
Ĭabin fever is not itself a disease and there is no prognosis. The concept is also invoked humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone for an extended period of 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. Ī person may experience cabin fever in a situation such as being isolated within a vacation cottage out in the countryside, spending long periods underwater in a submarine, or being otherwise isolated from civilization such as during a pandemic, or while under martial law. A person may be referred to as stir-crazy, derived from the use of stir meaning "prison".


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