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Do they bother you? Do walls and fences cause claustrophobia in you? How about locked doors and gates? Do they bring about a fierce need to find the key and escape?

The obvious answer for most of us is, “Well, it depends. Am I trapped inside those barriers, or protected by them? That’s totally logical thinking. But the problem is that we humans are not always logical, especially when it comes to our freedom.

One tiny whiff of a suspicion that we are trapped in a situation and some of us can begin to panic. Walls and locked doors that earlier brought about a feeling of security suddenly feel as...