Often used when someone feels physically trapped in a tight space.

Physical Confinement

Can express feeling claustrophobic or uncomfortable due to lack of space.

Emotional Effect

Used metaphorically, it means being pressured by circumstances, not actual walls.

Refers to the mental stress of being limited by something like rules or laws.

Can describe unnoticed limitations over time, like social norms.

Often used in a non-literal sense to talk about abstract constraints.