Flight anxiety: Most of the people going on air are scared after Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June. There are various doubts in his mind. This has increased the angel. Many people have canceled even tickets, but most people need to go on a journey, so cancel the ticket is not a solution to the problems. However, the fear of air travel is not new. This fear is normal more than people as they understand, but after this accident in Ahmedabad, this fear has started to feel deeply and physically. In such a situation, explaining to someone is now looking difficult.
Counseling psychologist Atul Raj says that this fear is often not about the aircraft. This is about the situation in which we do not have any control. You are 35,000 feet above the ground and are sitting in a metal tube. Here you have to hand over your life to unknown people. In this, you are not doing anything from your side. This helpless situation awakens the oldest fear in us. Many people do not get this fear loud. It goes on inside. No matter what fear is, the heartbeat is definitely sharp before packing the goods. Before the journey, there is restlessness. However, people often control it. But currently the way the fear is sitting after the plan crash, it is necessary to take some measures. Here with the help of these tips, you can drive away this fear.
How to deal with fear of air travel?
1. Identify your fear-Recognize the first fear. Understand what you are afraid of. For example, you are afraid that you are afraid to eat jerks at a height of 35 thousand feet after the aircraft does not fall or climbed into the aircraft. Suddenly, when the plane rises up, you are afraid or you feel suffocated in a closed place from all sides in the plane. Identify this fear and prepare accordingly.
3. Survive attention-Do not think about the aircraft before the journey. Do not take attention to this. Never think that you will climb the plane. Will sit again. Then what will happen at that time. This kind of thinking will increase your anxiety. So in this situation, listen to songs of your choice, listen to podcasts, keep books or movies ready so that attention can be removed from fear.
5. Feel the land connectivity- Pay attention to physical experiences. For example, feeling the seat or touching something so that you can remain in the present. Athul says, I ask people to do this practice during flight. Press your feet on the ground of the aircraft and feel it by putting pressure on the seat. Keep your hands on your chest. Feel your body weight. These are small steps, but directly talk to our nervous system. This will make you feel that you are on the plane.
7. Take professional assistance- If the fear is too much, then CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) or the drugs given by the doctor can be quite effective. Athul says that if this fear remains constant, it is affecting your everyday life, you are starting to avoid travel or cannot sleep before the flight, then it is an indication that you should seek help from psychoanalytic. Therapy can help cure frozen fear in the body.