19 March 2010

aerophobia part 3



I bought a plane ticket. Flying late next month. No turning back now!

I am now considering my options for how to mitigate any fear and anxiety I might feel. (Strangely - in a good way - I'm not really feeling any at all so far. Strange because in the past, even thinking about maybe doing it - and certainly looking at buying a ticket - elicited some major anxiety.) Self-hypnosis recordings? Learning relaxation techniques? Drugs? (I'm going to try to avoid going that far.)

Supposedly in my aversion to flying I join "famous aviatophobics" such as Isaac Asimov, David Bowie, Robert Smith, Megan Fox (who?), John Madden, and Whoopi Goldberg.

4 comments:

  1. Then definitely don't read my "I'm Alive" post ;) You'll be fine. I'm not the best flier (and it's getting worse with age), but it's still the safest form of travel and the sights you see from the window are amazing.

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  2. You know my method of dealing with it - it works! Where are you going?

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  3. If you tell me not to read something, the first thing I'm going to do is read it.

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  4. You mean drugs, Glenn? I'm trying to resist going that route (don't want to have to rely on that if I don't have to, also to save money).

    I'm going to Pennsylvania.

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