http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/1704/t/I-m-New.html en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:51:56 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:58 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/6002/t/I-m-New.html#reply-6002
The Strengthening Exericise has been "strengthened" so that it gives you better insulation -- as you practice the exercise -- from negative feelings. The more insulation from the negative, the better the linking your practice produces to the positive.

The "jello" exercise which give you a way to visualize what holds the plane up. You know that what feels like turbulence doesn't bother you on a train, but does on a plane. This exercise helps a lot of people a lot!

Understanding psychic equivalence. Remember the "going into your own movie" bit? Why is it we believe what we imagine? Why don't we recognize imagination as just what it is? Well, a dog won't chase its tail IF it "gets it" that it is its own tail. Why can't we recognize imagination is our own "tale"? Psychic equivalence. We simple accept whatever is in mind (when... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capt Tom Bunn MSW LCSW) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/6002 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:57 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/6000/t/I-m-New.html#reply-6000 I'm so tired out from my worrying and anxiety that I'm thinking even more irrationally than usual.

I actually did the SOAR course about 5 years ago, and I probably didn't go through it as diligently as I should have, so I know I need to revisit it.

Were there any portions of it that especially resonated with you?

Thanks!

SDM ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (SDM) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/6000 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:40:04 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5974/t/I-m-New.html#reply-5974
I'll be on an AA 767 in October also. They are fantastic aircraft with an excellent safety record. I actually look forward to the 767 more so than the other AA planes (777 not included). AA is a great airline and I trust them with my life quite often.

JFK isn't cursed. Your flight isn't cursed. Your plane isn't cursed. YOU are not cursed. Who are you going to trust: some random musings on the internet that have no basis in reality, logic, or fact, OR people here who fly on these aircraft, this airline, and into that airport all the time?

Call Capt Tom and get started on the SOAR course. It will change your life. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (OneAnt) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5974 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:17 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5973/t/I-m-New.html#reply-5973
Like Capt. Tom, I'm drawing a blank regarding three 767s crashing at JFK. And if you're thinking about 9/11, which did involve some 767s and 757s, the airplane type had absolutely nothing to do with that.

JFK "cursed?" Well, certainly a lot of cursing goes on when delays are occurring, but that's true at many other airports, too.

American Airlines, true, was a terrorist target on 9/11. But since then, many security improvements have been made. Despite the criticisms one hears about the TSA (and Lord knows, I do my share of criticizing them), security screening is better. Sometimes it's overdone, but the fact is, we're a lot more careful about who we allow to board the airplanes.

(On 9/11, several of the hijackers were flagged at the security checkpoints, and then allowed to board anyway. That would NOT happen now.)

The main improvement, I think, is the virtually impenetrable cockpit... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capn Steve) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5973 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:45:44 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5967/t/I-m-New.html#reply-5967 I have shared your fears about American being a terrorist target and been convinced that my flight was going to be the one that crashed (it didn't of course). But I came to realize that when anxious, my mind would endow anything I read about flying with a meaning and a significance that it did not deserve. I came to the conclusion that trying to reassure myself through gathering information just wasn't going to work. If I did decide to switch flights, then I would interpret everything I heard afterward as meaning that the new flight was the dangerous one. I think that you are already sensing that when... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (sparrow) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5967 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:47:07 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5953/t/I-m-New.html#reply-5953
Fact, even if they are correct, may not completely deal with the problem. If you keep having trouble with it, take a look at http://www.fearofflying.com/relief/ ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capt Tom Bunn MSW LCSW) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/5953 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:00:05 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/1704/t/I-m-New.html
I'm flying to New York City from San Diego in October and just booked my flight on American Airlines. Now, I'm completely freaked out and feel like I'm going to die on that flight.

I'm searching archives for 767 (airplane I'm flying on) safety and all I keep seeing is how three 767s crashed at JFK (the airport I fly into) and how people are speculating the airport is cursed and etc., etc.

I'm terrified and can't function normally. I'm searching for other airlines (feel like American is a terrorist target) and other airports to fly into and other planes to fly on, but I feel like there's something wrong with every thing I see.

I hope I can do this. I'm suffering from so much anxiety, I can't function. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (SDM) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/1704 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:51:56 PST