A kind of claustrophobia, disability flavor

About this episode

Marcia Doherty discusses her experiences with what she terms 'disability claustrophobia' and the overwhelming feelings she has been facing.

This is my 4th attempt to try to explain the measure of extra crunchy hard I've been experiencing right now. The best way I know to describe the extremity of overwhelm and difficulty coming at me from all directions is claustrophobia. Disability claustrophobia is what I've been calling it but nobody seems to know what I mean by that. So for the fourth time I'm trying to explain. But it seems like a easier said than done thing. Let me know if it makes sense. If not I'll make another stab I guess

People in this episode

Host: marcia doherty

Topics covered

• disability
• claustrophobia
• overwhelm
• mental health
• personal experience

Keywords

• disability
• claustrophobia
• overwhelm
• mental health
• personal narrative

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