Talk:Cleithrophobia/@comment-173.62.203.63-20180804184753

A Fandom User

I’ve also had the “trapped in clothes” problem. With me it was a jacket. I was in the car and couldn’t get the zipper down and almost lost it. I took a couple of deep breaths and took it easy on the zipper and it came down. But it taught me to not zip something up all the way! The problem with this phobia is you never know when it’s going to hit you. Or rather, you learn something new all the time. I know now to always stand in the subway car right by the door, to stand in the front of an elevator, to never get into the back of a van etc. But a few years ago I had major surgery and was ok the first night. But the second night when I was more “with it” but realized I couldn’t move because of the incision PLUS nasal-gastric tube, oxygen tube, Foley catheter, and IV in each hand, a blood pressure cuff,and the leg compression things on each leg, I rang the bell for the nurse in a panic. She unhooked a few things and gave me an Ativan.