Airplane Anxiety & How to Beat It | Fear of Flying | Claustrophobia

[polepino]

one tip i learned that helped subconsciously was getting to the gate early and sit facing the outside watching planes take off, just helps to normalize the idea of planes taking off. you should be getting into the idea that thousands of planes are taking off all the time and there are tons of planes in the air at all times. I'm not saying its easy to get over a fear of flying but normalizing air travel in your head is a step forward.

[anxzz]

“i cant fly on an airplane”
“you flew on them like 10 times”
“did i stutter?”

[hiy]

Normally I’m not scared but the devil inside messes with me

[MsLoverPower]

This is actually a breathing technique that is scientifically proven and recommend for any anxiety, not just for fear of flying.

[kriksizanderson]

Also. Keep your mind focused on something - read, listen to music, movies

[BrendaBodwin]

I get airplane anxiety so bad sometimes, they drug me. They do know in advance this may happen.

[deborahleone]

you’ve never had a real panic attack, dear friend. 😂 That would never ever work for those of us with true panic disorder!
But I really appreciate you teaching those with just regular anxiety how to cope! God bless you

[jetta.silence]

Yeah i need a few breaths in so i can build up my screaming for my damn life. People must not be aware of how many kinds and levels of anxiety there is. I will need to be drugged and asleep before getting on a plane ever again. Ill have a travel companion to wheel me on and off. I dont want to know i even was in the air!

[bobby]

i hated plane take offs.. i felt like i left my stomach
on the ground coz of G Forces.. i found this trick accidendaly, i would look out the window and concentrate on an object far away to the horizon like a building, mountain or a tower and never look down as the plane is taking off.. after a while your eyes and stomach feelings go away after the plane was airborne…works for me and i hope it works for you…😅😅😅

[katiekidd]

What happens if its anxiety about being stuck. Like in the air? Not about crashes or anything. I just am terrified of being stuck on a plane for however long. I have to travel next month for the first time in 10 years. Idk how im doing it

[thatguy]

I would feel a whole lot safer if I had a parachute

[DexDexu]

Brother across the aisle caught a stray

[krizp]

Idgaf about what anyone says airplanes are scary as fuck. I can’t even look at one without tripping out hard and my heart racing, I can’t even hear one cause then it trips me the fuck out.

[Nebulous_o]

It works, but a double scotch in the airport lounge works best

[johanvangelderen]

Consider that their are 34, 000, 000
commercial passenger flights each year.

The safety record is better than any other means of travel.

There is more risk in driving to a grocery store one time.

[lesterdiamond]

lol. I rode shotg*n with my buddy in a Cessna 172 for 3000 miles of VFR across the US West when the ink on his license was still wet.
Icing, Mountain Turbulence, mild hypoxia, transponder issues, weather issues… it was a great adventure. Green River Gorge between Verbal and Moab UT was a hilight. This trip was actually dangerous. Commercial flights … pfft.

[macriemyoui]

I don’t have plane anxiety, but airport anxiety, specially if im chasing the next connecting flight

[snappycattimesten]

Hearing people sniff twice loudly through their nostrils repeatedly gives me anxiety.

[spinachboy]

There are over 250k people flying in the air at any given point in time since 30 years ago and no plane crash has been caused by turbulence.

[DanielDrake]

I think for me, if there was some way just to give me a sedative injection that will knock me out for the whole plane ride, I will then survive all the anxiety of flying . Exactly like when they put u out for surgery . Then I would fly all the time. It’s hard to sit in a plane for several hours and just wait, so for that I rather take the knock out meds