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23 hours ago, nnm said:

I’ve always been a little claustrophobic, but have managed it well until the last year. Flew all over the world, every kind of airplane, no problem. 
Last year I had my first debilitating claustrophobia attack on an airplane. Since then I’ve had 3 more, plus one on a ski lift over Christmas. It has gotten significantly worse and continues to worsen. 
I started exposure/cognitive behavioral therapy last week so I can learn to live normally again. Apparently a lot of that is going to be putting myself in situations that trigger it. That does not sound fun, but it has to be done. 
The video/discussion above is horrifying to me. But maybe in a year or so I will be able to watch it without recoiling. 

 

I'm a little claustrophobic, but only when its in crowded situations. In open air, like say at a football game with open sky above me, no problem. But people crowding in on all sides, in an enclosed space, yeah no. 

Last time I felt the fear was on the Statue of Liberty ferry coming back to Manhattan. The upper deck, open air, no problem. Coming back, wife wanted to sit downstairs so we could get off the ferry quicker. As we approached land, everybody stood up and crowded forward, low ceiling above me, people all around, I had to push through the crowd and go back upstairs. 

If the elevator is full, I'll wait for the next elevator, or take the stairs. I would probably be ok, but why push it. 

But yeah, that cave crawling crap. Nope to the nope power. 

 

 

 

 

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16 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

I'm a little claustrophobic, but only when its in crowded situations. In open air, like say at a football game with open sky above me, no problem. But people crowding in on all sides, in an enclosed space, yeah no. 

Last time I felt the fear was on the Statue of Liberty ferry coming back to Manhattan. The upper deck, open air, no problem. Coming back, wife wanted to sit downstairs so we could get off the ferry quicker. As we approached land, everybody stood up and crowded forward, low ceiling above me, people all around, I had to push through the crowd and go back upstairs. 

If the elevator is full, I'll wait for the next elevator, or take the stairs. I would probably be ok, but why push it. 

But yeah, that cave crawling crap. Nope to the nope power. 

 

 

 

 

I was on a small commuter jet once when claustrophobia set in. I wasn't sure I was going to make the 30 minute trip. Before we left the DFW terminal they had us leave the plane and transferred us to another one. No problems on the second (and same size) plane. Turns out it had mechanical problems. I kind of felt like William Shatner on that one.

My wife and I were in an elevator that shut down between floors. Just 4 of us in it and I was trying to pry the door open and get out. And don't even get me started on MRI's.......

I can't watch these videos. It would keep me up at night.   

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I got claustrophobic making a delivery to "The Caves" in Kansas City. It's an old limestone mine tunnel dug into the side of a giant rock ridge and goes back over a mile. I unloaded near the back and they were still blasting to extend the tunnel. Could not GTFO of there fast enough.

There's a little place below Kansas MO... : r/interestingasfuck

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7 hours ago, RPM said:

I got claustrophobic making a delivery to "The Caves" in Kansas City. It's an old limestone mine tunnel dug into the side of a giant rock ridge and goes back over a mile. I unloaded near the back and they were still blasting to extend the tunnel. Could not GTFO of there fast enough.

There's a little place below Kansas MO... : r/interestingasfuck

A company that does wire EDM work for us has their factory in that complex. I always found it to be more fascinating than frightening. YMMV

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1 minute ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

I always found it to be more fascinating than frightening. YMMV

Were they blasting 100 yards away from you? YMMV

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33 minutes ago, RPM said:

Were they blasting 100 yards away from you? YMMV

I have been there when they were blasting but it wasn't nearly that close. I wasn't calling you out for being claustrophobic. Some family members have it and it isn't a joking matter.

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7 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Some family members have it and it isn't a joking matter.

Trust me, I wasn't joking. I don't like caves of any type. Explosives don't help.

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My first bout of claustrophobia hit me at a wet t-shirt contest in Matamoros, Spring Break '93 when I was 21.  Was enjoying the show and one nicely proportioned young lady removed her shirt and the resulting crowd press toward the stage triggered my lizard brain, and I noped the fuck out, losing my glasses along the way.  I was terribly nearsighted at the time, but I did not care at all.

Didn't have another incident until I went through Navy firefighting training in summer of 1995.  Got into a room with about 20 other students in full firefighting gear with an oxygen breathing apparatus to fight a "fire" in a mock engine room with natural gas flames.  The air got squeezed out of my OBA bladder which slowed the chain reaction in the OBA and kept me from being able to get a full breath.  Again, I noped the fuck out of there.  If I had failed to complete that training, I would have been processed out of the Navy.  I spent the next two weeks wearing an OBA for two hours a day at a desk while studying prior to taking another try at the firefighting training course.  Barely made it through the course on my second try and was fighting panic the entire time.

I spent decades avoiding situations and white-knuckling it through those I could not avoid.  Finally said to myself, "this is dumb" and swallowed my pride and went to therapy. 

Now, I'm not about to go spelunking where I have to squeeze through crevices, but reading about it no longer gives me sweats.  And I don't stress ahead of airplane flights anymore. 

If this is something you struggle with, it can get better. 

 

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18 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

My first bout of claustrophobia hit me at a wet t-shirt contest in Matamoros, Spring Break '93 when I was 21.  Was enjoying the show and one nicely proportioned young lady removed her shirt and the resulting crowd press toward the stage triggered my lizard brain, and I noped the fuck out, losing my glasses along the way.  I was terribly nearsighted at the time, but I did not care at all.

Didn't have another incident until I went through Navy firefighting training in summer of 1995.  Got into a room with about 20 other students in full firefighting gear with an oxygen breathing apparatus to fight a "fire" in a mock engine room with natural gas flames.  The air got squeezed out of my OBA bladder which slowed the chain reaction in the OBA and kept me from being able to get a full breath.  Again, I noped the fuck out of there.  If I had failed to complete that training, I would have been processed out of the Navy.  I spent the next two weeks wearing an OBA for two hours a day at a desk while studying prior to taking another try at the firefighting training course.  Barely made it through the course on my second try and was fighting panic the entire time.

I spent decades avoiding situations and white-knuckling it through those I could not avoid.  Finally said to myself, "this is dumb" and swallowed my pride and went to therapy. 

Now, I'm not about to go spelunking where I have to squeeze through crevices, but reading about it no longer gives me sweats.  And I don't stress ahead of airplane flights anymore. 

If this is something you struggle with, it can get better. 

 

Shit, I almost forgot the Rush concert in Seattle 1979. It was festival seating a/k/a no seats on the floor. No problem with the opening act, but when Rush came out people pushed forward. I was about 20 ft from the right speaker stack and people were pushing so hard I couldn't breathe. I noped tf out. Turned right and started swinging until I found open space.

Oddly enough, I never had a problem with an OBA. But then, you never want one.

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11 hours ago, RPM said:

I got claustrophobic making a delivery to "The Caves" in Kansas City. It's an old limestone mine tunnel dug into the side of a giant rock ridge and goes back over a mile. I unloaded near the back and they were still blasting to extend the tunnel. Could not GTFO of there fast enough.

There's a little place below Kansas MO... : r/interestingasfuck

What were you delivering?

Government cheese?

Serious question. Was it government cheese? What did it taste like?

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On 2/26/2025 at 8:19 AM, markstanco said:

I still dont get that.  How do you cross an active runway without even looking?  Im a lowly PP and my ass looks left then right like 4 times before I cross ANY runway. 

It will be interesting to hear if that pilot gets his papers pulled. He was clearly told to hold short of the runway and acted like he heard the opposite. That could have been a horrific accident.

Posted
2 hours ago, Superhero said:

What were you delivering?

Government cheese?

Serious question. Was it government cheese? What did it taste like?

I have a lot of experience with government cheese from my childhood. It’s a cheddary velveeta. 

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16 hours ago, RPM said:

I got claustrophobic making a delivery to "The Caves" in Kansas City. It's an old limestone mine tunnel dug into the side of a giant rock ridge and goes back over a mile. I unloaded near the back and they were still blasting to extend the tunnel. Could not GTFO of there fast enough.

There's a little place below Kansas MO... : r/interestingasfuck

do you ever think about how differently your life would have turned out if that ceiling collapsed while you were delivering twinkies to the limestone miners. 

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3 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

It will be interesting to hear if that pilot gets his papers pulled. He was clearly told to hold short of the runway and acted like he heard the opposite. That could have been a horrific accident.

similar to tenerife, worst airline disaster in history.  it was on takeoff and involved bigger planes, but same type of fuckup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster

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11 hours ago, Superhero said:

What were you delivering?

Government cheese?

Serious question. Was it government cheese? What did it taste like?

Close. It was all kinds of dairy products from Rich Foods in Buffalo going to Kraft. Did not eat any.

Posted
1 minute ago, futureman said:

Kraft has a cheese storage facility in a limestone mine?

Cockroaches and Velveeta will survive the nuclear apocalypse.

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On 2/25/2025 at 12:39 PM, MissingInAction said:

I have to be sedated just to get an MRI. 

Same. I have to put my face up against the little top screened section, to see out, of the Port-A-Potty when taking a piss at our tailgate. 

CHIEF

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5 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

Same. I have to put my face up against the little top screened section, to see out, of the Port-A-Potty when taking a piss at our tailgate. 

CHIEF

It's an open air tube, but being strapped down immobile triggers me in a very bad way.

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