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This section of Hall contains phobias about spaces, either too big or too small.

Read about general phobias about spaces, crowds, enclosed spaces or open spaces. Below are the ten most recently added phobias.

 

I have a phobia of being locked up in a small space, and one of being alone. And to top that I'm Clausterphobic. I freak out and panic. I always feel like I'm dieing at school I'm always sitting by the door

Anonymous
from Spaces : Enclosed spaces

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I recently wrote about my phobia of dark, including dark waters and darkness and now I realize it also includes the darkness of closing my eyes, I cxannot close my eyes for more than ten seconds without freaking out about what is aro0und me or what may be there to attack me.... please include this in my entry...Lil Lisa Love xo ...www.myspace.com/lillisalove OR lisaclontz@yahoo.com

lisa clontz
from Spaces : Darkness

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I am scared of being wrapped in covers. I get really hot and my neck will break out, I start to tremble and I can't breathe whenever I get trapped in covers. Like if my friends lay on either side of my covers and I'm under them and I can't move. Does anyone know what this is called?

Becca Duck
from Spaces : Enclosed spaces

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I have a tunnel phobia, which doesn't seem to be unusual, but I thought I would tell you about it because my perception of the thing is a bit different from usual. I find that most discussion or analysis of 'tunnel phobia' involves the victim feeling enclosed or trapped: in other words, a form of claustrophobia. In my case, what frightens me is the long perspective of the tunnel, so maybe it's closer to a 'falling' phobia.

If I see a photo of a railway tunnel in which the entrance is just a black hole, with the far end not visible, then it's not so bad. However, if I see a picture of a railway tunnel in which the far end is visible as a little circle of light, then it fills me with a kind of horror and dread. Even worse than railway tunnels are canal tunnels (real or in photos), they are the worst, they are horrific things possibly because the water gives them a 'bottomless' effect, also because the dark water is itself unsettling.

I suspect my fear is caused by the dark space of the tunnel itself, linking the front face of the tunnel with that light at the far end. If I was inside the tunnel, it wouldn't be so bad because there wouldn't be the entrance to give a point of reference.

Strange? Or do other tunnel phobes feel the same?

It might be worth pointing out that I have happily explored old mine tunnels, about two metres high and one metre wide, so there's no question of an 'enclosure' phobia here, in fact I find it comforting to be able to touch the walls. But to explore, say, an abandoned railway tunnel would be a different matter altogether and I think maybe it's because of the scale of the thing.

Peter in Buxton
from Spaces : Darkness

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