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In response to: I'm claustrophobic
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In response to: I'm claustrophobic
DecadianSenior Contributor
Hi @Former-Member
Yes - I have been on holidays - 4 nights in Canberra - and it was fantastic
It's amazing how things that bother me at home are not on the radar when I am away - I hate lifts and escalators - but I have been using both -
On a plane I ask for a window seat - we are just as trapped where ever we sit so I feel better if I can look at the wing and I have "an horizon" which keeps me from feeling dizzy - and I take something for travel sickness anyway - regardless - I have been horribly sea sick
Somewhere I read something about closed environments - being like prisons - because you can't just leave and there are rules and other people to consider - planes and ships and other public transport, class rooms, hospitals - general too I think
For me planes are fine - but hospitals - that is for general medical reasons - freak me past the point of sense - I can't bear it - I really feel as if I am in prison - I will put up with a lot of pain at home - which they really don't treat in the ED - and I can walk out of there
But noisy music - that is a major stressor - I hate it in shops - it makes me leave without buying anything - when I can't think past the noise - I find that a bad time to make a purchase
But I certainly understand your sitting on the aisle - just getting out of plane with people getting overhead luggage is a pain - in fact - people milling about and uncontrolled children really make me feel very unfriendly - 
Decadian
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