Claustrophobia is the fear of being in enclosed spaces. It is a psychiatric condition known to affect several different species, including Humans and Cardassians.
Hoshi Sato noted that a few days confined in the catwalk with the rest of the crew of Enterprise "should cure anyone of claustrophobia." (ENT: "The Catwalk")
Garak was found to have claustrophobia when he was working in the narrow crawlspace on Dominion Internment Camp 371. (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")
Starfleet Academy Cadets, as well as any occupant of a class 2 shuttlecraft were known to experience "a case of class-2 claustrophobia." At the Academy, half a dozen cadets were often "shoehorned" in a class-2 shuttlecraft for weeks at a time, creating extreme cases of claustrophobia among its occupants. (VOY: "Drone")
Marla Gilmore, a crew member aboard the USS Equinox, developed claustrophobia after repeated attacks from nucleogenic lifeforms in the 2370s, which were most often fatal if their target was trapped in a confined space. (VOY: "Equinox")
Known sufferers of claustrophobia
- Elim Garak (DS9: "Broken Link", "By Inferno's Light", "Afterimage")
- Marla Gilmore (VOY: "Equinox")
- Harry Kim (VOY: "Memorial", "Nightingale")
- McMillan (VOY: "11:59")
- Neelix (VOY: "Phage")
- Q (as a Human) (TNG: "Deja Q")
- Tom Paris (VOY: "One")
- Hoshi Sato (ENT: "Fight or Flight", "Sleeping Dogs", "Shockwave, Part II", "The Catwalk")
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