Fear Of Flying

Del · March 13, 2013

johnnydawg68 said:
Same here mate. Happened to me right after 9/11. I get physically affected and wound up and I'm a mess...especially if I'm flying along. If I'm with a mate, it's not as bad. I have to take xanax for it. Alchohol doesn't help.

Yer tryed the getting drunk thing and it didnt help one bit

Flew back from Cyprus 3 days after the attacks, Didnt bother me one bit, God knows why I hate flying so much now

steken1 · March 13, 2013

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
On a serious note Del, I've posted a link below

http://www.flyingwithoutfear.co.uk/?gclid=CMW2iurz-bUCFY3LtAodyCAAzw

Worth looking at if nothing else. As others have mentioned, if you think you wont be able to fly then you can drive or get on the Euro Star. Only get on that plane if you feel comfortable in doing so. Underneath the banter, no one thinks any less of you for this. Everyone has something that they feel uneasy about or worry about. Flying just happens to be yours. It's just one of those things.

Thats not true mate. I think he's a massive girlpants.

Elong · March 13, 2013

I'd be more worried about the bloody French than the plane ride itself, can't stand them!

Spikes hair into foof look*

Mikey_Fitzgerald · March 14, 2013

Elong said:
I'd be more worried about the bloody French than the plane ride itself, can't stand them!

Spikes hair into foof look*

Take care when spiking that hair!

WWYKI

evertony · March 14, 2013

Best way to overcome a fear of flying......be on a cross-channel ferry in a force 9. Seriously.

Flown hundreds of thousands of miles with work and had a handful a bad flights...one in particular on an Embraer 145 from Lyon to Amsterdam in 140mph gusting winds....thought my time had come. Compare that to a force 9 2 weeks before the Zeebrugge disaster and I'd take it every day.

Boats in rough seas....**** me up. Couldn't go on one of them crab boats in the Bering Sea.

malcson · March 14, 2013

Hypnotherapy would work, it's an irrational 'phobia' so look for someone who helps cure phobias. Flying is a damn site safer than being in a car!

TX Bill · March 15, 2013

Del said:
Serious?

Will look into it if so

Mad thing is I was in the RAF for 5 years

Haha...reminds of that scene in A Few Good Men where Lt. Caffey (Cruise) asks if they're going to be riding in a boat because he doesn't like boats to which Lt. Galloway (Moore) says "Jesus Caffey, you're in the Navy !!!"