Claustrophobia

Cities worldwide containing enormous skyscrapers, bustling streets, and breathtaking views has captured artists attention and been the focal point of thousands of art pieces. However, the way an artist portrays their interpretation of the city often varies. At first glance, Fernand Léger’s 1919 The City and Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1925 New York Street With Moon appear to be extremely different photos— the color schemes, spacing, and amount of detail to objects and movement for each photo are distinct…

Another great example for production design in science fiction movies is the movie Ex Machina. To begin with, production design includes the design of sets which makes set design one of the most important aspects while producing a movie. For example, one of the points set design deals with is the location where the film is going to be shot. Funderburg (2015) explained that in the movie Ex Machina, they used two Norwegian locations both designed by the architects Jensen & Skodvin. One of the…

If you’ve been following my blog you know that at the Eustache Institute we specialize in neurofeedback therapy. However, an additional treatment we proudly provide is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber, allowing our lungs to gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure. Our blood will then carry the oxygen throughout our body and our organs, helping to fight bacteria while stimulating the…

Trembling, my hand grips the old, unsteady doorknob and as I turn it, my heart skips a beat. The wobbly door creaks when it opens, and darkness fills my eyes. The smell of must enters my nostrils as a light draft comes up the uneven stairs. The light switch struggles to hold on to the ceiling by one frayed cord. My unsteady hand reaches for the switch, and as I attempt to stay on the laminate floor, one lone light ignites, it is covered by an overload of cobwebs and built up dust. As I look down…

laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the OR. The ones who received the VR training have shown a significantly better performance. [1] There are also studies about VR use in both physical and psychological therapies. There is a study about VR treatment of claustrophobia. [3] Another article is about the pain easing effect of VR. [4] In entertainment, education, medicine or any other area, it seems like virtual reality will have a great impact on our lives. It also lets us to experience things we can’t…

The concept of fear is an emotion that affects the human body that would be both negative and positive. The negative part of fear is the fact that the person who has fear is experiences is. The positive side of fear is that fear is a built in survival tool that the human brain uses to help keep the body alive. Fear however, will sometimes win. Such a case of fear winning is the fear of being alone. In medical terms it is known as Monophobia. Monophobia is a real fear that does affect people…

caught and sent to a concentration camp. This is the life you would live if you wanted to go into hiding from the Nazi. Living in isolation would be really hard, but also having the fear of being found by Nazi makes it much worse. If you have claustrophobia this is one of your worst fears and you have to be quiet and having anxiety over being found makes it really hard to stay quiet. With an insufficient amount of food people change emotionally and have a hard time getting along with each other…

snorting and screaming with fright, intensifies the sense of danger and impending doom, sensed by nature itself. Visually, the lonely road is described as being "hemmed in with trees" that arch over the path like a tunnel, adding a feeling of claustrophobia and confinement (Stoker). The “faint flickering blue flame” and the “ghostly figure” emphasize the supernatural and mysterious elements (Stoker). The imagery of black clouds, darkness, and gloom, along with the “jagged crest of…

essential role in this compelling short story afterwards. Incorporating this flashback leads to the realization that the entity in the tunnel had come for both him and Ib, and that perhaps the terror he had experienced was not just a result of the claustrophobia. These simple “two notes” play a vastly important part in the reaction to hearing them and having to decide how he would let that effect his actions when he was no longer a kid. Finally, as dirt was “pressing heavy against (his) chest…

My favourite chapter in Mark Haddon’s “the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” is Chapter 179, because it comprises all the dominant themes and motifs in the novel. In the beginning paragraphs, one can recognize both the literacy (as in literal) and descriptiveness in Christopher’s tone of voice. This is a predominant theme in the story because the entirety of Christopher’s actions and reactions, and how Christopher perceives the world around him are based solely upon being literal…