tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post8706490369826773549..comments2024-03-26T17:44:57.006+00:00Comments on Unthought of, though, somehow: Saturday Scratch #38 - A Fear of FlyingThe Swedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-68379149140537267322014-06-19T10:08:29.408+01:002014-06-19T10:08:29.408+01:00A great little tale TS...as you probably know I ha...A great little tale TS...as you probably know I have flown more times than I can remember....I must recount some more of the 'interesting ones' well if yer times up!Old Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-45844186898540999622014-06-17T07:19:39.705+01:002014-06-17T07:19:39.705+01:00Try reading The Right Stuff. Learning what the pio...Try reading The Right Stuff. Learning what the pioneering nut case flyers did helped me realise what a wuss I was being by trembling on an Easyjet flight to France.Robin Tomenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116331238512699017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-55940393637950194132014-06-15T20:47:47.695+01:002014-06-15T20:47:47.695+01:00As am airline captain and a licensed therapist, I&...As am airline captain and a licensed therapist, I've worked with thousands of people on this problem. Try the free app at http://www.fearofflying.com/app and if you want to dig into this problem deeper and fix it once and for all, get "SOAR: The Breakthrough Treatment for Fear of Flying" which is number 7 today on the Amazon Top Ten Self-Help Books list. <br /><br />Just reading the reviews will help you recognize that this problem can be fixed. See goo.gl/znkTlpCapt Tom Bunn LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795997945261649464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-5493226181918924472014-06-15T20:23:59.675+01:002014-06-15T20:23:59.675+01:00SB. I've been through peaks and troughs. Durin...SB. I've been through peaks and troughs. During the peaks I was confident enough to take all the photos in the post, but during the troughs (which is most of the time) I have to sit in denial with the shade down, telling myself I'm on a train, constantly flipping channels on the inflight entertainment. It's a torturous means to an end.<br /><br />C. My first flight was around the same age and also to New York, in for a penny, eh? Those long hauls must've been insane...but worth it when you got there. You must tell us about your travels one day.<br /><br />Erik. A 12 hour flight from Germany to Dover? Insane. <br />I haven't flown for 4 years now. It seems that none of us are in any hurry to board a plane again. Though I'll be sure to check out the Lorazepam option when the time comes. The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-27091534712965713012014-06-15T12:23:25.503+01:002014-06-15T12:23:25.503+01:00I was 19 before I got in a plane headed to Atlanta...I was 19 before I got in a plane headed to Atlanta, Georgia and on to basic training. For the next ten years I flew all the time...usually in some military capacity. I flew on Chinooks...those two propellered helicopters. Like flying on a washboard dirt road. C-17s..sitting in nets hauling trucks to Hungary. A 12 hour flight from Germany to Dover, Delaware in c-130...we circled Dover for 2 hours waiting to land. I'd hitch onto military flights from Germany to England.<br /><br />I never thought anything about it.<br /><br />Then I got a job in 04 that required me to fly out west...Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada...something snapped. The sense of dread that would come over me weeks before a flight was terrible.<br /><br />It's the lack of control...if they would just let me fly the plane everything would have been fine. Indeed...if it's your time to go, it's your time but, I have a whole series of special screams and curses and prayers prepared for the moment so I'd like to know as early as possible if it's going down.<br /><br />Then I discovered Lorazepam. If they don't have a seat inside...I'll just pop another half tab and fly on the wing. No problem. HaErik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-50288347134492601542014-06-15T12:06:09.076+01:002014-06-15T12:06:09.076+01:00Oh gosh what a tale. Not what you want to hear!
I...Oh gosh what a tale. Not what you want to hear!<br /><br />I hadn't even stepped inside a 'plane until I was 30, and my very first flight was to New York! I was SO excited, and so thrilled and stunned at the breathtaking views and the overall experience that I actually thought to myself, "if I die now I don't care because it's just so amazing to be up here." <br />I then did quite a lot of long haul flights - incl. Singapore/Australia/NZ - and it never freaked me out once in spite of turbulence, storms, too windy to land at designated airport, etc. God knows how i handled it so well. Ironically, it's been a few years and I don't like the thought of flying now at all! I will probably avoid it throughout the rest of my life unless absolutely necessary - although I do miss those wonderful aerial views which make the world look so very very beautiful.<br /><br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-37526648598024496782014-06-15T07:30:20.641+01:002014-06-15T07:30:20.641+01:00Harrowing tale, sir Lovely old dears can be horrib...Harrowing tale, sir Lovely old dears can be horribly insensitive. I admire your determination to continue to fly; my own fear has kept me out of the sky for over twenty years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com