Cabin fever

Cabin fever is the distressing irritability or restlessness experienced when a person, or group, is stuck at an isolated location or in confined quarters for an extended time.

During cabin fever, a person may experience sleepiness or sleeplessness, have a distrust of anyone they are with, or have an urge to go outside even in adverse conditions such as poor weather or limited visibility.

Escaping the confinement of the indoors and experiencing different scenery can assist individuals suffering from cabin fever in alleviating their mental distress.

Exposure to the outdoors may stimulate both the brain and body, helping to mitigate feelings of claustrophobia, paranoia, and restlessness commonly associated with this condition.

[7] The concept of cabin fever was used as a theme in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, Chaplin's 1925 film The Gold Rush, Stefan Zweig's 1948 novella The Royal Game, the 2011 children's comedy book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, the 1980 horror film The Shining and The Simpsons episode "Mountain of Madness."