Hello. I'm claustrophobic but this has been a gradual process over the past decade or so (I'm late 30s). I'm now at the point that on a recent plane trip I was having to fight to stay calm when we landed but weren't allowed off, so I don't want to fly again.
I'm also scared of lifts, though I can manage them if empty and I have the pushchair but I panic when people get in.
Yesterday I felt very panicked and breathless when I went to the local swimming pool which is in a fairly confined space deep inside the building. I'm terrified of tube trains, never used to be.
I've read nhs website but I'm not sure CBT would work to reverse this phobia. Does anyone else have any thoughts? Does anyone else have it?
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Mental health
Claustrophobia
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ribbitTheFrog · 03/07/2015 21:26
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