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Fear of motion restriction, closed areas and planes
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 23 8:51am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
@patient2024 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. So many of us have fears. They can surface at any time, can be long-lived or short term. Do you recall if there was something that happened that seems to have triggered these fears? Is your mind thinking always of a way to escape should one of these situations present themselves?
As others have mentioned, perhaps speaking to a professional about how to deal with these thoughts would help. You said you tried once to go to therapy, but it sounds like it wasn't the right fit for you. Try again! Can your primary care doctor help you with a referral? You said you were able to distract yourself before, can you do that again? Living everyday in fear in no way to live, in my humble opinion. So, I applaud you for wanting to figure out how to help yourself. If you are open to share, I'd like to hear what your decide to do going forward.
Ginger
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Dear Ginger,
Yes, I am trying to get out of this but I can't. It seems that my energy to tolerate things is getting weaker over time. I think I was better able to face these issues years ago and now every year seems to weaken me more. I will try to go to therapy again and see if a different physician can help me. Until I resolve these issues, I am unable to step into a dental clinic except for cleaning and unable to take elevators packed with people, I figured out a way for the plane ride - my worst time is the first hour after the door is closed, however, sometimes the air-conditioning doesn't kick in the plane until after it departs and I panic. If the plane sits on the tarmac, I start to get strange thoughts and want to jump off. I sometimes dream about such issues and I wake up in panic mode. Everything with a potential risk could make me hesitant to step in. It seems that no way out of this.