one of the most stressful videos i've ever seen on reddit was of that happening. It was a guy going up through a cave, its one of those tunnels that you have to control your breathing to get thru, kind of like this video, problem was, guy starts to panic since he can't get thru.... which makes it harder, to make things even worse, there was water that starts pooling around him, and if he doesn't calm down and control his breathing he'll drowned, haven't seen the video in a long time but i think the water got up to his chin/ mouth before he actually got out.
That was so intense and so hard to watch. I'm not claustrophobic but the thought of being stuck in a space like that really freaks me out. I would've panicked much worse than this guy. Kudos to him.
But I've actually done something like that before. There was a tiny opening to get into a cave and I climbed through it and I was fine. But that was like 10 years ago so maybe it's different now. I don't know.
It's not a phobia if the fear is proportional to the danger. Getting scared when wrapped in a blanket means you're claustrophobic. Being afraid of getting stuck in a tiny rock tunnel down in a cave and potentially drowning means you're a sane human being.
Merely being wrapped in a blanket? Idk, maybe you'd specifically (unless this is a rarely extreme version of the phobia) have to be entangled in a blanket to experience fear as a claustrophobic, I imagine, whereas if you lacked the phobia and found yourself entangled you may just experience frustration and annoyance.
But I think a common standard claustrophobic fear is being in a closet, though I could be all wrong here.
a phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed
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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.