Own Puppeteer

The Need of Being One’s Own Puppeteer In a world that seems like it’s rapidly expanding, there are some, like myself, that are still focused on the earth’s tiny spaces. What I’m describing is an anxiety related to the thoughts and visual triggers surrounding tight and suffocating places. People who constantly face these apprehensions suffer from claustrophobia or the fear of enclosed spaces. Ranging from elevators to being buried alive in coffins, people like myself have the constant fear of being in an inescapable situation. But claustrophobia isn’t just about boxes and window-less rooms, it’s about human emotion and the need for options. Claustrophobia represents a narrow hallway in which one can’t turn the other direction or control their …show more content…
The couch was my soothsayer and the cushions my suffocating prophecy. But one doesn’t need a material barrier to make them feel claustrophobic whatsoever. After all, the mental anxiety is the real driving force behind claustrophobia’s destructive properties, and not the physical space. A person can feel claustrophobic in a stressful situation, where they sense that they can’t make any decisions of their own and have no escape. It’s no wonder that when people are confined to a tight schedule or stressed out, they “can’t breathe” or have any freedom to alter their situation, just like the suffocating effects of a claustrophobic couch. The same principle applies with this type of claustrophobia where its consequence of mental instability goes against man’s natural desire for control. Again, I want to justify this argument with another personal experience where I, too, felt this defilement of mental power in another claustrophobic attack. A dark and nerve-wracking space didn’t consume me like under the couch, but in this claustrophobic moment, I was merely sitting at my desk thinking about the next day. A new