Robert is a teacher whose fear of heights was so severe he could not cross a bridge without ‘high anxiety’. Nor could he go near a window in a high rise building, or even climb a ladder, without the same reaction.
Terror in an MRI machine is not uncommon. The scanner is large and cylindrical, and a patient needs to lie still while enclosed inside it for quite some time. In such a situation, some people feel trapped and can panic.
My new client Julia had claustrophobia.
Robert is a teacher whose fear of heights was so severe he could not cross a bridge without ‘high anxiety’. Nor could he go near a window in a high rise building, or even climb a ladder, without the same reaction.