Preparing your Five Senses for Flying

Research shows that knowing what to expect when facing a new situation increases your sense of control and decreases anxiety. If you plan to fly soon start increasing your sense of control now by learning what to expect during the flight.

Many of us are familiar with a few basic safety facts about flying. We may know that statistically flying is safer than driving a car. However, that doesn’t make an iota of difference when we hear the plane engines churning. That’s because we haven’t prepared our five senses with the facts.

To help deflate the fear, educate yourself on a five senses level of what to expect on the flight. Go online and learn how take-off works and how it will feel physically, what equipment noises you will typically hear, and so on. There is a free online course I highly recommend, written by a pilot, which covers many of these flying specifics and fears, available at:
http://www.fearofflyinghelp.com/

Check it out. It shows you what to expect, discusses many of the safety components of flying, and helps to defuse the fear of the unknown on a five senses level by showing you what will happen and why.

About Deanne

Deanne Repich - Founder and director of the National Institute of Anxiety and Stress, Inc., is an internationally renowned anxiety educator, teacher, author, and former sufferer who has helped tens of thousands of anxiety sufferers in more than 40 countries to reclaim their lives from anxiety, stress, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, anxiety attacks and social anxiety.

She is the creator of the Conquer Anxiety Success Program, author of more than one hundred articles, and publisher of the Anxiety-Free Living printed Newsletter for anxiety sufferers. She is a Member of Mental Health America and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.