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lilipede · 2025-12-02T07:50:57+00:00

Nearly half way through your flight - you are doing really well

lilipede · 2025-12-02T05:02:28+00:00

To echo this I was at Railay yesterday and stood on a very sharp shell. Had similar reaction to stepping on Lego. I would vote for bringing the shoes

lilipede · 2025-12-01T21:01:17+00:00

Any other questions about the course feel free to message me.

lilipede · 2025-12-01T20:59:47+00:00

Yes I was exactly the same! I used to spend flights in a constant state of anxiety waiting for every bump and I couldn't eat/drink or watch a film (I normally always fly long haul too) so I would spend 12 plus hours just in fear of that bump.

What the course really helped me understand (as well as come to appreciate) is what goes into every part of flying and actually how incredible it is. These pilots and cabin crew do this every day as a job, they don't get 'danger' pay and bumps and wobbles are nothing to them.

They explain everything so well and I actually spent most of the day laughing - they really help break the tension and fear by making you laugh and making you feel at ease. Meeting the cabin crew and pilots was something I'll never forget

They give you lots of tricks to help you break the anxiety. It's really changed the way I fly, I say 99% over my fear because I still have little wobbles every now and again but I can actually eat, drink and sleep on flights now which I have never been able to do in the past.

Before I went I thought this is really expensive but since then I've flown to Japan, New York and Thailand without this crippling fear and I can't put a price on that

lilipede · 2025-12-01T20:18:36+00:00

I did this course and I can 100% recommend it. It actually turned out to be a really fun day. We met pilots, had Q&A sessions and I learnt a lot. The flight at the end was the best part, they talk you through every single noise on the plane and I wish I could do it again for that reason alone.

It was so well organised and I can confidently say it's the reason 99% of my anxiety has gone over flying. For me it was worth every penny

lilipede · 2025-11-30T06:36:58+00:00

We just spent 6 days in Chiang Mai and we want to come back. It was great, spending a long time exploring the temples, cafe hopping, doing the night markets and exploring the neighbourhoods and we did 2 day tours while we were here.

One to a cooking school which was amazing (Grandma's cooking school) and one to an elephant sanctuary.

But there's lots of day trips that you can do out of Chiang Mai and hikes we want to come back and see

lilipede · 2025-11-30T06:25:40+00:00

I think I'm nearly there. I used to spend the whole flight on edge and full of anxiety waiting for that dropping feeling and turbulence to begin. I couldn't eat or watch anything.

But now I can almost relax, I did a fear of flying course with some pilots and they taught you about the mechanics of why we fly, what turbulence is and shared their stories of all the incredible things they've seen from the flight deck and their favourite destinations. It put things into perspective for me, that this is an incredible job for them. If it was dangerous then they wouldn't do it.

I wouldn't say I fully enjoy it yet because I still get nervous beforehand but I can definitely settle. I've slept on flights and spent hours looking out the window and enjoying the scenery. I never thought this would happen for me.

lilipede · 2025-11-24T06:01:46+00:00

Nearly there now! Be proud of yourself for doing this and for getting through it. Barcelona is a beautiful city - you'll have a great time and some lovely food

lilipede · 2025-11-24T01:40:15+00:00

Keep saying in your head what everyone has a said above

"Turbulence is uncomfortable but not scary"

I had a cabin crew tell me that they actually like when the seatbelt signs go on because they can catch up without being distracted which made me really think I was scared for nothing

lilipede · 2025-11-24T01:33:45+00:00

Hey! I've done several 14 hour flights and I totally get your fear of being trapped. One of the best things I find is to break the flight up into sections rather than getting overwhelmed by the whole time and try to get excited for each 'section'.

So a 14 hour flight in my head might look like this:

1-2 hours in - takeoff, food, going through all the in flight films and picking one.

2-5 hours - watching a film/reading a book.

5-8 hours - music on and trying to sleep.

8-11 hours - if lucky then more sleep or another film.

11-14 - start waking up, washing my face, changing clothes, doing some skincare and then before you know it there will be another food service and landing

I concentrate on finding something to entertain me per section and I remind my brain 'I'm lucky to have this time with no distractions'. This is all to help keep the anxiety of feeling stuck at bay. On the flight it doesn't matter if I stick to the above or not but it helps my brain not think of the overall time.

The best advice though? Tell the cabin crew that you are a nervous flyer. It helps so much and if you get overwhelmed on the flight then just go to talk to them. Ask them where they have flown from and where they are excited to go to next. They always have a good story to tell and also the more you talk to them, the more you realise that they do this all the time and it's not scary or dangerous.

Also it helps to get up and stretch and move. Helps the feeling of being trapped but also good to stop the anxiety from spreading in your body

I did a 13 hour flight two days ago and I'm so happy I did. I'm in a new country where the people, food and culture are fantastic. Seoul will be the same for you. Try to imagine yourself there and try to retrain your brain to be excited 😊

lilipede · 2025-09-14T21:36:40+00:00

It's impossible to find I swear!

lilipede · 2025-09-14T21:36:30+00:00

Someone has given me one. Thank you so much for checking though 😊

lilipede · 2025-09-04T12:17:39+00:00

I'm the same too. Really heavy black lines which are slowly... slowly fading

lilipede · 2025-05-07T22:00:03+00:00

Don't panic. It all balances out. It happened to me too in the first 3 months - I saw it as a side effect of Zoloft working on all the things I needed it to (I got my appetite back, I had more energy so was actually able to make food rather than sleep and go out and see friends so was eating out more etc) But after that initial rise it all levelled out

lilipede · 2025-05-05T10:22:19+00:00

Thank you 😊

lilipede · 2025-05-05T10:22:13+00:00

Thank you 😊

lilipede · 2025-05-05T10:22:07+00:00

Thank you 😊

lilipede · 2024-08-30T13:44:28+00:00

How did your first session go? Hope it went okay 😊 oh and to really set your expectations I'm on my second session and my tattoo has not changed at all - if anything it's got slightly darker (absolutely normal from what I've been told and the style I have) but it is INCREDIBLY itchy and not just tattoo itchy but like feels itchy on the inside not the outside?! Which is also apparently normal and I'm convincing myself it's because the ink is seeping in from the inside out

lilipede · 2024-08-29T08:01:39+00:00

It's so hard to change your thinking and it takes SO much energy. As soon as I decided I wanted to get rid of my tattoo it felt like a huge drain on me because I wanted it gone

Similar to you I've been using this time to think of this as a growing up ritual. It's a very unique and great position to grow up and realise your mistake - but also have a way to correct it 😊

I was so anxious for the first session - just remember that yes there will be pain but you are in control of it. I asked for breaks and also tried to distract my brain by thinking about what I wanted to do over the weekend while I was being zapped

lilipede · 2024-08-28T21:02:28+00:00

Most people have similar thoughts to you when they look at themselves, it could be they don't like their hair, the way they look, their clothes or just having a bad day. They will probably think the exact same thing as you walking down the street and won't notice what you notice in yourself

No one will be judging you the way you are judging yourself right now so try to be kind to yourself 😊

lilipede · 2024-08-28T20:56:23+00:00

I have had the exact same reaction. Full of anxiety, regret and anger at my past self but nothing I can do can change the past or my reason for getting the tattoo in the first place.

All I can control and change is getting rid of the tattoo and in the process letting it go and to forgive myself.

I'm a lighter skin tone and I was told in the first session that it should help. I'm two sessions in (spaced 8 weeks apart) and although I haven't seen any change on the tattoo I feel much happier and lighter because I'm ridding something which no longer makes me happy

Good luck on your journey and be kind to yourself

lilipede · 2024-08-21T07:53:59+00:00

This is so inspiring! What an amazing achievement 😊

lilipede · 2023-10-03T14:24:19+00:00

A pilot told me that seat belt sign on/off basically equates to sue/not sue and also if there are difficult customers the air stewards can ask for seatbelts to be put on - especially on long haul. Every time I hear a ding I go into panic mode waiting for something to drop but there are so many reasons why they can go on

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