Gryphoenix
25-06-08, 06:39
I haven't flown yet ever since I started having PAs and Anx, and I'm not sure how I'm gonna handle it!
Does anyone have any good flying tips for nervous people?
Actually I've flown a lot in my entire 22 years of life, some REALLY long flights (try Japan to the east coast) that wore on my nerves even before I had anx.
I've had exciting flights, boring flights, fun flights, short flights, painful ear popping flights, and flights where I had to go to the bathroom really badly but couldn't until we landed and that was 40 minutes later (curse you Atlanta hub!), and of course, scary flights. I haven't flown since...hm, probably June 2006, and I started having PAs that Dec, I think.
And yeah, on every flight I still got nervous even before my anx, I hate, hate, HATE taking off but I really like landing (cause it's over yay!)
Anyway this is the first time I'm flying by myself too, so I'm a little nervous about that naturally. I hope I don't botch things up and get on the wrong plane or something! I haven't done something this major by myself EVER so I'm really nervous about doing things correctly.
That one's only about an hour flight, then I'm hanging out with my aunt the rest of the day and we're flying out together that afternoon/evening. It's a much longer flight (7 hours?) and I think there's a stopover, which I loathe even without anx. So I think it's a total of about six flights that I'm taking next week, there and back. Also I feel really anxious when I get tired and I really don't know how tired I will be on this day and I'm kinda worried that if I'm tired I won't be able to cope as I usually do.
So...I really don't want to get that horrible claustrophobic feeling I get on elevators that cause my PAs, does anyone have any tips for that? They don't have rescue remedy in the states where I am and I don't take medicine for anx.
Does anyone have any good flying tips for nervous people?
Actually I've flown a lot in my entire 22 years of life, some REALLY long flights (try Japan to the east coast) that wore on my nerves even before I had anx.
I've had exciting flights, boring flights, fun flights, short flights, painful ear popping flights, and flights where I had to go to the bathroom really badly but couldn't until we landed and that was 40 minutes later (curse you Atlanta hub!), and of course, scary flights. I haven't flown since...hm, probably June 2006, and I started having PAs that Dec, I think.
And yeah, on every flight I still got nervous even before my anx, I hate, hate, HATE taking off but I really like landing (cause it's over yay!)
Anyway this is the first time I'm flying by myself too, so I'm a little nervous about that naturally. I hope I don't botch things up and get on the wrong plane or something! I haven't done something this major by myself EVER so I'm really nervous about doing things correctly.
That one's only about an hour flight, then I'm hanging out with my aunt the rest of the day and we're flying out together that afternoon/evening. It's a much longer flight (7 hours?) and I think there's a stopover, which I loathe even without anx. So I think it's a total of about six flights that I'm taking next week, there and back. Also I feel really anxious when I get tired and I really don't know how tired I will be on this day and I'm kinda worried that if I'm tired I won't be able to cope as I usually do.
So...I really don't want to get that horrible claustrophobic feeling I get on elevators that cause my PAs, does anyone have any tips for that? They don't have rescue remedy in the states where I am and I don't take medicine for anx.