OT: Fear of Flying

I HATE flying.  I avoid it at every opportunity.  
I'm talking about a MAJOR fear of flying...I did not fly at all from 2000 - 2008 (and took one flight in Dec 2008).  I'm already starting feel nervous just thinking about it.....

I really need to make a trip next month....if I take the train it takes 24hrs and I lose 2 full days.  If I fly I'm there in 3 hrs. 

Does anyone else hate it?  How do you get over it and get on the plane.

Wish I did not have such a paralyzing fear of flying!!!!!!    

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

ME TOO!!! And I have a trip coming up in July - flying to Baltimore, Maryland - 5 1/2 hours!!!  Yikes!!!  I need some suggestions too.  Please share with me whatever you hear!  LOL!

Better living through chemistry!  Adivan would help.

Maybe hypnosis?

The problem is I'd have to start taking it today and the trip is a month away........... once I even think I'm going to have to fly I start to panic.  UGH...I guess I'm hopeless when it comes to this.

I need to find a way to conquer this fear or just give in to once and for all.

I was serious about the hypnosis. It's pretty amazing, and really can help you!

I used to hate it too. But most of my anxiety was caused by weighing 377 lbs. I wanted to travel so bad, and I continued to do so but I was so humiliated by seat belt extenders, lap trays that would not begin to fold down, seating that crushed both me and my seatmate. Still don't like takeoffs and landings but I just suck it up because it gets me there so much faster. That gives me days more to have fun. I like to drive too absolutely love the train. I'm looking at Amtrak's 30 day pass that  you have 180 days to use and get 12 differnet segments for about $600.00 Have you read the book WHO STOLE MY CHEESE? Worth  reading, a quick read, and really gave me some input about sitting around and letting life make decisions for me instead of my overcoming my fear of making a mistake and just taking some action. Maybe it would help. My fear leading up to something is usually worse than the real thing!

Hi.  Yes, I love the Who Stole My Cheese book.....I've actually done corporate training using that book. 

Fear is almost always worse than reality........

You need to talk to Annette.... she's got a box she can give you.... she's already gotten out of it...

She'll fly now.

Janet

HYPNOSIS WORKS!

My friend, Dr Feir Johnson, is a hypnotherapist and one of her clients was TERRIFIED of flying but had to go to Australia from Canada for business. She only had two weeks to help him and she was VERY successful!

In fact, his departure was the day after the plane went down in the Hudson River, NY, and he was so relaxed due to his sessions with Feir and the subliminal CD she made especially for him, that even that news didnt frighten him.  He actually enjoyed the flight and emailed her to priase her techniques and to thank her for making his business trip so easy.

hmmmm, I tried it once for weight loss....it didn't work (I gained an additional 60 or 70 lbs a few years after the sessions).   I guess I'm just very skeptical.

Whoopie Goldberg who has not flown in something like 20 years recently took a course offered by one of the airlines and she just flew from the USA to London..... 

Thanks for the suggestion!