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<\/div>\nFor most people, flying is not as much a part of everyday life as driving a car. Because it is relatively rare for them to have to get on an aeroplane, they are often afraid of it or at least very nervous. Fear of flying is an irrational form of fear and therefore cannot be dispelled with rational arguments. Although it is nice to know that statistically fewer people die in plane crashes than in car accidents, this information does little to dispel the fear. The fear lies deeper and is a little different for everyone. I don't know an infallible recipe that will take away the fear of flying one hundred per cent for everyone, but I can show you how I overcame my fear of flying. <\/p>\n
\nBefore you start healing, you need to do some preparatory work. You must first make a diagnosis before you can start therapy.<\/p>\n
1. you must be active<\/strong>. You must really want to overcome your fear out of inner conviction. And you have to be actively willing to do something about it yourself. - The limited space inside the aircraft makes you feel claustrophobic.<\/p>\n - You feel at the mercy and without control because you can't just get out when you want to.<\/p>\n - Turbulence and mechanical noises while flying make you feel insecure. This is often simply because you don't know the physical laws of flight well enough and believe that the aeroplane can fall from the sky like a stone.<\/p>\n - You have a fear of heights.<\/p>\n - You are afraid of terrorists. Especially after 11 September, many people let themselves be driven crazy by the media.<\/p>\n If you get to know the cause of your anxiety better, you can take targeted action against it.<\/p>\n Now you can go in different directions depending on what your fear is. I'll give you a few suggestions here:<\/p>\n 1. collect information.<\/strong> For example, find out how an aeroplane actually stays in the air or how unlikely a terrorist attack is when you consider how many thousands of planes are flying around the world every day. Realise that airspace has less traffic than the road and also offers more opportunities to take evasive action. If you're in an aeroplane, it's rare that you'll even see another plane fly by somewhere in the distance. On the road, we are sometimes only centimetres away from other cars. While a car on the road can only swerve to the left or right, forwards or backwards, an aeroplane also has the option of swerving upwards and downwards.<\/p>\n Also find out about safety systems in the aircraft and emergency precautions. It may be important to know that you should always wear your seatbelt in a car, whereas in an aeroplane it is only recommended to fasten your seatbelt for take-off and landing, which shows you that flying can be less dangerous.<\/p>\n 2. attend a course.<\/strong> I myself have never attended a course against fear of flying, but it helps some people. With an irrational fear like fear of flying, you never really know what information will help you, so I recommend simply trying as many ways as possible.<\/p>\n 3. deal with the fear.<\/strong> Deal with it and don't try to suppress it. Go to an airport more often just like that and watch the aeroplanes. Imagine in your mind how you are in one of them. Get used to the thought. Have a good cry if necessary. As you become more and more familiar with aeroplanes, your brain will see them as part of your life and accept them as a normal occurrence.<\/p>\n 4. go to therapy.<\/strong> Go to a psychotherapist and talk to them about it. Talking about it is already part of the healing process, as you are dealing with the anxiety and its cause.<\/p>\n 5. seek support.<\/strong> It doesn't necessarily help to find like-minded people who spur each other on with their fear. By support, I mean an understanding person in your life who is willing to walk this path with you and give you moral support along the way.<\/p>\n 6. medication.<\/strong> Unfortunately, there is no tablet that will take away the anxiety, but you can try a tranquilliser as an additional method. You don't necessarily have to take it, it's often enough just to have it with you in case you need it. I carried a tranquilliser in my pocket for years, but never took it. It helped that I could have taken it if I had wanted to.<\/p>\n 7. meditation.<\/strong> Ask someone you trust to help you with this. Create a relaxed atmosphere and lie down on the couch with candlelight and calm music. Let the other person tell you in a calm voice that you don't need to be afraid of flying, that you have no fear and that you will be completely relaxed on your next planned flight. Just listen and make sure that your body is completely relaxed and your mind is open. Do this as often as possible. 9. distract yourself.<\/strong> Find out what helps you. Maybe you want to sit by the window and look out to distract yourself, maybe you prefer reading or listening to music. Remember that our brain can only think about one thing at a time, for example if you are concentrating on the landscape below you, your brain can't think about anxiety at the same time. It can jump back and forth, but it can only think about one thing at a time.<\/p>\n In my case, the fear developed because I hadn't flown for years and had heard too much about fear of flying in the media and among friends. It was actually this that first gave me the idea that fear of flying exists. It got so bad that I had such a panic attack during a flight that I wanted to get off the plane immediately. The stewardesses tried to reason with me, but at this point I was no longer open to reasonable arguments. I begged them to give me some medication, but unfortunately they had nothing. Finally, they offered me a lift in the cockpit because I could see more there. I accepted the offer, but without promising myself much. The second I entered the cockpit, my fear disappeared because the two pilots were so relaxed in their seats that it was contagious. I could see how everything worked and how automatically the aircraft flew without either pilot doing anything.<\/p>\n But that didn't cure my fear of flying. I refused to get on an aeroplane for two years until I realised that my fear was controlling my life and restricting my freedom. So I decided to actively tackle it.<\/p>\n I'm lucky to have a very understanding partner who loves flying more than anything and who was therefore keen to help me.<\/p>\n I started with the fear analysis. Then I gathered information about flying and the physics of the aircraft, without going into detail. I spoke to experienced people, one of whom explained to me that the aeroplane does not \"take off\" on take-off, but continues on the air. The air resistance is so great that the \"air road\" is more stable than any tarmac road, we just can't see it. For some reason, this bit of information helped me a lot. It was what my brain needed. As I said, you can never know beforehand what exactly will help you. A friend of mine had a fear of flying until someone told her that there was a whole floor of cargo under her seat, and her fear was gone because she had subconsciously believed that the air was directly underneath her.<\/p>\n I went to the airport a few times just to look at aeroplanes and was told that the bigger the plane, the less \"wobbly\" it is. So I looked for airlines that only have large (big enough, anyway) aeroplanes, Germanwings for example.<\/p>\n I meditated for weeks and prepared myself mentally for a flight that I had already booked. It was only a very short flight of 1 hour, which was solely for practising.<\/p>\n In the meantime, I have already flown to New Zealand and Australia twice and very often within Europe. I really enjoy it now. I convinced myself that I enjoyed it until I believed it.<\/p>\n It's not an easy path, it takes a lot of effort, but believe me, it's worth it.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fliegen ist etwas, dass f\u00fcr die meisten Menschen nicht zum Alltag geh\u00f6rt wie das Autofahren. Weil es f\u00fcr sie relativ selten vorkommt, dass sie in ein Flugzeug steigen m\u00fcssen, haben sie oft Angst davor oder sind zumindest sehr nerv\u00f6s. 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2 Analyse your fear.<\/strong> Ask yourself why you are afraid and what exactly you are afraid of. Self-analysis is often not that easy, so I'll give you a few clues as to where your fear may lie:<\/p>\n
8. find an airline.<\/strong> Find one that you trust because they have new and large machines or you simply like the company colours. Make \"friends\" with this company.<\/p>\n