The first case of claustrophobia was recorded in the 1870s by a French physician. He described two patients who complained of feelings of fear and anxiety when inside their apartments behind closed doors: At the time, Paris was rapidly urbanizing, with the city becoming more crowded with people and with conditions becoming more cramped. Soon after the Paris cases were documented.
Claustrophobia
His claustrophobia was starting to act up in the airplane. He refused to go into the tunnel because of his claustrophobia.
Claustrophobic is the adjective form of claustrophobia.
Probably just a slightly altered case of Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Niall Horan has confirmed that he has claustrophobia.
I suffer from claustrophobia in elevators.
He suffers from claustrophobia and is very nervous in elevators. The cramped quarters of a Soviet spacecraft was no place for someone with claustrophobia.
The suffix for "claustrophobia" is "-phobia," which means an irrational fear of something.
You need lots of windows in your house if you have claustrophobia.A dark closet would make a person with claustrophobia crazy.When I went into the mine, I discovered that I had claustrophobia.
We use the term claustrophobia for the fear of confined spaces. A link can be found below.
Claustrophobia (from claustrum "a shut in place")
People can be diagnosed with claustrophobia at any age. Usually people get claustrophobia when they are young.