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David O'Brien<p>Had an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRI</span></a> scan today.</p><p>Can confirm I still have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> </p><p>Could barely stand afterwards, I was shaking so much.</p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/BraveWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BraveWords</span></a><br>CLAUSTROPHOBIA To Support CRYPTA On Fall North American Tour</p><p><a href="https://bravewords.com/news/claustrophobia-to-support-crypta-on-fall-north-american-tour/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bravewords.com/news/claustroph</span><span class="invisible">obia-to-support-crypta-on-fall-north-american-tour/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/CLAUSTROPHOBIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLAUSTROPHOBIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/CRYPTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRYPTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/ToSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToSupport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/OnFallNorthAmericanTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnFallNorthAmericanTour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/thrashmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thrashmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/tour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/EP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/announcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>announcement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/BraveWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BraveWords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Random Magic<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magicthegathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magicthegathering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mtg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mtg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RyanPancoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RyanPancoast</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>My severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> is caused by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cptsd</span></a> as prisoners got better treatment than I did as a kid.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> causes a lot of pain if you don't understand how to manage it. I suppressed my tics all the time out of shame, and fear from watching how my dad treated my mother. If you do that all the time, you're in immense pain.</p><p>He thought I was faking so he took everything from me. I was alone, with nothing to do, and could never leave either.</p><p><a href="https://scoopzapp.com/n/10VggeG0?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3970418458104&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1745119007&amp;actBtn=videoShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoopzapp.com/n/10VggeG0?ctype</span><span class="invisible">=native_video&amp;nid=3970418458104&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1745119007&amp;actBtn=videoShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scoopz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scoopz</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>My stamina is improving!</p><p>I have been stress walking 15+ miles a day, despite trying to take a break as my legs are always in pain by bedtime. Not made better by peripheral nerve damage in my feet.</p><p>I am at a new place, so it stresses me out to be inside with strangers with my severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a>.</p><p>However every day I am in a bit less pain, and my energy levels improve, and I feel safer.</p><p>No pain no gain I guess. I am glad my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fitness</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> is steadily getting better.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>Hospitals are definitely brain numbing after a while, and I am glad my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> is better than when I first got to the care facility I was at as my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> would be going insane right now.</p><p>It does occasionally but I can always calm myself down.</p><p>I will be going to a different place after this, same concept but the facility can only hold a bed for about three days.</p><p>I have a reference for more permanent housing now though :)</p><p>The future is looking up!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Lightning Duck<p><a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValentinesDay</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/Valentinesday2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valentinesday2025</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRI</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/MultipleSclerosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultipleSclerosis</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/ChronicDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicDisease</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://spoonie.community/tags/Valentines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valentines</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I used to despise stairs, now they are one of my favorite ways to work out.</p><p>I don't like being inside most of the time due to awful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> so I don't care for gyms or machines. Outside is my gym, no matter the weather.</p><p>I have a titanium rod in my hip and screws from an accident. Stairs used to hurt to climb for years.</p><p>Now I am proud I turned something I hated into something I love.</p><p>This is prettier than a gym.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fitness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losangeles</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, as a very white-looking AFAB person (yes, ugh, but that's not who I am) of a certain age, I know I have privilege just because of that. But as someone who is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> and very mouthy (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODD</span></a>), that doesn't mean I can get away with shit. My whole life, I've come close to being arrested, but never have been. The fact that I have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> (from being locked in a closet by a Nun) means that I probably would not do well incarcerated. Or at least I'd have to mask for what would seem like an eternity. I honestly don't know how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GretaThunberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GretaThunberg</span></a> could tolerate incarceration, but the fact that she has, and is still very VOCAL, means she is a total <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadAss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadAss</span></a> who is my HERO!</p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I have severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> to the extent that I cannot sleep in my own bedroom.</p><p>Part of a long list I have from going through things I can't even speak to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/therapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapist</span></a> fully about yet.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a> lead me to critical drug <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> because I was just so afraid. All the time.</p><p>Not made better by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comorbid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comorbid</span></a> problems I was still learning.</p><p>I need to feel like I can escape when I am inside. Anywhere really.</p><p>I don't know how I'm alive.</p><p>I'm glad.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a></p>
vinyl-keks.eu<p>Glazed Curtains – Claustrophobia</p><p>„Claustrophobia“ klingt frischer, moderner, vielleicht auch hipper. Ist positiv gemeint. Ich meine da auch ein wenig Placebo rauszuhören, würden diese ihre Alben von einem/einer staatlich anerkannten Rockproduzent*In produzieren lassen. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> ist bei allem, was ich der Platte gerade andichten will nämlich vor allem eins: ein amtliches Rockalbum.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlazedCurtains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlazedCurtains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieRock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TapeCapitolMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TapeCapitolMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a></p>
Waywords Studio<p>𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕," 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 - <br> . . .<br> . . .<br>𝐑i𝐠h𝐭 𝐧o𝐰 𝐈'𝐝 𝐫a𝐭h𝐞r b𝐞 𝐬t𝐮p𝐢d a𝐧d a𝐥i𝐯e t𝐡a𝐧, w𝐞l𝐥, l𝐞t m𝐞 𝐭a𝐥k t𝐡i𝐬 𝐭h𝐫o𝐮g𝐡. B𝐮t i𝐟 𝐭h𝐢s s𝐨m𝐞h𝐨w g𝐞t𝐬 𝐭o y𝐨u t𝐨d𝐚y, 𝐢t's i𝐭'𝐬 𝐓u𝐞s𝐝a𝐲 𝐭h𝐞n p𝐞o𝐩l𝐞 𝐭h𝐞n g𝐞t p𝐞o𝐩l𝐞 𝐮p h𝐞r𝐞, O𝐊? I m𝐞a𝐧 𝐫i𝐠h𝐭 𝐧o𝐰. B𝐮t.<br>. . .<br>. . .<br><a href="https://buff.ly/3C9od2s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/3C9od2s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predictivetext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predictivetext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horrorstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horrorstory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
quite adept<p>remembering the time I chased a forest nymph through an enchanted wood and ended up lost in a maze of branches and brambles</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnchantedForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnchantedForest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Brambles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brambles</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Branches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Branches</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Woods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woods</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Evergreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evergreen</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a></p>
Hollie<p>I wrote a blog post about the visualization technique I used while I was getting my MRI today. It might be helpful for other claustrophobic folks. </p><p>I used a bare-bones version of this for the last one, but this time I got more creative and it was very much worth the effort. (Finn pictured when I got home, laying across my lap)</p><p><a href="https://eilloh.net/2024/05/30/getting-an-mri.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eilloh.net/2024/05/30/getting-</span><span class="invisible">an-mri.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRI</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MedicalProcedures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalProcedures</span></a></p>
Madeleine Begun Kane<p>Tunnel Vision <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Limerick</span></a> <br><a href="http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2024/05/19/tunnel-humor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">madkane.com/humor_blog/2024/05</span><span class="invisible">/19/tunnel-humor/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Limericks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Limericks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Limerick</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Robert Roy Britt<p>In a hazing act when he was 13, this writer was stuffed into a small steel trunk. “As the lid closed, and I heard the latch snap shut, the darkness descended upon me.” That led to severe <a href="https://me.dm/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a>, which he is still trying to write his way out of. Now he has investigated of the root causes of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> and it’s different types: primal, rational and irrational, and what <a href="https://me.dm/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> says about how to face fears and shake <a href="https://me.dm/tags/phobias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobias</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/i-was-locked-in-a-steel-trunk-at-age-13-363d920e0834?sk=15230a6f10c3e52a519a510b4b3d8b85" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/wise-well/i-was-loc</span><span class="invisible">ked-in-a-steel-trunk-at-age-13-363d920e0834?sk=15230a6f10c3e52a519a510b4b3d8b85</span></a></p>
Robert Roy Britt<p>In a hazing act when he was 13, this writer was stuffed into a small steel trunk. “As the lid closed, and I heard the latch snap shut, the darkness descended upon me.” That led to severe <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a>, which he is still trying to write his way out of. Now he has investigated of the root causes of <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> and it’s different types: primal, rational and irrational, and what <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> says about how to face fears and shake <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/phobias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobias</span></a>. <a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/i-was-locked-in-a-steel-trunk-at-age-13-363d920e0834" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/wise-well/i-was-loc</span><span class="invisible">ked-in-a-steel-trunk-at-age-13-363d920e0834 </span></a>?sk=15230a6f10c3e52a519a510b4b3d8b85</p><p>Posted into Wise &amp; Well <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@robertroybritt/wise-well-fskisat5z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wise-well-robertroybritt</span></a></span></p>
Time Isn’t Real Croosh<p>Gosh, I’m grateful got <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Valium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valium</span></a>. That was the easiest MRI yet. Hope the results are as straightforward and good. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/MultipleSclerosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultipleSclerosis</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MRI</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/pwms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pwms</span></a></p>
Time Isn’t Real Croosh<p>Home from my mini vacay and I don’t have to work tomorrow! But it’s cause I’ll be loaded up on Valium and getting an MRI. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/MultipleSclerosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultipleSclerosis</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a></p>
barefootstache<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DailyBloggingChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailyBloggingChallenge</span></a> (126/200)</p><p>Though this is all good as long as one doesn’t get claustrophobic in the sleeping. That can then have the opposite effect.</p><p>There are two options to deal with this. The obvious one is to not use a sleeping bag. The other option is to use one that is wider and permits more movement.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SleepingBag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SleepingBag</span></a></p>