10/29/2026
Claustrophobia is one of the biggest reasons people turn down hyperbaric oxygen therapy. But the chamber isn't the threat. The prediction is: "If I'm enclosed, I can't escape, and something bad will happen." The body gets ready for that before you've even climbed in. That's a threat prediction running, and a prediction can be updated. I work with it before the session, so that when you're in the chamber the body is reading the room, not the old story.
The body doesn't know it's over