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Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that causes an intense fear of enclosed spaces. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder, which often results in panic attacks. The cause of anxiety disorders such as phobias is thought to be a combination of genetic vulnerability and life experience.
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People affected by claustrophobia will often go out of their way to avoid confined spaces, such as lifts, tunnels, tube trains and public toilets.
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The onset of claustrophobia has been attributed to many factors, including a reduction in the size of the amygdala, classical conditioning, or a genetic predisposition to fear small spaces.
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Summary
Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that causes an intense fear of enclosed spaces. If you get very nervous or upset when you're in a tight place, like an elevator or crowded room, you might have claustrophobia.
Some people have claustrophobia symptoms when they're in all types of closed-up areas.
Claustrophobia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - WebMD
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Claustrophobia is an intense fear of confined or enclosed spaces.
Many fears seems reasonable. We all try to avoid things that make us feel uncomfortable. The difference between a fear and a phobia is that a phobia is an intense and irrational fear toward one or more things or situations.
Claustrophobia: What Is It, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
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One of the most common phobias is claustrophobia, or the fear of enclosed spaces. A person who has claustrophobia may panic when inside a lift, aeroplane, crowded room or other confined area.
The cause of anxiety disorders such as phobias is thought to be a combination of genetic vulnerability and life experience.
Claustrophobia - Better Health Channel
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Claustrophobia is the irrational fear of confined spaces.
People affected by claustrophobia will often go out of their way to avoid confined spaces, such as lifts, tunnels, tube trains and public toilets. But avoiding these places may reinforce the fear.
Claustrophobia - NHS
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Claustrophobia is the fear of confined spaces. It can be triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows. Even bedrooms with a lock on the outside, small cars, and tight-necked clothing can induce a response in those with claustrophobia. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder, which often results in panic attacks. The onset of claustrophobia has been attributed to many factors, including a reduction in the size of the amygdala, classical conditioning, or a genetic predisposition to fear small spaces.
Claustrophobia - Wikipedia
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Claustrophobia is a specific phobia where one fears closed spaces (claustro means closed). Examples of closed spaces are engine rooms, small or locked rooms, cellars, tunnels, elevators, MRI machines, subway…
Claustrophobia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
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