About flight phobia

The background for fear of flying can be scary experiences in connection with a flight or other fears such as fear of being trapped in closed spaces, of losing control and going crazy, of dying or of unknown sounds that flight generates. Common is that the fear can start long before the actual flight and destroy entire vacation. Are you an anxious person who is concerned about many things and situations in life which diseases, accidents, future, etc. one is often also afraid of flying.

Anxiety Reaction

Anxiety is the body's reaction in response to a perceived threat. The threat is created solely in the person's thoughts and leads to physical and mental tension. The body can not distinguish between fantasy and reality, and we react with anxiety (fear) in the wrong situation. It's entirely appropriate to react with anxiety and fear in a truly dangerous situation. The so-called fight and flight system is activated, among other things can cause difficulty breathing, chest tightness, palpitations, faintness, dizziness, sweating, tunnel vision, nausea and light blockage.

Thoughts, feelings and bodily reactions affect our behavior. To avoid flying or flying with fear reinforces the experience that it is dangerous to fly. It is therefore important to have knowledge of what happens in the body in distress.