The fear of flying affects more than 40% of the population. You are not alone.  You will overcome it.

The fear of flying is one of the most common fears. As you probably know the fear of flying ranges from mild anxiety before flying, to a state of blind terror which prevents the sufferer having any rational thoughts at all about flying. In the worst cases, even a visit to an airport is impossible. Looking at a picture of an aircraft is painful. Symptoms can start months before a flight and become steadily more debilitating as the flight approaches. Frequently, holidays are spoiled because the fear of flying means that recovery from the outward flight is followed immediately by fears of the return flight. Many people end up just canceling flights and forfeiting their fares. Sometimes the fear overwhelms them at the airport, leaving their friends or family with the decision of whether to go without them or not. The fear of flying genuinely puts families and relationships into turmoil. But this can all become a thing of the past.

• You are not alone in your fear of flying

• The fear of flying is not a weakness

• The fear of flying can be overcome

You need an action plan and a strategy and help to overcome your fear of flying.

People who are affected by the fear of flying suffer varying degrees of physical and mental stress that extend from a feeling of sickness and general discomfort to the onset of a panic attack. Unlike many fears, for example a fear of heights, someone suffering from a fear of flying doesn’t need to be airborne or in an aircraft to bring on the symptoms, the feelings of fear can be caused simply by thinking about flying.
The sad thing is that most sufferers regard the fear of flying as a weakness because it has so many domestic, social and business implications. It seems to encourage ridicule from those who don’t suffer from it. Some unhelpful people even retell their own terrifying and obviously exaggerated stories about flying, presumably in the hope that the fears that other people have, will seem insignificant by comparison with the things that they have encountered.

And whilst their intentions are good, the effects are unhelpful. Avoid these stories and the people who tell them. There is a common misconception among lay people that quoting safety statistics and probabilities will help. Failing this, a hearty slap on the back and a “you’ll be all right on the night” attitude seems to be the only help available to fearful flyers from their friends.

AVOID THE MEDIA AND PRESS REPORTS ABOUT FLYING

You are entitled to be respected, you are allowed to have a fear, and fear is not weakness.

Because families are close to your problem you’ll find that their support is invaluable and with it your success is more likely. If your family can’t give you the help you need why not get a friend to support you? Support is essential. This is why we have a page of  fear of flying helpful tips for friends, partners and helpers. If you want help from someone who will understand your feelings then go to our Forum where like-minded people will give you help, encouragement and support. You should be re-assured by the fact that the fear of flying is not confined to any particular group of people with regard to age, gender, social status, race or intelligence.

However, the good news about it is that almost everyone (97%) is able to overcome his or her fear. On this website we believe that the first step must be to clear away all the misconceptions, myths, misunderstandings, rumours and old wives tales that swamp air travel and replace them with facts, strategies and insights. If you read our ‘Information you need’ section, you will be able to ignore the myths and approach flying with a new and confident attitude.

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Two things that you must do right now though. First, resolve that you will never again read anything about air travel and its problems and dangers in magazines and newspapers. Secondly, promise yourself that you will never watch ‘disaster’, ‘black box’ and ‘inside’ stories about passenger air travel. They serve no positive purpose for you. If you do those two things you will have achieved the second part of overcoming your fear of flying. The first was to visit this site. Well done.

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