Is anyone here afraid to fly in airplanes? When I was a kid flying was my favorite part of any vacation. My dad travels with his job and he had frequent flyer miles up the wazoo. I used to be able to go on trips pretty often. I loved looking out of the window at the clouds. I felt so very free and excited.
Since my anxiety began it has been a different story. It started when I was about 15 years old. I'm 28 now. I HAVE flown in these 13 years but not very far and not very comfortably. When I fly now I get very disoriented and panic like crazy. I really feel like I'm missing out on a big part of life. I miss traveling to far off places and seeing things I've never seen. But I'm so deathly afraid of flying now. I look out the window and instead of wonder I feel scared. I don't get it! My hands and the back of my head start tingling/going numb. I guess you all could imagine the symptoms. It's not all that different from a panic attack anywhere else. It's just that more fear seems to be involved considering there's nothing under be and I'm thousands of feet in the air. Ugh. I'm tired of being scared of this garbage.
Can anyone relate?
MichaelP
07-24-2004 @ 11:25 AM
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Joined: Jul. 2004
Tony, i totally relate. Growing up my passion was flying and airplanes and i grew up and worked for several major airlines and flew all over the world weekly.....as my panic got worse, the travel ended...ive been in and out of remission with panic for close to 15 years and every time i beat it , im able to fly again, albeit not on trips longer than 5 or 6 hours......my last major attack occured in nov 03, i was sitting on a plane bound for vegas(work) and i blacked out/seizure type panic attack before take off, was take offf plane and threw up all day.....i have been in relapse mode ever since BUT I was able to fly 3 hours to miami in feb 04 and although it was really hard, i did it.... but now Im still in panic mode.....its up and down with this illness but you will fly again....i actually recovered several times and really really loved flying again...i hope this happens again to me and you....where you located. michael
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