Fear of flying, what can I do?
I have been really anxious about flying since I have a bad flight last year. The last flight I went on after I was shaking and panicking. It was embarrassing. My parents in law live a 4.5 hour flight away and have suggested we go over and see them, but we will get the flight there with them as they are over here anyway to help us with our baby at the airport. Not only am I scared about the flight but I'm worried that I'm going to panic and make a fool of myself in front of them! What can I do?
Added (1). Its not even so much the fear of crashing I'm worried about. Its because the flight was so turbulant and frightening I'm scared of experiencing turbulence like that again!
Just fly with the knowledge your chances of being killed in an automobile accident are 120 times more likely
As an airline captain and licensed therapist, I've specialized in the treatment of flight anxiety for over thirty years.
Medication is not the answer. It is addictive, and over time it makes flying worse, until finally meds do nothing. This is because it increases the person s sensitivity to the motions and noises. Stanford University School Of Medicine research on this is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...ed/9299803
If you don't have trouble with panic attacks or claustrophobia, the anti-anxiety techniques and information about how flying works that we offer free at http://www.fearofflying.com is enough to take care of the problem.
If you do have trouble with panic or claustrophobia, since these are triggered unconsciously and automatically, the answer is to train the mind to NOT produce panic or claustrophobia - and that, too, must work automatically.
Another free help is the app we offer at http://www.fearofflying.com/app
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