i have a fear of closed spaces like iam very uncomfortable in going inside a lift?
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i think you are suffering from claustrophobia.  you should seek the help of a professional.  :)
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u will know the best y r u afraid of urself.plz,immediately go to a councellor. i think u need councelling.
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Try rewarding yourself with something you want for going out in the world to do something you need to do. I love cheesburgers so I use that to get me out of the house. Ill go run the errand or pick up what i need and then go by my favorite burger joint for my reward. It may sound silly to many people, but to those who have dealt with agorophobia it will not. Step by step you can get back out there .
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What scares you about it? It isn't normal but you're not weird either!\nThere are phobias for everything else so why not!? There's probably a scientific name for this one too!
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im sry about that. i would be scared out of my mind if i couldnt see in the dark. after all it is the scariest time of the day. sry if i made you more scared. go to a doctor, make new friends, and and dont clode the door wen u sleep, so someone will hear u scream just in case somthin happens
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See a therapist.Don't try that "face your fears" stuff-you don't want to have hysterics when your plane is at 35000 feet do you?There have been cases where people with fear of flying have tried to overcome their phobia by facing it-only to freak out as the plane starts to climb-embarrassing situation certainly.
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Hi,\n\nJust to let you know a lot of people feel the same way, but try and relax and take a few deep breaths and tell yourself that you can do it.\nI was shy when i was a child but working in a hospital has made me more out going.\nA great book to read is Feel the fear and do it any way:- By Susan Jeffers. \nYou can get it in any good book shop or library.\nT.
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Having claustophobia is not easy. Like you who's afriad of using the elevator. If oyu really want to recover from this kind of phobia try to consult a psychologist because she or he can really help you regarding that problem.\n\n   Another way is that you have to try to expose yourself to places which are not too close. You have to make yourself immune or used to that kind of places. Its not doing in a hurry like using the elevator frequently. Just try to go to close place just for a short period of tym until you can tolerate almost an hour of staying in there.When your ther already try to relax yourself and think that you can do it. Try to say to yourself that "i can do this". Its just a matter of self motivation in overoming such phobia.\n\n  Try to detach yourself from your experince when you were stil 6 years old.That experience initiated you to have that kind of phobia.
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I used to live at a block of flat tat has been tear down already. And my mum use to tell me this story to scare me from coming home late but it still work for me. Cuz it still gives me the creep when i reach home after midnite. So let me tell you.\n\nOnce there was this gal that use to live in my block of flat. As my block of flat is rather isolated. There are only people living on th eigth and tenth storey. For your information, i was the 3rd family to move in the block. Anyway whenever this gal take the lift, it will definitely stop at the 6th storey as if there are people going in or out of the lift. We tried calling the lift repairmen a few times but everytime after repairing it, it will still stop at the 6th storey after 1 week or so.\n\nSo one day, this gal juz came back home from her fren's party and it was like in the middle of the nite at abt 12am. So wat this gal did was she called home to ask her mum to wait for her at the void deck to pick her up.\n\nShe reached her house void deck and there was no one yet. She was rather drunk so she juz ly on the wall while waiting for her mum. After a while, her mum came. The gal was vomiting and so her mum pass her tissue to wipe herself. After tat they took the lift home. They lived on the 8th storey.\n\nWhile in the lift, the girl felt like vomiting but she control herself. She didnt want to make the lift stink. As the lift was going up to the 5th storey, it suddenly occur to her tat its going to stop at the 6th storey again. So she was scared and she held onto her mum real tight. She was really glad tat her mum was with her at tat point of time. But how can the two poor women defend themselves even if something bad were to happen. AND THEN IT HAPPENED!!!\n\nThe lift stopped at the 6th storey again. The doors open and the gal was really scared. She saw something from a distance but she cant make up wat it was. She was eally drunk by then and everything seems blurry especially in the dark. So she whispered to her mum:" Mum, i'm scared!" And she hug onto her mum real tight.\n\nHer mum was really calm though. She put her arm around her daughter and assure her. And then she say:" Do i really look like your mum to you?" \n\nThe gal looked up to see clearly her "mum" face. For tat instant out of fear, she became sobber and evrything start to become clear. The woman's mouth was so wide tat as she's grinning, her smile split her face from ear to ear.\n\n"WELCOME HOME, MY SON."\n"I'mrightbehindyou !!!"
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lol, that reminds me of phobophobia. how can someone have a phobia of getting a phobia?!
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my gf oso like that. really scared the hell out of me. the thing is make sure u eat \n& sleep well
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It feels very uncomfortable to even think about for me , I think that is a very personal act . If I were at work or any other public place and had no choice I would have to . I usually stay home if I think I may have a problem though .
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Honestly there is no easy fix for this. You just have to put yourself in a situation where you have to talk. If you are really that uncomfortable with it and you are in school consider taking the dreaded speech class. It will force you to get up and talk in front of people. The best way to get over a fear like this is to tackle it. Hope that this helps and I wish you luck!
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i dont feel comfortable among strangers... i dont get anything to do that time...so i start feeling uncomfortable...
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By accepting that you're there and that there is nothing you can do about it. It looks bad when you try to get rid of the nervousness. It looks like you're trying to hide something. If you're nervous, be nervous. It's ok.\n\nGood luck.
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I am assuming that you believe this is beyond the normal level of fear that a person has in this regards.  With that assumption, there are a lot of things you can do.  Get a therapist, get a self-help book on phobias or face your fears and go skydiving (just kidding).  A lot of people get over phobias by facing their fears but your case isnt appropriate for that for obvious reasons.  \n\nA therapist will teach you about irrational thinking and educate you on what choices you have in regards to what you believe, think or feel.  They will show you methods of writing down all your thoughts about it and then go through them one by one and determine if they are real or irrational - it works really well when you tackle those thoughts one by one. \n\nOr you could look up statistics and figure the real odds of something like that happening to you.  I am an "odds" person and that got me over the fear of flying.  If you are a logical person like me, that may be all you need to know to get over it.