Fear Of Flying: How To Overcome Flying Phobia

[themisscomputernerd]

im going on holiday in a couple of months and i wasn't afraid of having to fly because i've done it before. although when ive flown before, i have been a little nervous. anyway, yesterday i watched a film called 'cast away' which is about a plane crash etc...

anyway, the man on the plane was just in the bathroom and then boom! plane started going down. which means it could just suddenly happen... now THATS what im scared of.

[JHulse29]

I don't have so much a fear of flying as a nausea of flying. I'm not a fan of the sudden rising and falling at takeoff and landing, and turbulence sucks too. I describe it as like being in an elevator going up and down very fast. Last time I had to fly I took Dramamine so I can't even imagine how sick I'd feel without it

[Bystander81]

I think I'm going to have to fly in a couple of months...I was just talking about it on the phone and I started rocking back and forth and sweating just at the thought of it. I've got it bad...really bad :(

[TheDorothyDeath]

Got a flight tomorrow. British Airways to Heathrow. My instincts are driving me mad, oh dear :/

[Rogue849]

damn. And the when they say to fasten the seatbelts 'cause we're about to land....ohhhh! i'm not scared anymore, and then I can look out the window and see the city down there, and then the airport. Such a relieve. I mean, if we fall, at leats it won't be from so high and people will see us inmediately and they'll send help soon, right? I really gotta go see a shrink some time before my next plane trip.

[thenoobzors]

@Rogue849 lol you just think alot relax man :P

[Rogue849]

planes are so safe and I believe that. But some part of me thinks it's unrational that my poor little human body is up so high! And stuck in there with no way out. I can't even look out the window 'cause I panicked to, I hated to see the clouds and the land down there, The weird thing is that, even though they say tha rise and the landing are really the more dangerous parts of the fligh, when there was like an hour to arrive, I was soooooooooo happy it all was going to end that I didn't give a

[Rogue849]

whole flight, I thought it would explode at any second. I kept asking my mom to talk to me about anything, but I couldn't follow the conversation. I was like "no, let's talk aboput something else" every other minute. I troed to read, I tried to watch a movie, but it didn't last more that a minute every time. I just feel something is going to happen at any second. And I keep hearing noises, so I couldn't sleep. I even puked. I know all that stuff about planes being safer that cars, and that

[Rogue849]

The 1st time I got on a plane, I was 12 years old and remember being sooo relaxed and cool. Now, at 25, I took an 8 and a half hour flight (and back) and it was hell. I start to feel nervous when I'm arriving to the gate and walking down the aisle. Then I sit and fasten my sit belt and tears start to puor down my cheeks, my stomach feels awful, my hands shake. Not to mention the second it runs faster and then suddenly goes up: I thought it would explode in any second. Actually, throughout the

[johnpaulmarkes]

Particularly fingers... Damn ipod

[johnpaulmarkes]

I have a fear of many same things, particularly. Is there a name for this?

[breakyourfear]

Change happens instantly. Its Easy and Fun!

[TheRaveyBabyy]

Uh I hope that's not your real name @luciferia2l8 that's kind of creepy lol

[TheRaveyBabyy]

I hate not being in control of my life ;I cannot see the pilot ; I feel like its a man made thing that can mess up at anytime ! It's scares the crap out of me . Once your up you can't come down if wanted to ! And landing oh gosh I think the worst !!!!!

[wisbetwilsion]

I fist took a fly when I was 18 by myself, when i sat in the plane to wait it up I'm shaken and sweaty. that is A380 and the toilet is really nice. You make water on the midair.

[Luciferia2l8]

to those fearing flying : i found taking half of pill of xanax calms me down so that i can tolerate the trip. ask your family doctor see if you can get antianxiety meds

[withtheoldbreed]

I'm not afraid of flying, just the body scanners. You should see the figure on how many TSA workers who worked near the scanners have gotten cancer. Now GE (in bed with Gov and have payed 0 taxes in last 2 years) is outsourcing the production of these scanners to China. Those who choose security over liberty will get neither- Benjamin Franklin.

[Pr1ckles]

It all knuckles down to instincts, not cowardice.

[pyrocraft09]

1 Person Is Still Scared

[thenoobzors]

lol who scared of flying?? everyone wish to fly and travel -.-

[fukOsamazMama]

Tease.

[Davidmagicman105]

im afraid of terrorists 

[suscribethemagic]

OMG ITS NANNY MCPHEEEEEEE!! I LOVE YOU!

[gpbeatz]

mayday mayday mayday... This is what i fear not the plane xD

[Chemicalpneumonia]

I'm also scared of flying. I'm not letting it stop me from getting on a plane, but I'm always nervous on takeoff and the first 15 minutes in flight. It's the feeling of not having control that scares me. My father is a pilot (^^) and he says that once you learn how to fly, your fear goes away because you know whats gonna happen all the time. So, I'm going to take private lessons to learn how to fly, and I would recommend it to all of you out there scared of flying :)

[RaeRae914]

God is this really possible not be scared to fly,i hate flying so much any bump weird sound if there air hostess looks panicky ,then im straight into a panic attack ,,i can barely go use the bathroom and EVERYTIME i hear the sucky flush i jump right outta my skin i hate to walk on planes i never ever ever look out the window,,in fact i pretend there r no windows ,,i look at all the others on the flight and think god u all look so happy but ur gonna die ,,.:( god somebody help me :(:(

[tyfi109]

Wow... I am so scared of flying that thinking about getting on a plane makes me have a panic attack. But you know what, I feel better now. :) Maybe it wont be so bad

[jamesthereaper7]

* A US National Safety Council study showed flying to be 22 times safer than travelling by car * 21,000 people (on average) die on the road in the US in a 6-month period. This is approximately the same amount of all commercial air travel fatalities WORLDWIDE in 40 years * More than 3million people fly EVERY DAY. * A Boeing aircraft takes off or lands every 2 seconds somewhere in the world – all day, every day!

[RichieEastside]

@jamesthereaper7 Very good but I've been in about 8 car accidents and never had a scratch. Think you can pull that same lucky streak off with 8 plane crashes?

[RichieEastside]

It's strange because I used to fly ALL the time when I was a kid and loved it, but now that I'm grown I can't get on a plane at all. Last time I attempted it was back in 2002 and I ended up freaking out and getting off the plane which led the TSA searching me, running background checks, evacuating the airplane and checking everything on it, and putting me in a room for 3 hours and asking me a million questions. It's so frustrating because I so love to travel...I hope I can get help :(

[Danpgood]

@RichieEastside That is EXACTLY what happened to me in about 2004 - lucky I was simply let off the plane, and was never questioned. But, unfortunately, I have been unable to get on a plane since. I have absolutely no fear of crashing - I know how safe flying is - but I have this fear of being trapped once the plane is in the air. It's totally irrational. Meanwhile, my life is passing me by, and I'm missing out on seeing the world... :/ I wish LAX offered courses for phobic fliers.

[Killskayaovich]

Look, I used to love flying, there was nothing better. Today, I'm quite afraid to fly, and the weird thing is, planes fascinate me. I know a lot more about them than the average person. How safe they are, how engines, flaps, landing gear etc. work. But when i get on the plane, and if there's any turbulence, or when the plane turns, i get terrified. I feel as if the plane is going to keep turning and barrel roll, or that it will start to rapidly descend.

What can I do?

[DaTurdburglar]

@Killskayaovich Thats exactly how I feel when I get on. Its worse for me during night flights.

[127miles]

I don't know if you could help. I'm 15 years old and I use to love flying when I was a kid. About a year ago I was in a plane and turbulance was so bad that the plane seemed like it was fallling(idk if it was) now I almost piss my pants everytime I get On one :'(

[Superrwham]

@127miles you can go on a fear of flying course, which usually lasts about half an hour. There is nothing t be afraid of really, you are more likely to die from a car crash than a plane falling. Think about how many times you see this problem on the local news- never!!!

[jamesthereaper7]

Flying is the safest form of transport.

[RichieEastside]

@jamesthereaper7 Nope. Sea travel is the safest form of transport. Do your research. There have been more deaths in the last 50 years from commercial air travel than from commercial cruises.

Also the argument of "flying is safer than driving" doesn't hold up, because in almost all plane crashes there are fatalities. The percentage of car accidents without fatalities is infinitely higher than the number of plane crashes without fatalities, which is probably almost zero.

[jamesthereaper7]

@RichieEastside When measured on a passenger-distance calculation, air travel is the safest form of transportation available: these figures are the ones mentioned by the air industry when quoting statistics on air safety. For every billion kilometers traveled, trains have a fatality rate 12 times larger than air travel, while automobiles have a fatality rate 62 times larger.

[RichieEastside]

@jamesthereaper7 Well I didn't say anything about trains, I was talking mostly about ships. Look up total deaths from commercial cruising vs. air travel and you'll see that it's not the safest way to go. Hell, even the percentages are probably lower for cruising.

[jamesthereaper7]

@RichieEastside Flying is the safest form of civilian transportation when measured by distance traveled.

[RichieEastside]

@jamesthereaper7 Well I'm not talking about distance traveled, I'm talking about corpses produced...perhaps we just have different ideas of what "safe" means.

[Toxic581]

i remember i was on airplane and i remember that airplane shaking up and down feel like it was going to crash and thats my last time flying when i was 3

[kim20062007]

i wonder if learning how to fly a plane helps - you might feel more in control that way.

[Q8Police777]

I really gotta stop looking at Plane crash investigation >_> Now every time i get on a plane, I think of the 1000 possibilities this plane can fall in. :/

[Logan127]

@Q8Police777 same with me, Im about 6 hours away from flying to the otherside of the world :( lol

[weeny069]

you think being afraid of flying is bad? if you want a real spook, wait till you see my mentally challenged brother eugene when he's pissed off! he gets what i like to call 'retard strength', when he starts banging shit around and starts stomping around like a pissed off gorrila. you guys have no idea what it's like.

[nateexplosion81]

just remember the plane you get on was built by the lowest bidder! LOL

[lotsofvideo]

@nateexplosion81

Or that Air travel is one of the safest forms of transportation and your far more like to die in a car or train accident then a trip on an airplane.

Anybody can apply for a drivers license but everybody flying in the sky is a well-qualified pilot who went through tons of training to know how to deal with every single situation that may arise.

[killme96]

my fear starts the day we book the holiday i find i search the internet for crashes !! i am doing it now and we are not going till september ...its not the fear of flying its the fact that i dont want to die 30 thousand feet up in the air and haveing no controll over my fate but i love going on holiday i just wish i could black out the flight

[MAmoviesRS]

im not afraid of flying, im afraid of suddently NOT flying.

[TheRandomRedSoxGuy]

@MAmoviesRS Hah, very nicely put.

[qubatuta]

@MAmoviesRS that was just so right on the spot!!! HAHAHAHA!

[WindyShnitzel]

@MAmoviesRS

This is my problem too. I'm so scared of crashing. I have to travel so much though but I recently just HAD a really bad flight returning to Australia from Canada. This has done it for me.

Everything is on fear of "flying" when in actual fact I love flying :( I'm so annoyed.

[Rogue849]

@MAmoviesRS I hear you!

[TGreviews]

@MAmoviesRS lol good one ,, thats a better way to put it

[themisscomputernerd]

@MAmoviesRS hahahahhaa

[vermillionesque]

Not helpful. Just an advertisement. Still worth watching. Gives you hope.

[flossiehead]

i got on the plane but it crashed lol

[JustBeWell]

Sorry, for some reason Laura's fear of flying video only went online with one sound channel

[Airclot]

Its ok, but am I the only one whose eyes water when I hear sound in only one ear?

Anyone?

[Airclot]

Is there a particular reason that this video only uses my left earphone?

[Hairsprayxoxoful]

@airclot, that is exactly what i shappening in my earphones, its weird!

[themisscomputernerd]

@Airclot i dont get it...