claustrophobia
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The effect instead is one of claustrophobia, an especially embarrassing misstep when it comes to a work about liberation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The rating given for misinformation ranged from 0% for videos about anxiety and depression from YouTube Kids, to 56.9% for claustrophobia videos on YouTube, the authors wrote in The Journal of Social Media Research.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Chiu suffered permanent damage to his hearing and struggled with claustrophobia for years, while Tsui said the ordeal robbed him of his adventurous personality and made him "a different person".
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
It’s not only the claustrophobia of an enclosed space with strangers or control-seeking authorities but time itself that creates the feeling of dread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
I didn't say what was creeping up around me—a feeling of claustrophobia.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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