Terrified of flying

[Foamburstenergy]

We've booked a luxury holiday that we've been looking forward to for months. Just us without the kids for the first time in 5 years. But there's a 4 hour flight each way.

It's next week now and I'm making myself sick with panic. I can't eat or sleep properly never mind concentrate on my major work project due before I go. I'm now balling my eyes out at leaving my gorgeous toddler behind, though i know it's just my stress.

Please calm me down. Please tell me about all the lovely easy calm flights you've taken recently that have been just fine. And that thousands fly every day and they're all just fine.

Do some people really fly without any anxiety?

I'm so upset at this once in a decade holiday experience being spoilt.

Anyone els terrified of flying after what happened in India today? I was getting better, but this has made regress massively...

No and YABU for not starting your own thread.

I
losten to the lovefly podcast on Spotify, they also had a website. You can download them also. It has helped me enormously! I hadn't flown in 15 years, and I was determined to not pass on fear to my children. I'd listen whenever I could, usually start a few months before going away. You can do it OP!

I had hypnotherapy, just one last minute session. Worked an absolute treat.

I became an airline stewardess to try and get over my fear of flying by full immersion.
It didn't work for me, passengers must have wondered why the stewardess looked terrified. I gave it up after 18 months.
I still hate flying but now I just get sleeping pills from my GP to cope.

Thanks that's all very helpful 🤞🏼🤞🏼

This is amazing 😂 also terrible that it didn’t help though 🤦🏼‍♀️ every time I’m on a flight I wonder how they can be willing to go on that many flights, always get off feeling like I’ve dodged a bullet because it’s landed 🙈

Haha exactly - I wonder too!