Fear of Flying

Bluebells · 30-05-2006 01:32PM

Well, went to the hypnotherepy thing yesterday, very interesting experiance, still not sure if it worked but I definately feel a lot calmer about the things. Dont know if thats any help...

LegacyUser · 30-05-2006 03:32PM

I do have a fear of flying aswell but it's not as bad as you....my fear is the fact that you are so high up, it's always going to be disasterous if something bad did happen. Turbulence can be so bad sometimes that it freaks me out too. I used to get so anxious on planes that I would feel really sick when on one and literally put myself into a state of total weakness cos i'd be worried. September 11'th never helped me either, in fact, it just made it worse...while I can go on planes now, i always think "what if" situations when on it...it freaks me out a bit, i'm not gonna lie...

22-07-2006 10:39PM

Hello everybody, i just wanted to update and let people know what has happened about my fear.

Well i am back from Madrid and i now love flying !!! Yes its true. I cant wait till i fly again

I will let you know what happened. I booked myself into a hypnotherapist. There are lots around and they are all different prices . The first one i got charged me €1000

I found another for 300 so i went with that. Unfortunatly this hypnotpst was away untill thursday and i was flying out on the sunday.Thursday came and nothing. I called them and got voice mail. Friday , nothing called and got voicemail

I was panicing now and took a look through golden pages were i found a guy, i called him and he told me he would see me straight away. So i went he hypnotised me and i felt very relaxed and was also relaxed at the fact it cost me €100 !

It came to the flight and i knew i should be scared but i wasnt. I got on the plane and i felt fine. take off , not a problem and landing sheer delight .

I am now going away again in 2 weeks and i can say i no longer have a fear of flying .

Tony255 · 23-07-2006 02:11AM

I travel with this guy in work regularly who has a fear of flying and he gets relaxing pills from his doctor before flying, i dont know if these could help you as you said you get nervous two weeks before flying but they certainly help him during the flight (he does go a bit weird after taking then though, and answering the same question from him about 15 times does get a bit annoying but what the hell). I pity those of you with this fear its a horrible thing to have, best of luck with it all.

P.S. make sure you do not travel alone if you take these pills I once found this guy outside arrivals in dublin airport about to take some dublin skanger up on his offer to carry his bags.:D

ArphaRima · 23-07-2006 05:50AM

I completely disagree with any suggestion for the use of drugs. This could impair your ability to react and survive anything that did happen.
Best therapy is experience. Flying lessons are a good idea. Anything I have fear of I do. Except allow giant insects sit on my face.

Black Swan · 23-07-2006 08:35PM

Had a friend who was not only afraid of flying, but also of heights. So during therapy, with her parents involved, it was discovered she had rolled off the bed as a baby and hit the floor. The therapist used a method called systematic desensitization, where she was progressively exposed to small, medium. and higher levels, all with the support of caring parents and therapist, and now she has lost her fear of heights and can fly also.

Ruu_Old · 23-07-2006 08:42PM

Glad to hear it went well for you, OP. Best of luck for the future.

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