Claustrophobia In Frankenstein

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Our group project is studying the effects of claustrophobia on an everyday guy named Joe. Joe used be OK with closed-in spaces, but then his big borther locked him in a box for two days and now he’s a super-huge giant diaper baby about it. Talk about a sissy boy, right? Anyways, Joe decides to go on the famous “Dr. Frankenstein” show to cure his illness. Dr. Frankenstein has helped many famous people get over stuff before, so Joe is like realylo super excited about this OMG. He will talk to an expert named Thaddeus who’s like the world’s biggest deal about curing claustrophobia. My character is Thaddeus, I think it’s a really good role for m because I like psychology and science. I also know a lot about claustrophobia, because my mom is like

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