Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is a painful fear of enclosed or confined spaces. People who suffer from claustrophobia experience extreme anxiety and discomfort when they are in cramped or enclosed spaces, such as elevators, tunnels, and small rooms.

Symptoms of claustrophobia include:

  1. Rapid heartbeat, sweating
  2. Feeling short of air, difficulty breathing
  3. Nausea, dizziness
  4. Feeling of panic, fear
  5. The desire to immediately leave a confined space

Causes of claustrophobia may be related to a traumatic experience in the past, such as being stuck in an elevator, or may have a genetic predisposition. Treatment uses therapy, medications and gradual habituation to confined spaces.

Claustrophobia refers to a type of phobia - obsessive, irrational fears of certain objects or situations. Other common phobias include fear of heights, snakes, and flying in an airplane. Phobias can significantly reduce the quality of life, so it is important to seek professional help.



Claustrophobia is a feeling of panic that occurs in confined spaces. The fear of appearing ridiculous to others because of one’s fear in an apartment, house, elevator or on an escalator has long been noticed by doctors, so its description is important for explaining panickers. What causes claustrophobia and why can't people stay in small, enclosed spaces?

People with a fear of enclosed spaces cannot stand closed doors, narrow passages, enclosed garages, halls, corridors, elevator shafts, or even the interiors of cars. They tend to get out of such confined spaces as quickly as possible. Some may ask them to be taken out into the fresh air, to leave the building, to force them to fulfill their requests - to force them to open the doors. Counts,