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delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Helena Handbasket on October 31, 2011, 08:35:14 pm ---I used to be terrified of flying, but as I got older, I became more philosophical about risking my life in a plane. That helps. That, and Xanax. :)
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A LOT Of Xanax. :P
Kelda:
hypnotherapy?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 31, 2011, 02:57:13 pm --- :laugh: Actually no. I'm so incredibly terrified of flying, I always feel like I've signed my own death warrant when I book a flight for myself. If I change seats, I'm instantly worried that I might have gone from a plane crash survivor seat to a dead one. I've been unable to sleep well for days making these plans.
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I'm also afraid of flying, but only since I've first been to Denver (very first Brokie gathering in the US).
Yeah, I also think about which seat to choose. ::)
But for me, the anxiety only comes the evening before leaving. Upon booking, I'm always ridicously happy.
*handing some virtual Xanax over to Della* :-*
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Helena Handbasket on October 31, 2011, 08:35:14 pm ---I used to be terrified of flying, but as I got older, I became more philosophical about risking my life in a plane. That helps. That, and Xanax. :)
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I guess I've gotten more philosophical about it. I just tell myself there's usually no help for it: In most cases, if I'm going to go most places that I want to go in the time I have available, there is no other alternative but flying. The possibility of disaster is always in the back of my mind, but I just try not to dwell on it. I'm fatalistic about it: If there is a disaster I will die, and there's no point worrying about it because nothing can be done about it. And if there isn't a disaster, I'll get to be somewhere I want to be and/or with people I want to be with. :)
I'm not especially claustrophobic, but it's the idea of being crammed for hours in a cramped little seat inside a giant tin can where you can't see anything that bothers me more than the possibility of disaster.
And I actually like flying in small planes, where you can actually see the world spread out like a map beneath you. :)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 01, 2011, 11:59:01 am ---I guess I've gotten more philosophical about it. I just tell myself there's usually no help for it: In most cases, if I'm going to go most places that I want to go in the time I have available, there is no other alternative but flying. The possibility of disaster is always in the back of my mind, but I just try not to dwell on it. I'm fatalistic about it: If there is a disaster I will die, and there's no point worrying about it because nothing can be done about it. And if there isn't a disaster, I'll get to be somewhere I want to be and/or with people I want to be with. :)
I'm not especially claustrophobic, but it's the idea of being crammed for hours in a cramped little seat inside a giant tin can where you can't see anything that bothers me more than the possibility of disaster.
And I actually like flying in small planes, where you can actually see the world spread out like a map beneath you. :)
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I'm not big on flying, but that's because of the inconveniences and discomfort, not fear. I'm like you -- I figure I'll just leave my fate to Fate.
But also, if I started worrying about plane crashes whenever I flew, I'd have to start worrying about car crashes whenever I drove or rode in a car. Statistically speaking, I believe the latter are more likely. Even if you argue that, per mile flying or driving, flying is more dangerous (the statistics are somewhat unclear), it's not MUCH more dangerous.
I would have flown somewhere on Sept. 12, 2001, without a second thought.
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