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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
The best way "the person I know" can describe this is irrational panic. To the point that if locked in a small room (like a bathroom, or elevator--a large room wouldn't be a problem), and it wasn't necessary to conceal the situation from others, an attempt to bash through the door or wall would soon be underway. No breathing problem. The feeling has pretty much always been there.
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I kind of replied to this post in the post directly before this one... Systematic Desensitization and Flooding are some keywords you could search for... There are good and bad ways of doing it and the absolute safest way is to have the assistance of a trained professional. You can do some similar work if you have a friend you can trust to a) not laugh at you for having a problem and b) knowing that they really need to get you out of the situation if there is a problem.
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Believe it or not, when I had a broken arm (from a poorly executed kick block in a martial arts class) I even got feeling of claustrophobia regarding the cast! Had to do strenuous exercise to make it go away. The orthopedist told me it wasn't uncommon.
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That sounds somewhat accurate... it makes sense, anyway.
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I had kind of thought something like "familiarizaton" might help, but I assumed there were good and bad ways to do it. Would love to hear what the shrink thinks.
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Again, see the post on systematic desensitization and flooding.