I'm claustrophobic. I always have been, but certain situations made it worse.

~One time when everyone was at school/work, I went into my brother's room to watch a movie and the door jammed shut. I went nuts and nearly killed myself climbing on his desk trying to force a window open.

~A got stuck in a hotel bathroom on a trip to the beach. I was in there for two hours while my parents tried to contact someone to get me out. To make matters worse, I was in my bathing suit at the time (I'm pretty overweight and was planning to throw on shorts and a t-shirt before going out.)

~Several times I've managed to accidently lock myself into places.

~I was in a car accident, and the car was flipped over and crushed in. I was so panicked about being trapped, I didn't have the capacity to unlock a door for the rescuers. (They had to break open a window instead.)

So, my claustrophobia is surfaced in a few quirks. I always sit near a door. I hate booths in restaurants. If I'm in one, I need to be on the outside. Planes and boats make me uncomfortable, and it has nothing to do with heights or motion. Cars also raise my blood pressure, but not as bad. (Submarines are the scariest things on the planet, and I hope never to be in one!) I am afraid to lock doors. I usually don't even close them all the way for fear they will jam. I sit in the front row on the side closest to the door in every class. Not sure this is claustrophobia, but I also prefer to sit in a place and position where I can see a door and as few people as possible wherever I am...

Yeah, I'm a mental case I guess... But I'm terrified of being stuck somewhere.