Just found your channel and it has been very helpful thank you. Looking forward to the next series of videos. During takeoff / turbulence/ going through clouds(which normally shakes the plane) make me feel these physical sensations like racing heart and sweaty palms like I am in danger. I have been flying a lot enjoying it so much but since I experienced a horrible turbulence through hailstorm and may go arounds due to closed airport, I do not enjoy flying anymore at all. I want to go back to feeling of excitement when flying like before.
I can't tell how helpful these videos are. Every time I fly (which is now quite rare), I watch these and a different portion of the video makes me calm. Though flight turbulence is something I really totally conpletely dread, Les' videos make the going that much easier thanks Les. Happy Easter.
Very interesting perspective. How can this ‘separation’ be maintained? And how can I begin to fully embody that I am not in danger when in a plane and turbulence sets my body off into a panic attack? I’d love any additional support you can give in addition to this great video. ( I used to love flying, by the way, but after an unexpected panic attack on a plane 10 years ago, I haven’t been able to shift the panic attacks. It’s such a shame as my life and work require me to fly around 8 -10 times a year, so the stress gets a bit much… )
Les, you're an international treasure! I re-view several of your videos before any big flight. Paris over New Years was great and the flight was no sweat thanks to repeating your mantra that "turbulence may be uncomfortable but it is not unsafe!" And those flights in the news recently about "horrible turbulence" that flung people around causing injuries.... My question is, were their seatbelts fastened?! Anyways... Thank you, Les!!
Thank you! Can't wait for the next videos. My son 10 year old and I have a very bad anxiety when travelling and riding a vehicle.. This will help us for sure!
Hi Les, love your videos and really appreciate the work you do. My question is....Is there a way to overcome the fear that at any moment something could go wrong? I have terrible intrusive thoughts throught entire flights and its caused me to panic on board before. Thanks very much!
As it turns out, you’re not the first to contemplate that at any time “something could go wrong”. The whole commercial aviation business works on that 24/7/365. But unlike fearful flyers, they do something about this contemplation by preparing contingency plans, training crews to be prepared to manage emergency events (aviate, navigate, communicate), and building aircraft on a fail safe basis. Your task is not to keep those thoughts away (a losing proposition) but know what to think and do when they come - sometimes triggered, sometimes out of the blue. How to do this is where this current video series will go.
How can someone with a vestibular disorder, and therefore very sensitive to motion overcome the intense sensations of flying and fear that comes with it? I literally feel every little angle, movement, speed or altitude change the plane does. It feels like I'm just going to fall or float away.
I’m not sure you can overcome the sensations in the presence of such a disorder. There maybe ways to minimise them through drugs, specialist-recommended exercises, training in mindfulness/meditation - I’m thinking here also of tinnitus - but literally very little one can do to habituate to the sensation and thus reduce them, which is a treatment of choice in exposure therapy. Instead, as I will be discussing in future videos, one must work hard to reduce the fear component that can automatically arise, which is the fusing of sensations with the presence of perceived threat. We'll be looking at the automatic self talk and asking if it enhances the threat response, and if there are alternatives that can modulate it, and give you back a sense of control. Stay tuned.
Just found your channel and it has been very helpful thank you. Looking forward to the next series of videos. During takeoff / turbulence/ going through clouds(which normally shakes the plane) make me feel these physical sensations like racing heart and sweaty palms like I am in danger. I have been flying a lot enjoying it so much but since I experienced a horrible turbulence through hailstorm and may go arounds due to closed airport, I do not enjoy flying anymore at all. I want to go back to feeling of excitement when flying like before.
Keep up the good work Les, Steve
I can't tell how helpful these videos are. Every time I fly (which is now quite rare), I watch these and a different portion of the video makes me calm. Though flight turbulence is something I really totally conpletely dread, Les' videos make the going that much easier thanks Les. Happy Easter.
Very interesting perspective. How can this ‘separation’ be maintained? And how can I begin to fully embody that I am not in danger when in a plane and turbulence sets my body off into a panic attack? I’d love any additional support you can give in addition to this great video. ( I used to love flying, by the way, but after an unexpected panic attack on a plane 10 years ago, I haven’t been able to shift the panic attacks. It’s such a shame as my life and work require me to fly around 8 -10 times a year, so the stress gets a bit much… )
Les, you're an international treasure! I re-view several of your videos before any big flight. Paris over New Years was great and the flight was no sweat thanks to repeating your mantra that "turbulence may be uncomfortable but it is not unsafe!"
And those flights in the news recently about "horrible turbulence" that flung people around causing injuries.... My question is, were their seatbelts fastened?! Anyways... Thank you, Les!!
Thank you! Can't wait for the next videos. My son 10 year old and I have a very bad anxiety when travelling and riding a vehicle.. This will help us for sure!
Hopefully the next in the series will prove helpful!
Hi Les, love your videos and really appreciate the work you do.
My question is....Is there a way to overcome the fear that at any moment something could go wrong? I have terrible intrusive thoughts throught entire flights and its caused me to panic on board before.
Thanks very much!
As it turns out, you’re not the first to contemplate that at any time “something could go wrong”. The whole commercial aviation business works on that 24/7/365. But unlike fearful flyers, they do something about this contemplation by preparing contingency plans, training crews to be prepared to manage emergency events (aviate, navigate, communicate), and building aircraft on a fail safe basis. Your task is not to keep those thoughts away (a losing proposition) but know what to think and do when they come - sometimes triggered, sometimes out of the blue. How to do this is where this current video series will go.
How can someone with a vestibular disorder, and therefore very sensitive to motion overcome the intense sensations of flying and fear that comes with it? I literally feel every little angle, movement, speed or altitude change the plane does. It feels like I'm just going to fall or float away.
I’m not sure you can overcome the sensations in the presence of such a disorder. There maybe ways to minimise them through drugs, specialist-recommended exercises, training in mindfulness/meditation - I’m thinking here also of tinnitus - but literally very little one can do to habituate to the sensation and thus reduce them, which is a treatment of choice in exposure therapy. Instead, as I will be discussing in future videos, one must work hard to reduce the fear component that can automatically arise, which is the fusing of sensations with the presence of perceived threat. We'll be looking at the automatic self talk and asking if it enhances the threat response, and if there are alternatives that can modulate it, and give you back a sense of control. Stay tuned.
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