A question always perplexed  in my  mind why one of my close relative  , an aged lady of 50, has the  fear of using lift (elevators) , closed spaces  and getting suffocated  when light gets off suddenly.

• She always has a torch or matchbox in her purse all the time during night or in the situation of darkness, and never uses elevator in spite of getting assurance of nothing would happen.

I am of the opinion that this is a natural phenomenon and can be cured. One day I read about claustrophobia, which means the abnormal fear of closed spaces like lift (Elevator) and when light get off suddenly.

After an analysis of the case it has been found that an incidence happened with that lady when she was at the age of 4 . She went into a lift by herself, and after crossing the 1st floor ,suddenly power…