Fear of Flying. Help! - Page 3

SoBad · 06-11-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent Orynge

I vote for ice cream.

The truck plays a song.

Agent Orynge · 06-11-2012, 02:06 PM

The Entertainer, or La Cucaracha?

SoBad · 06-11-2012, 02:09 PM

All those people do in central america is coke all day. I like Bachata.

Agent Orynge · 06-11-2012, 02:12 PM

To be fair, Coke Zero tastes just like the real thing, but has no calories. You're from NY, do you think Bloomberg's legislation will have a special provision for diet beverages?

SoBad · 06-11-2012, 02:14 PM

He should be going away soon. But I kind of like how he banned smoking to make people hang out in the street.

FlamEnemY · 06-11-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TahoeTennis

Problem:

My girlfriend bought tickets for us to fly to Vegas in a WEEK!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Xanax? Klonopin? Which is better? What if I get on the plane and freak out?

furthur Background:
Flew a lot in the late 80s and 90s. One bad experience in 1998 and that was it. People praying, kids crying, I was crippled with fear and never want to feel that again.

OP, the best way to deal with flying is to sleep through it.

Get tired as hell, don't sleep for 40 hours if you have to so when you do get in the plane you can actually sleep through the whole flight. Tell your GF not to wake you up for whatever reason.

Works like a charm for me.

Agent Orynge · 06-11-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SoBad

He should be going away soon. But I kind of like how he banned smoking to make people hang out in the street.

Hmm, it might have been more prudent to restrict shopkeepers from selling packs with more than 3 or 4 cigarettes. I will say this, I can't stand being exposed to secondhand beverage consumption.

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Originally Posted by FlamEnemY

OP, the best way to deal with flying is to sleep through it.

Get tired as hell, don't sleep for 40 hours if you have to so when you do get in the plane you can actually sleep through the whole flight. Tell your GF not to wake you up for whatever reason.

Works like a charm for me.

Please don't derail the conversation.

Pacific lefty · 06-12-2012, 12:24 AM

Hey Tahoe Tennis, I am sure you can get through this. Here is another way of looking at it. Remember that Baz Luhrmann song that says that your real troubles in life will be things that have never crossed your mind.

I always think, when I'm flying, that the plane will definitely not crash because fate would rather have me sit that dreaded management accounting exam, or give that presentation in front of 50 people while having a bad hair day, or babysit my friend's really unruly kids. So usually it is the mundane things that will happen as they always do, rather than the against the odds crash!

JohnnyCracker · 06-12-2012, 01:58 AM

sleeping pills

MarinaHighTennis · 06-12-2012, 09:15 AM

Go skydiving/BASE jumping it'll dispel any fears of flying or heights

Ronaldo · 06-12-2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MarinaHighTennis

Go skydiving/BASE jumping it'll dispel any fears of flying or heights

You guys ever have knee problems on landing?

FlamEnemY · 06-13-2012, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Orynge

Please don't derail the conversation.

Derailing deraILIng derAIling dERailIng DeRailing DeraILINg the conversation.

vil · 06-13-2012, 03:12 AM

Op, I used to do skydiving for many years but I'm afraid of heights. Explain that one.

When I'm standing on a balcony of a high rise building, I feel very uneasy (scared) but being at 12000 feet sitting on a wheel of a helicopter (with the parachute of course) excites me.

TahoeTennis · 06-16-2012, 09:56 AM

Flight is tomorrow and i'm already having panic attacks. I don't want to fly and I don't want to crash. I'm terrified beyond rational thought. What should I do? My bags are packed and we're supposed to leave tomorrow. What if I get to the airport and can't board? or worse get on the plane and start freaking out? help!

CaldwellYSR · 06-16-2012, 10:03 AM

You won't... You're gonna be fine. Just go get on the plane and remember to breath and you'll be just fine.

dallastxtennis · 06-16-2012, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TahoeTennis

Flight is tomorrow and i'm already having panic attacks. I don't want to fly and I don't want to crash. I'm terrified beyond rational thought. What should I do? My bags are packed and we're supposed to leave tomorrow. What if I get to the airport and can't board? or worse get on the plane and start freaking out? help!

Hold on to your friend hand, take a deep breath, relax, close your eyes try to fall sleep, if you having paic attacks take some Xanax and you will be fine.
Hope everything go well, enjoy the fly and having a good time with your friend.

2ManyAces · 06-19-2012, 04:43 AM

Technology has advanced so much since 1998. I took a 6 hour flight as an infant across the Atlantic and ever since then I have had no problems. You just kind of have to look at how it really is and try to forget what happened a long time ago.

Maybe talk to your GF about it, maybe contact a pyschiatrist, and bring some sleeping medicine on the plane.

When all else fails, sleep.

Ronaldo · 06-19-2012, 05:08 AM

Nearly every airport has discovery flights, sometimes free for individuals interested in learning to fly. Try one, always fun riding shotgun on a prop plane. End that fear of flying. May create a fear of falling though.

Satch · 06-19-2012, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TahoeTennis

Background:

Since 1998 I have had an extreme, crippling fear of flying. Have not flown since late 1998. I even had a return ticket to fly home but opted to take a 3 day bus ride instead of get on a plane.

I do know that it is irrational, and all the statistics, etc...of how safe flying really is...however

just thinking about it I feel myself starting to panic and have severe anxiety.

Problem:

My girlfriend bought tickets for us to fly to Vegas in a WEEK!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Xanax? Klonopin? Which is better? What if I get on the plane and freak out?

furthur Background:
Flew a lot in the late 80s and 90s. One bad experience in 1998 and that was it. People praying, kids crying, I was crippled with fear and never want to feel that again.

i really cant blame you, with all that TV shows about disasters and plane accidents, i really have the same problem as you (and i never even got into a plane!).

just dont think about it as something dangerous as you have more chance to die in a bus or a car accident than plane.

Probably people have in mind that in car accidents they can change something, but in a plane, you cant do nothing. But believe me its totally wrong assumption. You cant change nothing either way, if its gonna happen it will happen, so what can you do except live your life.

Maybe some psychiatrist could help you, i believe that a few appointment will help you a lot. Its not a big deal, a lot of people have the same problems.

CaldwellYSR · 06-19-2012, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TahoeTennis

Flight is tomorrow and i'm already having panic attacks. I don't want to fly and I don't want to crash. I'm terrified beyond rational thought. What should I do? My bags are packed and we're supposed to leave tomorrow. What if I get to the airport and can't board? or worse get on the plane and start freaking out? help!

Well... how'd it go?

06-11-2012, 02:06 PM	#42
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06-11-2012, 02:09 PM	#43
SoBad Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 5,870	All those people do in central america is coke all day. I like Bachata. __________________ 皆けちやんか…

06-11-2012, 02:12 PM	#44
Agent Orynge Professional Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 1,364	To be fair, Coke Zero tastes just like the real thing, but has no calories. You're from NY, do you think Bloomberg's legislation will have a special provision for diet beverages? __________________ 'Twas only lust, not love you hath perceived, while racquet's thrust your service box received.

06-11-2012, 02:14 PM	#45
SoBad Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 5,870	He should be going away soon. But I kind of like how he banned smoking to make people hang out in the street. __________________ 皆けちやんか…

06-12-2012, 01:58 AM	#49
JohnnyCracker Semi-Pro Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 700	sleeping pills __________________ "When all else fails, you always have delusion." - Conan Last edited by JohnnyCracker : 06-12-2012 at 03:14 AM.