Fear of flying

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by Bibio

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my attitude on life is ''if my time is up, it's up''' there is feck all that you can do about it so why worry about it.

i just hope i'm doing something i love when it does happen rather than sitting soiling myself in a nursing home.

This is why I'm determined to sort it out.

As I'm getting older, it's dawning on me that one day I will kick the bucket and I know that I will regret not flying and seeing the world (I've never left Europe).

Actually really looking forward to the course and the flight that goes with it. I think I'll be fine on that as it would be so funny if a plane full of people scared of flying crashed, I'd be laughing all the way to the ground.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Another thing in my favour - I've not flown since I started riding bikes, and I think that's done a lot to de-wimp me (was terrified getting on my 125 at first).

Also, a minor heart condition that surface in my early 20s has proved to be completely non-fatal and that was always something adding to the worries.

[Bibio]

i had a major heart condition but 5 grafts later and i'm ticketyboo. being told you have 2 weeks or major surgery was a mind feck and i remember saying at the time 'let me die' but then they started all the philological stuff on me and i gave in.

[PyroUK]

That sucks, I love flying especially if I'm at the controls! Hope the course works well for you.

Otherwise, don't know if they are still available but there were tablets last time I went to the states about a year ago, they were called calms or qualms or something like that. Allegedly they help to steady nerves and avoid travel sickness, might be worth a go.

Also, might help, load up an iPod or other MP3 player with your fav music that helps you to relax/distract/take your mind off things and get a damn good set of in-ear or over ear headphones. Make sure you got at least 9 hours worth (depends where in the states you are going) and plenty of battery. That's works a charm for me when I go to the dentist as I properly hate that. Oh and those sleeping mask things, to properly disconnect from the experience.

Cheers!

[Littlepeahead]

My ex is now a trained commercial pilot. But it took him 3 times on the bike before they felt he was competent enough to be granted a CBT - and this was after he got his pilots licence. Now would you want him piloting your jumbo jet?

I have used hypnosis CDs from this guy successfully. I can't vouch for him being able to cure flying phobia but it certainly helped when I used him for imsomnia.

http://www.hypnosisaudio.com/product...erophobia--525

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by PyroUK

That sucks, I love flying especially if I'm at the controls! Hope the course works well for you.

Otherwise, don't know if they are still available but there were tablets last time I went to the states about a year ago, they were called calms or qualms or something like that. Allegedly they help to steady nerves and avoid travel sickness, might be worth a go.

Also, might help, load up an iPod or other MP3 player with your fav music that helps you to relax/distract/take your mind off things and get a damn good set of in-ear or over ear headphones. Make sure you got at least 9 hours worth (depends where in the states you are going) and plenty of battery. That's works a charm for me when I go to the dentist as I properly hate that. Oh and those sleeping mask things, to properly disconnect from the experience.

Cheers!

So you've got your pilot's licence presumably? That's ace - do actually love planes, wierdly.

Re the tablets - taking twice the reccomended dose of valium didn't do much last time so I doubt Calms are going to help me! Thanks anyway.

One of the wife's friends did pick some tablets up from Turkey that her mate swears by for flying but never really knew what they are. My father-in-law (who used to be a psychiatric nurse) took one look at them and said they're powerful anti-psychotic tranquilisers used to treat paranoid schitzophrenics. Would be a bit wary taking them through US customs...

TBH rather than blocking it out, I want to learn to enjoy it and get a buzz out of the speed and awesomeness of it all. That was working for me on a flight to Galway in a little turboprop once...but then the pilot made a dog's dinner out of the landing. Landed heavily on one side and the tyre blew - loads of smoke, even the hostesses screamed, and I was back to square one!

[PyroUK]

Originally Posted by ChrisCurvyS

So you've got your pilot's licence presumably? That's ace - do actually love planes, wierdly.

Re the tablets - taking twice the reccomended dose of valium didn't do much last time so I doubt Calms are going to help me! Thanks anyway.

One of the wife's friends did pick some tablets up from Turkey that her mate swears by for flying but never really knew what they are. My father-in-law (who used to be a psychiatric nurse) took one look at them and said they're powerful anti-psychotic tranquilisers used to treat paranoid schitzophrenics. Would be a bit wary taking them through US customs...

TBH rather than blocking it out, I want to learn to enjoy it and get a buzz out of the speed and awesomeness of it all. That was working for me on a flight to Galway in a little turboprop once...but then the pilot made a dog's dinner out of the landing. Landed heavily on one side and the tyre blew - loads of smoke, even the hostesses screamed, and I was back to square one!

Errrr no! Used to be in air cadets so flew with them and a couple of times went up with the local flying club as my sisters ex was a pilot with them!

Fair play with wanting to tackle it head on mate! Don't blame you for not wanting to take that stuff, regardless of customs issues never take a pill that you ain't 100% sure of!

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i had a major heart condition but 5 grafts later and i'm ticketyboo. being told you have 2 weeks or major surgery was a mind feck and i remember saying at the time 'let me die' but then they started all the philological stuff on me and i gave in.

Good on you fella. People often forget that surgery itself, as well as whatever life-threatening condition it's there to treat, can be very frightening.

I work with people who have had organ transplants and, while at the time I'm sure they're just grateful to have got the call, I can't imagine what's it's like to go into theatre knowing your body is going to be opened up and some of your organs taken out and replaced. Especially with combined heart and lung transplants - such a brutal thing to have done to the body, takes a lot of courage to get through it.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

My ex is now a trained commercial pilot. But it took him 3 times on the bike before they felt he was competent enough to be granted a CBT - and this was after he got his pilots licence. Now would you want him piloting your jumbo jet?

I have used hypnosis CDs from this guy successfully. I can't vouch for him being able to cure flying phobia but it certainly helped when I used him for imsomnia.

http://www.hypnosisaudio.com/product...erophobia--525

Hearing about an airline pilot who actually managed to fail the CBT not once but thrice is probably not the best thing for a flying phobia!

However, I will look into the hypnosis thanks Claire - have found it useful in the past for sleeping etc.

What happend to the pic of those puppies btw?! Whether they're the furry or smooth kind, I'd be interested to see them.

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by granty92

scared of flying also still jumped out of a plane though, ....

See now, I never could understand this urge to jump out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft.....!