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Cleithrophobia is a fear of being trapped or locked in an enclosed space. The origin of the word is originally from the Greek cleithro which means to shut or to close and the English phobia which implies a persistent fear. Cleithrophobia is also known as clithrophobia or cleisiophobia. . It is a form of agoraphobia.

Causes
Phobias are caused as a result of internal feelings combined with external stimuli, which induce a a life-changing trauma in some individuals. Certain phobias occur as a result of specific events in an individual's life which act as a trigger and cause this deep-rooted fear over time. Additionally, some phobias do not have any specific cause. In the same way, cleithrophobia could occur due to some traumatic experiences in a person's life or could simply crop up, for no particular reason. The focus of this fear is the feeling of being locked in or being unable to escape from a space. The individuals suffering from this might be able to enter rooms calmly provided that the fear of being closed in and being unable to leave at free will, does not exist in their minds.

Symptoms
The symptoms which are manifested in an individual due to cleithrophobia can be divided into two types, i.e, physical and psychological symptoms. The physical symptoms that occur could be sweating, headaches, dizziness, nausea, tachycardia (rapid heartbeats) etc. The psychological symptoms could be a feeling of dread, losing control or even dying.

Treatment
There are no complete treatments for any phobia as the process involves the subject's psychological and behavioral patterns, some of which can never be changed. However, it is possible to reduce the extent of the effects of any phobia by therapeutic treatments, such as hypnotherapy, counseling, psychotherapy, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) etc .Though there are medicines and drugs which can suppress the phobia significantly, it could also lead to lifelong addictions which may be never fade as well as withdrawal symptoms, which could affect normal day-to-day functioning and hence, medication should be avoided. The best way to get over a fear such as this is to understand the reasoning behind it and grasp the concept of "mind over matter".