I'm not scared of flying, I'm scared of crashing

I am not afraid of flying. No one really is. They are afraid of being stuck in a small space they cannot escape, where they have no authority or power to alter the situation should something go wrong while maximizing the potential for catastrophic disaster.

I used to have a real phobia of flying. But one day I was diagnosed with cancer. The treatment took a long time. I went through all the circles of hell - chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy. Plus a lot of tests. Plus, I saw that the patients with whom I was in the same ward were dying, and new ones were taking their place. This is common in this type of hospital. Then I saw the real fear of death. I couldn't sleep or eat for almost a year. Now I know for sure that an airplane is just a transport and there is no need to be afraid of it.

A pilot was asked about fear of safety during flights. He responded, only scary part is when he rides/drives to the airport...

There are at least 5k+ flights in the air while typing this and they all made to safely to their destinations.

I have fear of flying. My fear started suddenly I do not even know what had provoked it. When I was younger I used to invent excuses to avoid business trips as they involved flying. However, one day I was offered a position that I knew would involve lots of trips. I hated my desk job so I said yes. I had to overcome my fear going through a literal torture every flight. I have developed a set of coping mechanisms while dealing with this stress like some rituals I performed before every flight but mostly I educated myself on planes and air crashes and why they happened. Little by little I have accepted that a crash is a statistical anomaly and if it happens it's something I am destined for. It took me a year of frequent flying like multiple times every week to get accustomed to this and it was hard. However, it was worth it. I now have some anxiety around take off, flying in stormy weather and such but I do enjoy most of it. As I love traveling I am happy that I can go on enjoying my life without the fear. I was not an extreme case bit it did affect my life so to those who feel like me please do not stop flying and seeing new things even if it scares you, you are stronger than you think and it's just in your head. A small thing that really helped me was a British radio sitcom called Cabin Pressure. It is just so funny and is about planes so I listened to it on flights and it made it less scary for me.

idgaf about how airplanes work, igaf about hijacker’s and plane crashes

It's not the flying that scares me, it's clusterphobia 30k ft high.

"Dont avoid flying" okay ill just fly and climb on top of peoples heads screaming land this plane im insane!!!!

I'm flying in 2 weeks It's there any coping strategies you guys have? I'm afraid on the turbulence...

I just got off a plane😅

Thank all of you for your comments, well expect for a cople not serious ones, but to everyone else, thank you

Hello! Thank you!

Helpful video but you can’t read the captions. Please move them slightly higher on the screen. For example , I make out EMDR as it isn’t legible. Still, thanks for mentioning it. I looked it up on account of your video. Thanks for sharing.

I know everything about an airplane , I am still scared AF.

Hypnosis helped me

The odds of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 188,364. The odds of dying in a car accident are 1 in 103. Fear not.You're much safer in the air.

Does anyone else feel completely fine on an airplane, but gravely fears missing your flight?

I just want to make it to where I land. :( i don’t do well in waters. I can walk pretty ok on land as a land creature

Im super scared of flying! It’s all started 2 plane rides ago when I got on a plane. It was my cousins first time flying! And it was sooo jumpy and I was so scared. It felt like it was falling. And now I’m scared to get on a plane and I have to get on one in a few months.

I don’t have a fear of flying, but trying to rationalize for example my fear of bugs and sudden loud noises, is like trying to drink the whole Pacific Ocean. I know that house centipedes are very useful, and that moths aren’t actually that bad, but I’m still terrified and go into full panic whenever I THINK there is one next to me

My family knows I have a fear of flying. The last flight I was on, I nearly lost it. They couldn't keep me calm. They are making me fly in November😢

Also remember, even if something goes wrong. Pilots are trained to deal with the situations

I absolutely love flying. I don't hate it at all

If they showed every car crash that happened, you wouldn't go out in a car, but one plane crash every few years and people are going crazy about flying.

What’s the best medication to calm a Person down before a flight. I tried Xanax it didn’t help.

If you're scared of flying it's not about flying. It's because you have other problems in your life. Buy me a ticket and I will fly with you. You're not alone.

Fly often as possible an sit everytime at the window and look out. Do this 10 times in a row and you will never be scared of flying ever again. It is simple as that. (Of course, enduring the fear during the first flights is not "simple"). Techniques to prevent or avoiding the fear will make it only worse and is just a cash-cow for therapists.

My problem is the height!!!! I can’t get over the height. I am scared of heights! How do I overcome that? 😢

How do you erase irrational fear by understanding how airplane works. Accidents still happen and we are just scared of that. And it’s valid. People can’t erase their fear of spiders that they know are harmless yet flying fear is much more valid. So no, understanding how planes work doesn’t erase my fear.

I have that

9/11 made this fear worse for me

It’s areophobia 😊

I did doesnt really make sense how we can get afraid of this because the chances of crashing on a car is way higher than a plane crashing yet we are not scared of going into a car?

we will all die one day. it might be out of your home door or 31k ft high. does not really matter. if its your time , its your time. just stop fucking thinking the worst. 1 out 7.000.000 plane crashes and this will not be yours . LIVE

I got on a flight and felt really dizzy in my seat, I felt like a was gonna throw up the whole time.

I have that phobia couse i scared flying away

I know how to not worry about it, don't be on it 😂

I think I recommend alcohol over anxiety medication I think it might work a lil better don't get sht faced though obviously

The best eah to cure it to watch Aircrash investigation series whole in the flight

I'v been a pilot for 10 years now. What worries me the most, is the landing to the airport.. Only 2 Pilots out of 15 can master the landing. Unfortunately most Planes they break when we land, because it is difficult to master. On landing, that's where we pray the most as Pilots. But you don't have to fear. We will have to die first before we put your life in danger. Just get rid of that fear and enjoy life.

how to overcome it: go on planes and then you become more calm every time you will fly

Planes crash all the time

I am feared of height and whenever I thought that how would the flight take off and land ..... this scares me the most 🥲🥹