If your 'fear of flying' or 'phobia of flying' is stopping you or
holding you back from that dream holiday or important business trip,
take the step and phone us now and see how We can help you...
In
this day and age, the fear of flying is very widespread. Perhaps as
many as 1 in 5 people are suffering to some extent, from those who have
never flown to those who used to fly confidently until they 'somehow'
developed their 'fear'.
The fear of flying is simply a
learned response. At some point you simply got very scared about
flying. Maybe there was a lot of turbulence during a flight, maybe the
plane spent ages flying in a holding pattern above an airport waiting
for permission to land and you began to wonder how much fuel was left
perhaps you saw pictures of an airline crash on television, or in a
newspaper. Many people don't even remember how the flying phobia
started.
Most commonly people simply imagine something
disastrous is going to happen to the plane while taking off, flying or
landing. Sometimes people have fear of confined spaces (claustrophobia)
as well which just adds to the fear of flying. Often, and this is very
common, it is just the fact that they are not 'in control' of the
situation.
What virtually everyone with this fear has in
common is that they imagine feeling scared ahead of time. Those with
these fears who do fly (and there are many who fly despite being
extremely anxious) will often use sedatives or alcohol in the hope of
controlling their thoughts and feelings. This often will have little or
no help with the anxieties experienced.
Many will have
sleepless nights thinking way ahead of the impending flight, and days
before can be out of control. Any or all of the symptoms of high
anxiety may be experienced, such as sweating, tightness of chest,
hyperventilation, dizziness, nausea etc. Fear of the fear is common,
being scared because you are imagining being scared.
When
people have more than one fear, such as falling, claustrophobia, losing
control etc they are sometimes said to have what is called a 'complex'
phobia, rather than a simple phobia such as dogs, needles, rats etc.
In my experience so far a so-called 'complex' phobia is just as treatable as a simple one.
What
people describe as their 'fear of flying', or 'phobia of flying' will
vary greatly, so the techniques we use to help you will match your
particular situation. Essentially, we will use a combination of
Hypnosis and NLP, the techniques we have found to be the fastest,
easiest and most effective. Sometimes, simple direct suggestion
delivered with hypnosis to stop the flying fear, delivered comfortably
in hypnotic 'trance' works perfectly.