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    I'm going to FL in March and I am absolutley petrified to get on that plane. I've flown once before, the flight there was fine, I actually enjoyed it, but the flight back was terrible. The plane was smaller and it was really stormy so it just got tossed around. I want comfort and I have to take care of my puking bf. So anyway, the plane lands after an extra hour of circling the airport. Now I'm even more scared. I know I'm more likely to be killed in a car accident...but if a car crashes...you don't always die...a plane goes down your fucked. I think its a control issue. I really need some sort of control to feel safe and in a plane I have none. Theres no "um...I think I feel like driving the rest of the way can you drop me off?" So um...I don't know...any advice besides taking a valium or something? (which I'll prob. do anyway)


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    Take a xanax and have a long island at the bar before you board...it usually puts me to sleep before the plane even departs. I used to be deathly scared of flying, now I'm kinda nonchalant on the whole thing since I've done it so much. Breathing exercises work too, but I'm always afraid the ppl next to me are gonna be like wtf and think I'm crazy. LoL

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    sorry i don't have anything that I can suggst, i have hours behind the yoke, so I know everything that is going on, etc....

    where are you flying out of Portland, Manchester, Boston....that may determine the size plane, ie larger plane, less likely to get sick, as it doesn't "pick-up" the turbulance as much.

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    Boston.


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    On your travel day focus on how much fun you will have in FL. Don't focus on the flight itself. I log about 50,000 miles a year on airplanes (a fairly big chunk). I have had a few bumpy flights, but for the most part they have been fine. You have been on two flights. One was not so good. Don't focus on the bad one. Most of them are fine. You wil be fine, and you will have tons of fun in FL.

    G-Reals advice about trying to book on a larger plane is good advice. They are usually much smoother flights.

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    My bf and i recently flew across the US (LAX-Florida-PDX) and I am terrified of flying- i have control issues too, and i'm extremely claustrophobic and have panic/anxiety attacks. We both were losing our minds on the flight there, so on the flight back we were prepared with a) a big fat joint to smoke before we got on, and b) a bottle of rescue remedy. Rescue remedy is amazing, it instantly calms me down about everything, it might be because it has a little alcohol in it and i'm really sensitive to alcohol, or it might be the flower essences, or both.. but it REALLY works.

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    It'll be over before you know it... I just took 8-hour to-and-from Europe flights being completely terrified a few months ago... I think it might have actually cured me of my fear of flying. Pop an Ativan, take advantage of the drinks on the plane, and you'll do fine. Also, if you already know you're going to do it... that's it, you're going to do it. For me, a lot of the stress was in the agony before getting on the plane. Once I was there I was OK because I knew I couldn't back out or do anything to change what would happen.
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    Default Re: Flying Scares Me So Much

    out of Logan it will be a decent size plane, no mini-jets/prop jobs.

    The flights are fine, just an FYI out of logan, most of of the time right after take-off they have to turn by law, so don't be surprised by that. Otherwise it should be fine, you shouldn't encounter that much turbulance flying south. Just relax, sleep, and you'll be landing before you know it.

    ok,

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    out of Logan it will be a decent size plane, no mini-jets/prop jobs.

    The flights are fine, just an FYI out of logan, most of of the time right after take-off they have to turn by law, so don't be surprised by that. Otherwise it should be fine, you shouldn't encounter that much turbulance flying south. Just relax, sleep, and you'll be landing before you know it.

    ok,

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    Good stuff man, let's hear some more flight geekness! I totally want the answer to, what are factors in causing turbulance, other than obvious weather? Airplane size, flight route, flight direction, etc. I've searched and searched on the internet and can't find nothin!

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    pretty much weather/fronts changing from high/low pressure, usually right at the line. Also you'll find more turb. in the spring/summer time in the central US as all those fields, those dark circles you see down there, are producing thermals upstream, which lift the plane against its will.......its sorta similar to seeing a bird circling around, but gaining height even though its not flapping its wings.

    also, day of flight you can go to the NOAA's National Weather Service and find out where the turbulence is and how it is. , pretty easy, symbol and color coded.

    Overall I think if you know how something works, etc, your less likely to fear it

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    also, usually afternoon tend to have more turb. than morning as in the morning it is still cool and the air/air pockets hasn't had a chance to warm up yet......

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    What a great person you are for this!!!! Thank ya thank ya incredibly!!

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    Yeah I'll have to go with the xanax lol as I don't think my bf's mother of his friends mother (whoever drives us) will appreciate me smoking a big fatty on the ride down. I found something really helpful online that says "The presence of fear or anxiety does not mean that something bad is going to happen" because of course thats how I think. OMG I must be so nervous for a reason. So I keep telling myself that, its my new mantra.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gypsy74 View Post
    My bf and i recently flew across the US (LAX-Florida-PDX) and I am terrified of flying- i have control issues too, and i'm extremely claustrophobic and have panic/anxiety attacks. We both were losing our minds on the flight there, so on the flight back we were prepared with a) a big fat joint to smoke before we got on, and b) a bottle of rescue remedy. Rescue remedy is amazing, it instantly calms me down about everything, it might be because it has a little alcohol in it and i'm really sensitive to alcohol, or it might be the flower essences, or both.. but it REALLY works.
    Yah it's good----I took it the first few times ice skating....def worked!

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    Hey, any way I can check international turbulence?

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    you can try this lin...



    I'll look today at work to see if I can come up with something better

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    Oh snap, you are snappy!

    Why is the US page white....just not updated or actually no turbulance? (prob not, heh)

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    omfg G-Real did you see the show on the discovery channel where they aired the true story of the British pilot who got thrown out of the window at crazy altitude, bc of a tornado, and then allistair flew all 94 passengers down* to safety? And the other one held his body by the legs the whole time even tho they thought he was dead?


    *down like a ROCKETSHIP....christ

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    no didn't see it,

    though there was one a few years ago about how in the 40s/50s they used t measure distance by time....no readio becons or anything......so a plane was going west ovre the Andes mountains, it had been like 30 mins, and according to their rules it was time to decend.....they did and ran right smack into the mountains......airlines hadn't heard of the jetstream, which is what they hit going against them....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alaska View Post
    omfg G-Real did you see the show on the discovery channel where they aired the true story of the British pilot who got thrown out of the window at crazy altitude, bc of a tornado, and then allistair flew all 94 passengers down* to safety? And the other one held his body by the legs the whole time even tho they thought he was dead?


    *down like a ROCKETSHIP....christ
    Gee well as scary as that is I guess it makes me feel a little better to know that they lived. Now I just have to see if my relationship makes it to March to get on the plane. Oy vay.


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    If I'm going through something I find slightly unpleasant, I focus on when it will finish and keep track of how long before it's over .

    I've always found it easier to deal with something (like your fear of flying) if I know there's a definate time it will be over, and I can see that time getting slowly nearer.

    If your flight lands at 5.00 pm, just keep thinking two hours to go, one and a half hours to go, one hour to go....

    Just my way of doin' things.....

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    Ugggg.....I'm not a good flyer at all but I love arriving at airports. Just seems like you are living and having fun.

    I bolted off a plane in Key West one year. It was tiny. I rented a convertible and drove up to Ft. Lauderdale and a much bigger plane. The convertible was fun through the Keys

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