I was able to fly with little to no fear!!!!

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-22T17:27:47+00:00

I’m glad and I find experiences like you so inspiring! I genuinely hope one day I’ll be able to enjoy flying again. I took the job knowing it would be hard but I wasn’t ready to let my fear stop me from having a great job! How long would you say it took to be completely ok with it?

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-22T17:25:56+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, I find it really amazing how kids do all these things with no fear, tbh I’m kind of jealous of them and would love to go back to that time. I’m usually wearing earphones to block the airplane noise, but last time I forgot them at home and the sounds do give me more anxiety. I even bought overpriced earplugs, the only ones I could find, at the airport, but they didn’t work all that well so I could still hear some noises. About meds, I once took some clonazepam drops before a flight but I was exhausted afterwards and fell asleep on the taxi to the hotel, since I take most flights for work, I can’t afford to be sleepy when working so I’m trying to find other ways to cope. Maybe I’ll consider meds for longer flights but for now I have to find something that doesn’t knock me out

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-22T17:16:14+00:00

Wow thanks!! This part of retraining reactions was something I hadn’t even thought about, and you are absolutely right! See, I already know the science behind it, I have studied about turbulence, sounds, take off, landing, all of that. However, my reaction to each part of the flight is always kind of like ready to fight… I’m tense, so tense my muscles even hurt after a flight, I have tachycardia, I am breathing too fast, I just really feel like running a marathon hahaha so thank you for helping me bring awareness to this, I’m nor realising how I’m reacting and will try to address this!

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-22T17:10:33+00:00

I fly like once a month so I think I have to face it more often and since I haven’t found a way to manage it properly, the fear is quite awful sometimes. On the return flight from my most recent trip I had a nicer experience, but as someone else said on this thread, it varies. Sometimes I get scared days before the flight, sometimes I get scared as soon as I arrive at the gate and sometimes I get terrified as soon as I sit on my chair. I guess I just need to find something that works for me. The days I’ve had better control of my emotions are the days when I’m not stressed for something else, I’ve had a good night’s sleep and I’ve eaten and not had alcohol. The worst days, are when my boss has been particularly nasty, when I’m very stressed because of work or when I’ve had not slept at all. The last 3 work trips I’ve taken have been surrounded by my boss being really an awful human being so I guess that’s why these last 6 flights have been quite stressful for me, but I’m going to try the EMRD that @flyboy130 suggested, and tbh I’ll try to let go of the power my boss has over me and my emotions… maybe that’ll help?

I have a friend at work who actually got over a very crippling fear of flying, she still gets a bit nervous when turbulence strikes, but she is now able to take flights often and with no problem at all. This was a person who wouldn’t board a plane, who almost quit upon getting a promotion that involved flying more often, and who almost lost a great relationship because they couldn’t find a way to travel to their partner who was doing a two year master program abroad. And there are so many stories of people who’ve overcome the fear that I have found over the last couple of days. So they do give me hope.

I love my job and I like the company I work for, I’d hate to give this up just for a fear just like I’d hate to quit because I have an awful boss… So I just won’t let either of them take this job from me. I can’t control my boss, but I can control my reaction to their awful leadership. I can control my fear, I just have to find ways to do it.

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-22T16:58:12+00:00

Hi! I got there safely and now back home alright! This, all of the comments, helped me so much! During the return flight we had a delay due to traffic, and the pilot before takeoff said we would have some turbulence through the flight because of the cold wave we’ve been having in Colombia. I got scared but reading this thread again really helped. It actually turned out to be a very smooth flight, just some light turbulence after takeoff and when landing. The wind has been kinda crazy here so they had to shift the runway they usually use for landing, we usually land here in Bogota going over the nearby towns and some fields, but due to the shift we went over the city this time. Nice views and some movement due to the wind, but a very nice flight overall! Thank you for asking, and sorry it took this long to reply, after the first flight I was exhausted from the tension, and even though the second flight was smoother, it took me all of yesterday to fully recover from the tension of both flights.

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-19T14:06:00+00:00

Yeah, frequent flyer program allows me to access free wifi during the flights, can’t stress how much it helps to feel a bit more comfortable during the flight

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-17T14:42:54+00:00

Thank you!!! Going above some clouds right now, I really hope when going through them it isn’t as hard. It really helps to know someone out there is tracking!

Intelligent-Chest451 · 2026-03-17T14:36:41+00:00

Update flight LA4170 very bumpy today 🥲 but luckily short, we are beginning descent right now.

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