tnt808
14-02-06, 01:11
Hi,
I am new to these boards, and very scared to be writing to you all. I need help. I have an incapacitating fear of flying/and or/cruising, the two being my only option as of now. Being that I live on Hawaii those two are it. 3 yrs. ago my husband, daughter, and I had plane tickets in hand to leave the island. Hubby is in military so we were being stationed somewhere else, I couldn't do it. The fear was so great that I couldn't do it. I was a wreck for 3months even before leaving the island. Not sleeping, eating very little, communicating with anyone wasn't there. Now I am being faced with it again. I went to the military doctors 3 yrs. ago. They were going to let me try cognative therapy although it was so booked that I was left to my own devices. I just wish someone would recognize this as an illness and not a choice. I feel completely alone in this. The thought of me not getting on the airplane or the cruise (yes, we bought a cruise too, just in case) would be devastating to our lives. My husband's military career would be over! I know this is all my fault, but why don't more doctors recognize this as a disease and help!! All I want is to be pointed in the right direction.
Thank you
I am new to these boards, and very scared to be writing to you all. I need help. I have an incapacitating fear of flying/and or/cruising, the two being my only option as of now. Being that I live on Hawaii those two are it. 3 yrs. ago my husband, daughter, and I had plane tickets in hand to leave the island. Hubby is in military so we were being stationed somewhere else, I couldn't do it. The fear was so great that I couldn't do it. I was a wreck for 3months even before leaving the island. Not sleeping, eating very little, communicating with anyone wasn't there. Now I am being faced with it again. I went to the military doctors 3 yrs. ago. They were going to let me try cognative therapy although it was so booked that I was left to my own devices. I just wish someone would recognize this as an illness and not a choice. I feel completely alone in this. The thought of me not getting on the airplane or the cruise (yes, we bought a cruise too, just in case) would be devastating to our lives. My husband's military career would be over! I know this is all my fault, but why don't more doctors recognize this as a disease and help!! All I want is to be pointed in the right direction.
Thank you