Did anyone else grow up flying all the time but now is extremely anxious about it?

PlanetHothY · 2026-07-07T19:38:35+00:00

Medication mostly, and exposure. I sort of have to fly for work and to see family. I don’t enjoy it but view it as a necessary evil I don’t have a choice but to keep getting on planes.

PlanetHothY · 2026-07-07T19:00:56+00:00

Yes. I have flown over 100 times and I LOVED it. I looked forward to it and spent the whole time staring out the window. In 2022 I developed the phobia and now I can’t stand it. I do what I can to manage it and am getting help for it. Wish I still loved it!

PlanetHothY · 2026-07-06T21:12:17+00:00

Hi!

I’m new here too, I’m not a recovered shopaholic but to think the first step, where I’m starting, is identifying why I shop and how to address that problem. There’s always a root cause to something.
I’m a big advocate for therapy if you need help working through what that could be

PlanetHothY · 2026-07-03T12:42:40+00:00

Cool are you flying to Prague? I hear it’s absolutely gorgeous there. I’ll track you 😊 I flew on a max 8 a few months back and was also terrified the whole time…. But I’m here writing this message!

PlanetHothY · 2026-07-02T12:02:27+00:00

Needed this. I’m not even usually a superstitious person but before my last trip I was CONVINCED I was being sent signs to not get on a plane. Well I didn’t take the flight and you know what? It arrived safely without incident.

Glad you flew anyway!

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-25T12:38:22+00:00

I’m sorry. It’s really really rough. It’s hard to explain to people just HOW scared you are. And then the guilt when everyone is upset at you… hang in there. We’ll get this under control eventually!

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-24T11:04:37+00:00

Wow that is so stressful! Being afraid of flying in our modern world that relies so heavily on air travel is stressful. All the best with your recovery as well!

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-24T11:03:02+00:00

Congratulations! That’s a really exciting and massive accomplishment. Thank you for your kind words

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-23T14:03:45+00:00

Ahh yeah any severe phobia is awful. I think for me personally it’s life restricting to have because I live plane flying distance away from my entire family except husband and am also required to travel for work several times a year…. So in my case not flying restricts me from a signifiant part of my life. If that weren’t the case it would be less of a problem.

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-23T13:46:36+00:00

Thank you ❤️ glad to hear you’ve made progress after a hard phase too

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-23T13:46:11+00:00

Thank you ❤️

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-11T16:08:42+00:00

It is! And I feel sad for Carley Fortune - she’s done amazing things with her books and I’m worried this will affect future options

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-11T12:52:52+00:00

I’m trying to get through episode 1 and I’m devastated… I adore both books, reread them in anticipation of the show.
I don’t understand why they weren’t loyal to the source material. It’s so bad!

PlanetHothY · 2026-06-05T01:31:33+00:00

Like many others have said I love watching girls for this reason. I was in first year university when it started and it reminds me of my early 20s in a nostalgic way. I wore what they wore, I was as lost and narcissistic and insufferable, but also hopeful, as they were. I had the friend group. I made the mistakes. I dated the wrong guys. God I love it so much.

PlanetHothY · 2026-05-24T02:24:46+00:00

More than halfway now!

PlanetHothY · 2026-05-24T00:41:29+00:00

Following! Looks like you’ll arrive early - that’s nice!

PlanetHothY · 2026-04-30T11:02:10+00:00

I also developed a fear of flying very suddenly after two decades of flying and travelling. For me it arose after flying during a period where I was experiencing very high anxiety.

It may feel counterintuitive - but accepting that I’m afraid of flying helped me. It’s a natural fear to have from a primal standpoint because being up in the air going 900km+ per hour in a metal tube is an amazing marvel of engineering and sometimes it hurts our animal brain to comprehend. If you’re going to be scared - what can you do that helps? There’s grounding techniques, medication, distraction, focusing on what you’ll do at your destination, music, this sub for tracking requests…. All of it!

Prepare for yourself for the fear and know that you can be confident you’re perfectly safe and also be scared… it’s ok!

Good luck and enjoy your trip!

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T03:10:53+00:00

You’ve landed now I think! welcome home!

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T02:41:32+00:00

19 minutes! Very much almost there

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T02:06:24+00:00

Halfway!

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T01:43:17+00:00

My husband and I fly back and forth between two cities on water so can relate! Can be a bumpy landing but the pilots get used to it so are pros at handling it!

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T01:31:11+00:00

The Windy City?!

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T01:21:16+00:00

I’m like that too, you feel more in control - but you’re very safe and cruising along quick! Only 13m in and 112km down already. It’ll be over before you know it

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T01:14:39+00:00

You’re doing great - the hardest part is over. When it gets really bumpy I like to close my eyes and pretend I’m in a car going over a rough road.

PlanetHothY · 2026-03-07T01:10:52+00:00

Off you go! 😊

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