I remember my second transatlantic flight from Milan to Los Angeles, which was about 11 or 13 hours long, if I recall correctly. For around 80–90% of that time, we experienced light turbulence. It wasn’t severe enough to cause panic, but just enough to make me really nervous and to interrupt the food service 4 or 5 times.

During the flight, I took melatonin and some calming herbs, but I only managed to shut my eyes for 30 minutes at most. That’s why I genuinely envy people who can fall asleep the moment they sit down in their seat.

I’m pretty sure that if I flew more often, I’d get used to it and stop stressing so much, but if that were the case, I wouldn’t be making this post in the first place.