Flying tomorrow......help!

Well done katek - now enjoy

I just try to imagine I am sitting in a coach, and when thereis bit of turbulence, we are going over a bumpy road. It's the taking off and landing I don't like. Well done for doing it enjoy your holiday, we are off to Gran Caneria tomorrow. X

Hello Katek, years ago I came across some advice re. fears from Dr. Claire Weeks who was a very good health writer with her excellent advice. What she said was "face it, accept it and float over it" I have found this so helpful and always sit quiet and say it to myself.

Hope it helps.

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There's an excellent book called "Flying with Confidence" (recommended by Gransnet a couple of years ago) written by a BA pilot and a psychologist. It really helped me before we flew to see our daughter in Australia, which I was very nervous about. The piece I particularly remember, describing turbulence, is roughly as follows: "Imagine the plane is a cork, bobbing about on the surface of a river. Sometimes the water is rough and the cork bobbles up and down quite dramatically, then it smooths out again. But all absolutely safe." Now I always keep that picture in my mind when flying and it really does help!

It's not that I mind flying, it's that turbulence makes me very sick, despite travel tablets, wrist bands, sitting over the wings etc, etc. I have horribly sensitive sense of balance (I can't stand upright with my eyes closed, let alone balance on one leg )
However, listening to something/anything with ear phones does seem to help as does not sitting by a window.

Not going to put me off though!

The cork analogy is similar to the explanation given to me by cabin crew when I was very nervous, The young steward said very matter of factly " we are just flying over the top of clouds". As he continued to see to passenger needs and serve drinks etc I concluded that if he wasn't concerned neither should I be.

I haven't flown for some years and also like Loopylou get travel sickness! even in a car.

As we speak my DS is flying to Hong Kong on a Literary Tour and I keep checking on Flight Tracker which country he us flying over and at what height and what speed. To be honest I find it quite reassuring to do that. The first thing I will do tomorrow is switch on the computer and check the flight out.

Our next door neighbour is a BA Pilot and he is so laid back that if ever I do fly again I want him to be in the cockpit.

Anyway have a lovely hols Katek

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