Cleisiophobia: The Fear of being Locked in an Enclosed Place!A Phobia is a fancy name for a Fear. But a phobia is not just any kind of fear since it is perfectly normal to be afraid of things and some situations. A phobia is different because it is an Extremely Strong Fear that doesn't go away.
Luckily, there is a very effective treatment for phobias: Exposure. Exposure involves allowing yourself to confront the feared stimulus and noticing that nothing catastrophic happened. In learning that no harm befalls them (other than their own physical anxiety) people can rethink their fears: "Hm....so the plane DIDN"T crash...maybe I CAN relax a bit."
Webb and Anna had some good Exposure to Cleisiophobia on Thursday night! It's hard to visualize the strange scenario but apparently around midnight they left a warehouse where Webb had been working. But the office door behind them locked as they walked out and the lobby door to exit the building was also locked. Suddenly, they were locked in! Imprisoned in between two enclosed spaces with just one working cell phone with waning battery life. Is your heart beating faster, palms getting sweaty, panic setting in??
If either Webb or Anna HAD Cleisiophobia, they should NOW be cured, or certainly see improvement, after Surviving their Wild Ordeal! After various failed attempts to get out (unanswered phone calls to the boss/owner, marginal interest from the LAPD - thanks guys!) the Rescue came via a Locksmith who made sure it was worth his while $$wise!
So, All's Well That End Well! One day soon they'll LAUGH about how bizarre it was. I mean, how many people can claim they've been locked up in a ghetto LA warehouse?
Probably the most common phobia is the Fear of Going to the Dentist! Even though Dr Hoover is the nicest dentist around I still suffer from dental phobia! A few other well known phobias include a fear of heights, spiders, snakes, and confined (as opposed to locked) spaces. Claustrophobia...maybe a close cousin to Cleisiophobia?
There are all sorts of "are-u-kidding-me?" phobias too. Like, Anatidaephobia: the fear that you are being watched or chased by a duck! I can understand the anxiety of being chased, but who cares if a duck is watching you? Really Now! And, then the Mother of All Phobias would be a Panaphobe: a person who is Afraid of EVERYTHING! Yikes! Panaphobics clearly missed Franklin Roosevelt's 1st Inagural Address where he stated: "the ONLY thing we have to FEAR is FEAR ITSELF!"
