Claustrophobia

[Mousey Girl]

I have quite a few phobias, but most are diminishing with time. My biggest is of snakes. I have been able to deal with it since I traced back the cause to an incident in childhood.

Hospitals, I hate them, I hate going and visiting someone. I freak out. Again, this was diminished after being traced back to a childhood incident involving my dad and back surgery. I was 9ish. I don't remember him in the hospital, but the burn victim in the room down the hall.

I hate bridges, whether in a car or walking on one. It took me years to finally be able to cross the TSI suspension bridge. When in a car, I need to be the one driving, that way I feel more in control.

Elevators don't really bug me, but I do tend to get vertigo if I have to ride up and down in a tall building (like a Vegas hotel).