» Fri May 27, 2011 10:53 am
Underground/confined spaces - I can deal okay with subways and such (good thing, since I am in NYC), but trips to underground excavations, caves, catacombs and the like will induce heart-racing panic - I get that "Flee" instinct kicking in. It has gotten worse as I have gotten older - to the point where even being in a narrow old passage-way in, say, an old Cathedral or castle ruin when traveling, becomes an exercise in willing myself not to freak out.
I can deal okay with subways systems, as I said, as they are generally wide open and you are moving along, and elevators - unless, in both scenarios, it is excessively crowded - if I feel completely hemmed in/surrounded, I have a lot of trouble - cold sweat, heart-racing, hands get icy cold... ugh. It's a horrible feeling.