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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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 Posted - 10/26/2005 : 03:07:43
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I am supposed to go to the Rotterdam in the spring....two years ago, in the subway, the train stopped in the tunnel for 30 minutes. I have since, slowly developed mild claustrophobia. I dont take the subway anymore. I started to get anxiety just going from station to station.
I really want to go to the Netherlands, but I am already afraid to get on the plane...just the idea of getting in a small closed place that I cannot get out of for hours petrifies me.
Anyone have any ideas on how to overcome this? |
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 03:26:45
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I work with a couple of really really nervous flyers - one opts for getting really drunk, the other has been for sessions with one of the big airlines where they spend a day taking you around the aircraft and speaking to pilots etc - which seems to have really worked.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 09:03:17
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| Take a mild sedative, and try not to get a window seat, maybe. And remember that statistically, your more likely to sink at sea than crash in a plane! |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 09:19:58
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Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
one opts for getting really drunk
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
i would go for this, but not really drunk.. just a pint or two... really helps.
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 19:30:04
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There are real good interventions for these kinds of problems. Real good. Getting it right the first time would make it cheaper than pills in the long run (if you´d like to go back to using the subway, taking the bus or flying). Drinks are a bad idea. All interventions would/should involve practice, some sort of relaxation technique and maybe some investigation into how you think about things. It´s not "dangerous". Maybe it would be "solved" in a couple of hours, maybe you need more - people respond differently, but most respond. Therapists differ too, so try to get recomendations (maybe from the airline companies).
An old, old friend of the family (who got torpedoed 3 times during WW2) started short term therapy for a similar problem in his 70´s. His problems did not go away completely (they never do...), but after he started seeing someone about it, he found ways of dealing with it that made such situations tolarable. Not bad for an old man. Good luck! |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
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Posted - 10/26/2005 : 21:32:08
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Pills are good mate. I am the worlds worst flyer, shit myself every time. On long haul flights I can never sleep whatsoever, which is a right pain, so I got my hands on some diazipan and that sorted my problems out right away. These are supposed to be habit forming but if you only take them when you fly its no problem.
Other than that, try having a 'hand shandy' when you get on the plane (obviously do it in the toilet and not in your seat) as this is supposed to relieve stress.
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 10/27/2005 : 03:08:37
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 10/27/2005 : 03:40:49
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Originally posted by Stuart
Other than that, try having a 'hand shandy' when you get on the plane (obviously do it in the toilet and not in your seat) as this is supposed to relieve stress.
I have a fear of flying saucers! |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/27/2005 : 06:42:40
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Hahahah, hand shandy..
"Can I get you anything, sir?"
"Well.."
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/27/2005 : 22:32:49
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Originally posted by Stuart
Other than that, try having a 'hand shandy' when you get on the plane (obviously do it in the toilet and not in your seat) as this is supposed to relieve stress.
That is so great! Hand shandy?? I've never heard of that before. I'll have to use that at work tomorrow.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 10/28/2005 : 00:32:57
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Originally posted by Stuart
Other than that, try having a 'hand shandy' when you get on the plane (obviously do it in the toilet and not in your seat) as this is supposed to relieve stress.
You may have just revolutionised the flying experience of my 2 said flying phobic colleagues.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
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Posted - 10/30/2005 : 19:51:44
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Originally posted by Superabounder
quote:
Originally posted by Stuart
Other than that, try having a 'hand shandy' when you get on the plane (obviously do it in the toilet and not in your seat) as this is supposed to relieve stress.
That is so great! Hand shandy?? I've never heard of that before. I'll have to use that at work tomorrow.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside
You may have to use that at work tomorrow?! Nothing's better than having a 5 knuckle shuffle on company time. Could it be classed as self prostitution as you are in effect getting paid for it?
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
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Fear of Flying: Suggestions?
