fear of flying

_A_Real_Mouthful
_A_Real_Mouthful Posts: 4,708 Member
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its always bothered me. anybody else terrified when the plane takes off?

https://youtu.be/t9I5MahNSg0

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  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    Soar, my friend.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Flying is easy. Landing can be a *kitten*.
  • allaboutthemshrugs
    allaboutthemshrugs Posts: 25 Member
    I have only flown twice my entire life. The first time I had a panic attack the whole flight there and the whole flight back. Not many panic attacks, but one giant one that lasted the duration of the flight.

    Oh but I learned...second time was like 5 years later...

    I went to my Dr before hand told him of my "phobia" and he was kind enough to give me enough Ativan to render me unconscious for both there and back.

    Safe to say, I pretty much drive, walk, roller skate, run, bus or train it anywhere I need to go.
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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    I used to be. I'd sit entire flights waiting for the crash to happen. tried getting drunk once...bad move. Ended up with drugs but man they gave me bizarre dreams and made me feel hungover. Then went to therapy and married into a family with lots of pilots and figured if they can fly a bazillion times and never have an issue I should be OK with my handful of flights a year.
  • oluseyiola
    oluseyiola Posts: 14 Member
    Xanax. changed my life forever. It doesn't make you useless, just very, very calm.
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    WHAT!!? :'(:'(
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    Don't cry for him. He's just doing his thing.

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  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    Idk.. all the posts in here have been awesomed.. and someone keeps amesoming all my stupid posts.. I feel like he's lurking.
    Maybe I'm just in denial though :'(
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    edited July 2016
    More awesomes :o
  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    Or, maybe you're just awesome. ;)
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    I gave that a 'like' just so we can be sure.
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    Insightful!?^ Man my head hurts.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    edited July 2016
    Hiked into the remote mountain town of Stehekin, WA, with my girlfriend. The town is not connected to the road system, so the only ways to get there are to hike (I think the shortest route is 19 miles?), by boat, or by float plane. We took the Chelan Lakeshore Trail and did it in two days. The Lady of the Lake ferry takes about 6 hours to go back to civilization and Chelan Sea Planes does it in 25 minutes. Seemed like an easy choice.

    Our pilot must have been about 85 years old. Somebody had given him a cinnamon sticky bun just before our flight out. Must have been a really good bun because he was a lot more interested in it than in the controls of the plane. So at one point he dropped it, and then slumped over to find it under his chair. I thought he'd had a heart attack. I look down 1,500 feet to the lake, look at Beth, thinking "we're going to die in this rickety tin can..." He found the bun right when some turbulence hit. I was squeezing her hand hard enough to almost break it. Our pilot is mumbling about bears on the mountain.

    The worst part was immediately before we landed, watching the lake get bigger and bigger through the little plane's windshield, the plane tilted sideways for the turn. I was thinking it's been a good life and I'm not ready but it's going to end in seconds. I threw the door open when we touched down and ran to firm land.

    Never again. I'll walk for three days, I will not get back in that swamp jumper.

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  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I just flew in an plane at nearly 47 years old. Ironically I never landed in plane, I jumped out of it...
  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    PlaydohPants wrote: »
    This feels like a séance

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  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    Louise1491 wrote: »
    Where are all the awesomes coming from??

    Just accept. Don't question.
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  • ejinvt
    ejinvt Posts: 298 Member
    PlaydohPants wrote: »
    ejinvt wrote: »
    Louise1491 wrote: »
    Where are all the awesomes coming from??

    Just accept. Don't question.

    Jinx!

    THIS is why we're friends...
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
    I understand your fear, but really think you should look up the statistics on the safety of modern, 21st century aircraft. You are perfectly safe. Your life is in infinitely more danger when you drive to your local grocery store than when you're aboard a modern aircraft.

    Just do the research and relax. Heck, as a pilot, I hope you'll relish the acceleration provided by those big Pratt & Whitney/General Electric/Rolls Royce turbines and enjoy your flight knowing that you're doing what Leonardo da Vinci would have given anything to do.
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  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    I don't LOVE flying, but I love to travel. Mostly I hate turbulence, because I am 100% positive the plane is about to crash. So, I deal with it because I looooooooove tropical beaches or any beach :)

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