Claustrophobia or fear of enclosed space, one of the most common phobias of the modern world. The people suffering from it experience panic from staying in any enclosed space. At the time of the attack of fear they have difficulty breathing, trembling, there is perspiration, in especially severe cases, even a loss of consciousness is possible. It seems to them that the walls and ceiling are compressed around them and just about to crush them, there is a feeling that the oxygen will soon end and they will have nothing to breathe.
I'm dying!
The reason for this misfortune lies in the banal fear of death, which, by the way, is inherent in all living things. Simply in this case, it transforms into a phobia of enclosed space, caused by the ever-borne stress of a long stay in a tightly closed room (for example, in a stuck elevator).
People who suffer from claustrophobia find it difficult to fly by air, they seldom descend into the metro, preferring to mainly travel by land. Often, the symptoms of fear of confined space are manifested in those who have only a third-party observer of the consequences of the long stay of other people in it. It is noticed that after strong earthquakes the number of "owners" of such phobia increases many times, and mostly those who did not personally suffer damage, but with their own eyes saw the bodies of victims killed under the debris.
Fight your demons
Sometimes claustrophobia gets quite sharp forms and a person simply has to turn to a specialist for help. And if the patient is confirmed with a diagnosis of fear of enclosed space, then treatment is usually reduced to the "wedge-wedge" method. It consists in the fact that a person is led into a small room, the walls of which are directed at an angle to each other and narrow as one moves deeper. Initially, the patient spends there, on strength, a couple of minutes. The next day, the time spent in the "torture chamber" increases slightly. On the third day - a little more. And this continues until the person suffering from claustrophobia is fully aware of the fact that there is essentially no danger, and nothing threatens him.
In any case, always the first step to getting rid of phobias is the recognition that they greatly complicate life. Once a person begins to realize this and he has a desire to overcome his demons in himself, he ceases to be a slave of fear and embarks on a warpath that almost always leads to victory. Remember, the main thing is to want, and the rest is a matter of technique.