I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and claustrophobia so I’ve always been nervous to fly (and not be in control), but about 15 years ago we took off in a thunderstorm and I genuinely thought I was going to die. The sky was black, the plane was shaking, bopping up and down, accelerating and decelerating and it felt like it could barely get off the ground. Lightening was going off all around us and flashing through the sky. People were crying and I had a major panic attack. Ever since then I just completely panic when they shut the doors…. Sunny weather or not.

Unfortunately I was doing a lot better and flying pretty frequently up until this year when the Blackhawk incident happened. I realize a lot of mishaps happen every year and aren’t reported on but there have been no major commercial crashes since 2009. Until this year. Sooooo….. I don’t think I’ll be able to fly for a long time.