Hello... I'm in a severe anxiety and panic state right now. I have my first ever flight coming up on Saturday from New York to California to meet my son as he returns from a seven month Marine military deployment.
I have not seen him in 10 months and he is very very excited for my husband and myself to come and spend a whole week with him
I'm terrified of everything concerned with flying. Terrorism, turbulence, birds, engine failure, etc. I fear not being in control.
I get the statistics. I'm a very intelligent person and know the real dangers in driving versus flying but in no way does that help me.
I am sitting here and I'm sick to my stomach with diarrhea and stomach cramps and foggy head and blurry vision and I'm 99% positive this is all anxiety because I have not stopped thinking about this for weeks and now it's only three days away and I feel like I'm getting worse
I have some Xanax but I just don't think that is going to be enough to control me. I have downloaded some new music and some comedy skits that I have not yet listen to so they will be fresh and hopefully divert some attention but I'm just so paralyzingly scared