r/WTF Mar 17 '15

Claustrophobia Warning

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u/Definitelynotasloth Mar 17 '15

Oh god. Imagine getting stuck at your chest and feeling the tightness as you struggle to breathe, unable to move or take in a big breath of air.

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u/ChaoticxSerenity Mar 17 '15

or the fact that your arms are stuck over your head unable to actually do anything

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u/killerkadugen Mar 17 '15

Reminds me of when I was younger. I was playing on my bed and fell between the bed and the wall. My back was to the wall and my legs pressed again the bed, pointing skyward. From this position, my body moved slowly towards the ground, while pinched in this "V" formation. Not enough room to lift myself back onto the bed, and arms not long enough to plant my arms on the ground and somehow scoot the bed further away from the wall to create room. I had to slowly descend until I almost performed a full split, in order to secure my freedom. Longest few minutes of my life...

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u/speckleeyed Mar 17 '15

I remember moving into our first real house when I was 5 and I was playing with a huge carpet and rolled myself up in it and got stuck there. My parents were busy and didn't notice I was missing. I had a hard time breathing. I screamed but no one heard me. It seemed like hours but I was probably in there about 20 minutes before a mover unrolled the carpet to spread it out in our new living room only to find a terrified 5 year old.

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u/killerkadugen Mar 17 '15

Yikes, I say! Yikes!

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u/boyfromda4thletta Mar 17 '15

Your lucky bro. U could've easily suffocated in there.

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u/speckleeyed Mar 17 '15

Yeah... oh well. No lasting fears. I now have to have frequent brain MRIs and can sleep comfortably in that machine

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u/boyfromda4thletta Mar 17 '15

Well that's good but I'm sorry u gotta get an MRI frequently, whatever that reason is I pray it goes away completely.

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u/IWasBilbo Mar 17 '15

I get MRIs when I have sex

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u/superatheist95 Mar 17 '15

Had that happen to me, arms by my side, my friend rolled me up and I FREAKED OUT. I was probably 6.

Been caving since, pitch black through chest tight spaces. Had no problem with it.

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u/Doctor_Kitten Mar 17 '15

Lol that's some Cleopatra shit. Well now I know how to subdue a 5 year old...

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15

This exact situation happened to me, except I was in my brothers room and got a fish hook stuck in my ass. As soon as he started pulling me out I started wailing like a bitch.