I just wanted to post an encouragement to all you fearful flyers out there. I have been terrified of flying in the past...let me paint a picture for you: Anticipatory anxiety that starts the minute I know I have to fly [months ahead] as the weeks near I get more nervous, googling plane crashes and obsessing, letting my imaginary story take me to images of my funeral and pictures of screaming plane passengers as we crash to our demise! The days before a trip I my heart rate is about 120+ all day, sweaty palms, stomach aches and palpitations. I can't concentrate. The point of the trip is lost. Leading to the airport I'm in a daze. Paralyzed. Seeing the plane at the terminal I want to run away...I can bear the sight of it let alone boarding with all my fated passengers into "a coffin of doom" as I would say. It was TERRIBLE the whole flight just crying and wanting to get drunk and frantically reaching out to other passengers and flight crew....when the darn thing finally lands I am so overwhelmed with joy and humiliation I don’t know what to say. I am then exhausted for the next 2 days due to the insane amounts of adrenaline used up to make the flight....and the cycle repeats for the trip home....
Here's the GREAT NEWS. I flew to Europe and back and actually ENJOYED myself! With the help of Tom Bunn as well as personal weekly counseling [working out deeper issues that go back to childhood which contribute to my anxiety] I did it. I was still scared, but nothing like I wrote above. I feel so empowered...If I can fly to Europe and back I can travel anywhere! I feel so free! Also, I think long haul flights are easier to endure. There is food service, movies, people are chatting...it feels more like a restaurant in the sky than an actual plane trip. I can't describe to you guys how I did it exactly...but you must know if you think you are more scared than me, and that you are somehow "special" in this sense, you are NOT. You can fly and you WILL be free from your anxiety if you just choose to let it go and work on the issue! Happy skies to you all.
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SUCESS IS MINE!
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Note from Capt. Tom I know everyone worries about weather, but pilots really do not worry about it. We simply - instead of worrying about it - completely prepare for it. Before going to the plane, we review the weather at the destination. If it is not 100% sure to be within legal limits when we arrive at the destination, we must specify an alternate airport in our planning documents, and load on plenty of fuel for going to the destination airport, and then if need be, diverting to the alternate airport. The legal limits are conservative. Even when weather is slightly outside the legal limits, any airline pilot could still land safely. You can rely on the captain never to land when the weather is not legal, and legality limits are reached prior to safety limits. If you are still anxious, call me and we can talk it over. I'm at 877 332-7359 from 10 AM until 7 PM Eastern time. For effective help, even if you are flying in a day or two, sign up now at www.fearofflying.com/fasttrack and call me when you finish Clip 9 so I can make sure you are all set. |
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Using Weather Information If you enter your ZIP Code or City at the top of the weather presentation, it will give you weather for your area. Or, you can enter your destination ZIP Code or City.
Click on the "LOCAL RADAR" button to see whether or not there are thunder- Turbulence, though it may cause anxiety, does not mean anything is wrong. Turbulence does not mean danger. The plane can handle far more turbulence than Mother Nature can dish out. Though flying in turbulence is safe, it doesn't feel safe. And here is where the SOAR programs come in. We can help you feel as safe when you fly as you actually are. You can see these programs at www.fearofflying.com/store. |
