claustrophobes
Elevator avoiders, perhaps
Claustrophobes are people who suffer from claustrophobia—an intense fear of enclosed or confined spaces.
The word typically appears when discussing design accommodations or shared anxieties: The elevator was a nightmare for claustrophobes.
Claustrophobes should avoid the cave tour.
Vertical passenger conveyances
- tunnelsUnderground hollow pathways
- subwaysUnderground urban railways
- airplanesPowered flying vehicles
- crawlspacesNarrow gaps below buildings
closets · caves · basements · cellars · coffins · attics · stairwells
Unable to escape
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- confinedKept within bounds
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
stifled · squeezed · hemmed-in · boxed-in · smothered · crushed · restricted · cornered
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
desperation · distress · overwhelm · apprehension · unease · nervousness · hysteria · alarm
Flight from captivity
- exitWay to leave
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
grounding · mindfulness · CBT · desensitization · reassurance · visualization · wide-open · outdoors
Abnormally rapid respiration
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
nausea · disorientation · faintness · heart-pounding · shaking · lightheadedness · numbness
elevators
Vertical passenger conveyances
crawlspaces · closets · caves · basements · cellars · coffins · attics · stairwells
trapped
Unable to escape
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- confinedKept within bounds
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
cramped · stifled · squeezed · hemmed-in · boxed-in · smothered · crushed · restricted · cornered · caged
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
helplessness · desperation · distress · overwhelm · apprehension · unease · nervousness · hysteria · alarm · fear
escape
Flight from captivity
medication · grounding · mindfulness · CBT · desensitization · reassurance · visualization · wide-open · outdoors · windows
hyperventilation
Abnormally rapid respiration
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
dizziness · nausea · disorientation · faintness · heart-pounding · shaking · lightheadedness · numbness
- phobesarachnophobes, agoraphobes, hydrophobes, xenophobes, germaphobes
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient