Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is basically a fear of enclosed spaces and in  it the person is not able to escape from the place. It may be shown in many situations or stimuli, like crowded to capacity, elevator,  even tight-necked clothing and rooms without window. It was initially a kind of an Anxiety Disorders, that can lead to panic attacks. The onset of claustrophobia is linked not only a single factor but is associated with many factors including a genetic predisposition to fear from enclosed spaces, small size of the amygdala or classical conditioning.

A study revealed that approximately 5–7% of the total population of the world may be  affected by severe form of claustrophobia. Inspire of that only a small number of the population  hardly receive any form  of treatment for this psychological disorder. Claustrophobia has the two major symptoms of : fear of restriction and fear of suffocation. The Fear of restriction is exhibited by the following situations at  least one of them : tunnels, elevators, small rooms, cars, airplane locked rooms,  train, caves. The symptoms may by it can be exhibited in trivial matters like , sitting in a haircutter's, waiting in line or dentist's chair.

Treatment: Psychologists and mental health professionals should use the Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, In Vivo , interoceptive exposure therapy for the treatment of Claustrophobia.