Claustrophobia is an intense fear to closed spaces.Claustrophobia belongs to the situational type because the fear is cued by specific situations. Concretely, claustrophobia is a fear of enclosed spaces. The situations that claustrophobics tend to avoid are elevators, tunnels, subway trains, small rooms, medical diagnostic imaging techniques, underground parkings, etc. The person does not fear the situation itself, but the negative consequences of being in that place.
The real truth of what they fear of is actually entrapment and suffocation.They will feel vulnerable when there is little space.As for the fear of suffocation,their fear may arise because of the fear of not having enough air.When they in such places,they will feel dizzy and will be sweating alot.They will also suffer an panic attack.The incidence ranges from 2% to 5% in the general population and those who suffer from this are mostly females.



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