Booked flights and really looking forward to Toronto.....BUT !!!!!!!!! I have a real fear of flying !

Its not just a bit of a phobia either its a full blown terror ie the last time i flew to TO i had a massive panic attack on the plane
I have flown a few times since and it does not get any better (i just take more prescription drugs now)
Anyone else hate it as much as me !

PS i used to love flying and it only changed when i was in my late 20`s and i`ve no idea why

yup , hate flying . Have had 5 hour long panic attacks on planes. Distraction is the key for me. Usually spend most the flight chatting to the poor cabin crew , either that or gripping the armrests so that my knuckles do indeed turn white. Turbulence or the smallest wobble of the aircraft set me off. I don't think I will ever get used to it. The diazepam just gives me a headache and sleeping is impossible.

I made it over on our immigration flight by telling my self " in X hours I will be a permanent resident of Canada, in X hours I will be living in Toronto"

I hate flying , suspect i always will but won't let it stop me going places. Although I may draw the line at anything longet than 10 hours !!

Pm me if you want to chat

Z

Hi
You need to see someone who does NLP to get rid of your phobia. A 20 min session will get rid of it permanently. If you want to know more or want me to recommend someone PM me.

No you don't. It's bollocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-l...ing_Psychology

Why do you think that?

Same here, I used to like flying and when I reached mid 20s each flight got worse and worse.
I hate the going up the landing and the middle bit.

But it wont stop us from doing what we want to do.

Because it's load of floaty blah with no evidence to back it up whose sole purpose is to separate credulous simpletons from their cash. Duh.

It ruins any holidays i have cos as soon as i land i`m thinking about the flight home ! On the TO flight the stewardess had to ask if there was a doctor on board just after take off as i was hyperventilating so much and my hands had contorted into a very strange position and i had pins and needles all over. My poor wife had to hold a paper bag over my mouth as i couldn't hold it myself ! she hates flying with me as i get a little uptight on the way to the airport (understatement) It sounds stupid but i really thought i was gonna die
I will now be thinking of the flight every day until November :curse:

Thanks Zoe i might just pm you when it gets nearer

Thanks Shona
I`m prepared to try anything !

My brother did something like this, also went on a course with BA to see if that helped. He is still terrified of flying.

according to cabin crew on last flight I was on , the accepted practice now is to give oxygen for panic attacks , not the paper bag routine , but yeah I've had cabin crew think I was having a heart attack

my son has a real fear of flying and we had to go to the doctors to get him drugs to calm him down and on the day the drugs never took affect as they were suppose to so we gave him some more as he was starting to freak out.there was a 15 minute delay and by the time the plane took off he was fine,BUT when we got off the plane he was like a drunk and wanted to fall asleep in the airport I had to sit him in a chair and hope they let us through and they did.there is a god somewhere hope you are not traveling alone

Diazepam does the same to me. Try Lorazepam (Ativan) it works wonders!

Simple solution from this credulous simpleton. I have a serious flying phobia, rooted in a real "incident" in a real aircraft, mild injuries incurred as a result thereof:

Two Valium. One just after check in, the other after going through security.
Small bottle of wine with the main meal. Seat near the loo. Sorted.

Yep me and my mum...........

As with any fear, it does not have to be sensible.....I do not understand the logic behind something so large staying in the sky! I hate take off and landing and if the plane hits any air pockets I start to panic, my mother has the same problem.

She has had a fear of flying for 36 years after flying through a storm and landing without one wheel coming down. No matter what sort of fantastic holiday my father offered she would not get on a plane.

My parents then moved from the UK to France......When we started the whole moving to Canada thing I actually said to my mother that her never visiting would really upset me.... In the vague hope that it would push her to get on a plane.

She was still not prepared, one month ago during a major family crisis my mother offered to come over, I said no all will be ok, then something else happened, I picked up the phone and asked her to come....

She landed 48 hours later, dead chuffed..... She is still afraid to fly, but has learnt to conquer it for the end gain. She hates take off and landing the bit in between is ok.

Diazepam and a alcoholic drink get me through.

Charlie