Claustrophobia is the fear of being in a small space or room and being unable to escape. The condition was present in a number of species, including humans, Cardassians, and Klingons.
Elim Garak had a severe case of claustrophobia. He was forced to face his condition when working to help Julian Bashir, Worf, and Martok escape from Dominion imprisonment in Internment Camp 371. (DS9 episode: "By Inferno's Light")
A couple years later Garak kept a large Klingon male who had been stuck in a service tube suffered an attack of claustrophobia. (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)
External Links[]
- Claustrophobia article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Claustrophobia article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
