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This is a VR application for the Treatment of Claustrophobia:
VIRTUAL OPENOUT 2000
- Claustrophobia:
| This is a CD-ROM of
VR technology whose virtual scenarios provide
different difficulty levels for persons afraid
of closed spaces. Basically, there are two rooms
with several degrees of openness, and an elevator
with different options of functioning. |
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"Before entering the elevator
I said to myself "It's OK, nothing is gonna happen
to you. Relax". However, I couldn't help to start
feeling sick. My mouth ran dry, my heart sped up...
those cold chills and the sensation of suffocation.
I couldn't help but thinking "What if I cannot
get out? I will run out of air, nobody will hear me".
I couldn't endure it, so again, I fled shaking and
ashamed"
Claustrophobia is an intense to closed
spaces. When the person anticipates they are going
to be in a closed spaced, they experience an anxiety
reaction (lack of air, palpitations, dizziness, etc.).
That is the reason why they try to avoid elevators,
tunnels, the subway, small rooms, etc. The person
is not afraid of the situation itself, but of the
possible negative consequences of being in that place.
| Between a 2% and a 5% of the general
population suffers from claustrophobia. Its onset
is normally associated to an unpleasant experience
in a closed space (for instance, being trapped in
an elevator). Nonetheless, it can also be acquired
indirectly, hearing about others' unpleasant experiences
or seeing another person having such an experience
(Rachman, 1977). |
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