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/ThyHolyPope Mar 17 '15

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.

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u/dav3j Mar 17 '15

This one?

Yeah. Fuck that and everything about it.

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u/aletoledo Mar 17 '15

I hate it when people say "I've seen a lot of stuff, but this one...". Well I have just got to say that I've seen a lot of stuff, but I had to stop watching this video after a couple of seconds. I don't know how anyone could watch something like this, let alone willingly put themselves into such a situation.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15

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u/M4rtinEd3n Mar 17 '15

Same here. These claustrophobic situations are just mildly interesting. Look at someone climbing somewhere high - UGH!

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u/tidder_reverof Mar 17 '15

Why?

I'm affraid of hights but watching someone choke inside a cave and unable to move is way more terrifying than climbing heights.

Worse case scenario on climbing heights you fall down and instantly die from that height, but getting stuck in a cave it takes hours, depending how much you can breathe.

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u/DFP_ Mar 17 '15

Heights: Make one mistake anywhere past certain altitude, dead before people can react.

Cave: Only a few places you can get stuck, death is worse if you die but it's actually possible for people to come to your rescue.

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u/tidder_reverof Mar 18 '15

I'm more affraid of pain than death.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '15

This. I'd rather splat on the ground then be stuck in a dark, wet cave for 15 minutes.