasonable, but everyday im having that discomfort, < those ugly houses shouldn't be there > and im also afraid that my house is gonna get congested again just in a way that i once had, i dont wanna go to back to shut places again,..nature is better, but it seems that those shut places are following me...thanks K. buuut im not living in the US so i can't take that.sorry

Ways to get over claustrophobia?
I'm really really bad. I feel like I can't breathe when I take a train and it's busy. I never walk into a crowded shop. If a room is really warm and there's too many people around, I feel cornered and start to freak out and hyperventilate.Please help, any tips?

Is there such thing as mental claustrophobia?
me and my mom both cant listen to someone talk while we are trying to think and we just get overwhelmed and start yelling. I always think of it as 'mental claustrophobia', is this a real thing? if not does it have a real name?

Feeling of claustrophobia by one's own body rather than a small space?
Though it has happened before, today I got the feeling again. I feel anxious, desperate for an unexplainable reason, and it just gets me angsty feeling that I'm inside my own body. It causes a longing for actually separating from my physical self if it doesn't sound too mystical to put it like that , like if I would prefer bursting out of my body though I can't really explain how I would exit my own bodily self unless we assume the existence of a non physical self . Anyways, the point is that I feel enclosed by my own body and I want to know where I can find more information about this symptom and why it occurs.

What is claustrophobia? Is this curable or can be treated?
What is the character traits of a person who has this?

Help!! How do I deal with anxiety and claustrophobia on a plane?!?
I am taking a flight from NY to Florida in 2 weeks. I am seeing a therapist and am still very nervous. My mind is making up things that have never happened before to happen. I feel my anxiety is causing this. Any suggestions? I need help soon.

Is this claustrophobia?or what else could it be?
hi so I have a a problem going getting ready to for schoolyou see i got abused in school ya and I basically didn't attend school for a year because of itso all i want to know is do i have a mental disorder or something? Lanyway I'll describe the feelingwell whenever I start to get ready in the morning then I hear the term school my heart stiffens up, I feel like I have to find a way out of it of going to school I get so scared my body stiffens up and I can't move sometimes, I just feel like I'm in danger and I feel tense I don't really know how 2 explain thanks ' 3

Anyone overcome/overcoming claustrophobia?
I have got to the point now where I have been claustrophobic for almost 7 years now, and I'm only a teenager and I feel it's time I do something about it. I became claustrophobic by being in a very claustrophobic situation by accident. I kind of hoped that as I grew older I might grow out of it or gradually get better but unfortunately I have made very little improvements. Last year I had a panic attack at school which was embarrassing and obviously uncontrollable at the time, and now it's making me miss out on even more opportunities like holidays with my friends and some school trips. Any advice from people that have experienced this phobia would be much appreciated as unless you have had some experience it is difficult to understand. My parents are thinking seeing some sort of therapist would be a good idea.

How to deal with Claustrophobia in a car?
I have anxiety problems but i have been having symptoms of claustrophobia for a year now. I haven't really talked to anyone about it because people just say " it's all in your head" . It started for me at a school assembly where i was sitting near the top of the bleachers in our gym. I realized it would be extremely difficult if i ever wanted to climb down to use the washroom for example. I started having a panic attack but i kept to myself. The main lights were also off because the school band was playing and if that wasn't worse enough, the gym was extremely loud. That panic attack caused a chain reaction and i started having more feelings of being claustrophobic, mainly restricted claustrophobia. One of my biggest obstacles now is dealing with driving in a car. I am fine when I am driving but not when other people drive. I think it's the fact that I can not get out of the car becausea its moving andb im not driving itIt's worse when i sit in the back seat or if im driving in a van where i can't open the windows. I am usually the one who drives amongst my friends so I rarely deal with this situation, but this weekend I am going with my friend and his parents across the border to the United States for the day. The drive should only be an hour there and back but the border delays are going to be approximately and hour or two. I want to go so bad but I am dreading the car ride. My parents don't even know about these problems I have been having and neither do my friends. I don't want to tell them either because I'm a little embarrassed and I don't think they will believe me. I also get car sick easy. This day could be a lot of fun for other people, but for me it is going to be a bit of a struggle. I've looked online for help but people keep suggesting getting out of the car or pulling over. With a van full of people, and me not driving, it is not possible The only thing that is helping me deal with this right now is the fact that i CAN TECHNICALLY get out of the car, its not like i'm bolted in and won't ever be able to get out. Does anyone have any suggestions or anything you recommend doing or thinking while im in the car? I think I will seek additional help eventually but for now I'm just focused on getting through the weekend. I don't want to tell my friend or his parents either. I would just really appreciate some advice or things to distract myself when I am in the car please.

Agoraphobia? Claustrophobia? Hypochondria? What's wrong with me?
So this is really not something I would like to do... But I believe I have reached a point in time where self study just isn't turning up any results and with the possibility of hypochondria.. Well even if I do think I have something else, how am I to know that I'm not just imagining it?This may be a little confusing but I would very much appreciate someone's help regarding this issue. Anyone really.Let's start with this. I'm a seventeen year old female and since a very young age I've been incredibly sickly. Growing up my parents have been pretty strict regarding medical care, and I've never formally been to a hospital because I was ill, they simply thought it a waste of money. From a very young age I've thrown up constantly for seemingly no reason on and off and all in all I get a lot of head aches for seemingly no reason as well. Based on the fact that Im prone to throw up at basically any given time regardless of place especially when I'm nervous I've become very self conscious about throwing up in public as I attend school and recently after a lockdown at school I learned that I may have a case of claustrophobia or agoraphobia. When I thought of not being able to leave the classroom at will, my stomach became very upset and I began to be dizzy and all in all I'd say it was an anxiety attack. After this I've had a hard time going to school because I keep thinking I'll be stuck in a room with no way to get out... And being helpless does not appeal to me. I've missed quite a few days of school and my mother is starting to get very upset at me. She is the kind of person that firmly believes that people should be in school regardless of whatever ails them. Both her and my dad think I'm " faking" it. But how could I? To me this is very real. I don't want to suffer public embarrassment over my sickness, and I also don't want to appear weak in front of anyone. I don't think I'm depressed, just that something is very very wrong with my body. Any suggestions?

Claustrophobia help! big trip ahead.?
hi there guys, well sadly enough i suffer from claustrophobia and panic attacks. i dont take any meds as i have tried them in the past and i have had side effects that in some cases outweigh the good the meds even do. Anyway please can you help me out abit, i cannot stand enclosed spaces, as soon as the door closes on a elevator i freak out, i have the strong urge to get out right away otherwise i panic and i feel very faint and often get a panic attack, well next month ive got a 12 hour plane ride and im worried sick as to how ill handle it ive got things to distract me and ive got some support from my online buddy's but other than that im so afraid of the plane ride. does anyone have any advice for me and also are the stewardesses on the plane able to help me out in any way if i do happen to not keep my calm? thanks