Aviation phobia is a very common phenomenon, and the fact that every time a large aviation accident happens, as is the case with the Malaysian plane incident , the images published widely in newspapers and on television, contributing to the increase of this phenomenon.
Also horror movies that depict aircraft crash or abduction at the hands of terrorists increases fears. Most of those who suffer from phobia Aviation realize that the statistical probability of injury car accident, is much higher than the injury during flight.
The reason that logical persuasion does not help to overcome the fear, lies in the driver's belief, he is who controls the car and has the ability to prevent the accident. Passengers traveling in the car, trust the skills of the driver to control the car and avoid the accident.
On the other hand, the sense of Aviation Bvobaa be because of what happened that if there is a line, they themselves do not control the plane and the prospects for the pilot control of the plane and landed safely, very low.
To overcome the fears and anxieties, and to mobilize the energies of doing things that we fear, it is necessary to overcome the feeling of not being able to control. Way is by putting an "emergency plan" on how to behave in the case of these fears materialized.
The literature of psychiatry, discusses the treatment of flight phobia, do not focus on the cause of concern, but only on the methods of treatment.
There are four main categories of underserved phobia of flying:
People who fear that dominated terrorist on the plane.
People who have been exposed to a terrifying experience during the flight, such as turbulence or severe storm.
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People who are afraid of a malfunction in the engine and the plane fall and shatter.
There are two types of risks in everyday life, which can be overcome by some self-strength and others impossible to overcome. One of the effective ways to deal with self-phobia Aviation is the application of imagination the way.
The person who is afraid of flying, to deal with his fears as a feature film, which is the editor. You must imagine the positive end of the film so that the film's hero, who is the same person, overcomes the problem, through the implementation of a human ways, or ways over mankind.
Here are three examples for the treatment of people who are afraid of flying.In the first example was treated to overcome the problem by training a human ways and in others has been doubled over the use of methods of mankind.
It recommended for each person who feels scared during the flight or refrain from flying because of the fear, to check whether it was appropriate to apply his methods similar to those that will be described later.
Suad reach the age of 35, he must travel out of the country several times a year because of her work. A week before each flight, suffer from insomnia, headaches and be nervous about her husband and her two children.
During flight, trembling arms and legs, can not read or eat and go to the bathroom a lot. In the first meeting, he said the concerns relate to expectations that controlled a terrorist on the plane and set off.
When asked if she can do something to control the terrorist, I laughed nervously and replied immediately: "I am cowardly by nature, and I do not approached the risks."
After I explained to her that the evolutionary significance of each one of the symptoms of anxiety, and how it helped the old man on the face of predators, on the other hand, to what extent crashes dealing with risk, it suggested that she imagine a movie director as well as play the role of the main heroine.
If the approval, I will be assistant director. They responded to me, encouraged her to shut her eyes and imagine the positive end, where the heroine succeed to control the terrorist Although he armed and do not.
He assured her that the big heroine advantage is it's more intelligent than the terrorist, and have sufficient time to plan for a confrontation.
After more encouragement, she began to speak: "I see myself sitting in the plane and long macho person standing next to me. Is holding a gun and threatening passengers, no one dares to move, and everyone is afraid.
Half an hour later, I alluded to a terrorist that I had to go to the bathroom, I hide in my palm a small bottle of perfume when I stand next to him and I do fragrance spray in his eyes. The surprised and quickly rubbing his eyes, and in the case of two men control it.
Suad opened her eyes with a smile triumph. At the end of the meeting, I asked her, until next we met, imagine that a number of different scenarios, where in each of which controls a terrorist on the plane which can beguiled in different ways.
During several meetings he has been trained Suad on the development of scenarios imagined. At the same time, I learned the application of different relaxation exercises and trained to relax by listening to music.
Suad said that the concerns have not gone away, but every time she felt scared before or during the trip, they were imagine the various risk factors and how they deal with it in a positive way.
In all trips have become take with perfume bottle and CD player, and that inside music to relax.
Hazem works as an engineer in a large electronics company, by virtue of his work, he often compelled to fly to Europe. He said: "Every flight shorten the old."
Several days of each trip before starting nightmare firm: he has sleep disorders at night because of the terrible nightmares, which saw the aircraft explode and other accidents are awesome.
During the trip takes tranquilizers that does not help him much, and when it reaches its destination to be exhausted. Hazem went for treatment several days of the last flight before the trip.
I asked him to tell me when it started flying phobia has, but he can not recall the details. So I suggested to him that he closes his eyes and imagines his head that works like a sophisticated video device, so that it can display movies from the past, and edited according to his desire.
I asked him to come out from the archive in the head, he registered the file "flying phobia", run the tape, and described the images that pass before his eyes.
Hazem sat comfortably on the sofa in my office room, eyes closed and began to speak: "After graduating from college, and by virtue of my work I felt compelled to travel to Turkey once a month to guide the team to run a complex machine.
I remembered something terrifying ... I remember in one of the trips ... something terrible happened ... suddenly entered the pneumatic pitfalls Vahtzat plane to the top and to the bottom. Widgets blown everywhere, people cried horribly, I think that all my fears of flying has since started. "
I decided to help a firm through humor, he asked the firm to open his eyes and began to explain to him, "one of the most effective means to deal with the fears and anxieties is the way of humor.
We find human history through stories and popular myths, describing how a man overcomes weak and small on the people by stronger than humor. One of the most beautiful examples of the use of this method in the movies, made by Charlie Chaplin.
"I love Charlie Chaplin movies a lot," he said firmly, "I remember the film The Great Dictator, where he faces little hobo Hitler by humor. I watched this film several times."
If you remember, I indulged in my explanation, the first section of the film The Great Dictator, describes hobo concerns during flight in the plane. In the beginning, it fluctuates hobo and the pilot in the air and spoke to them something very funny.
Then the plane landing and crashed, but they survive. Although this terrifying experience, the audience laugh and enjoy. I suggest you try to be a way out of the film in the same style of Charlie Chaplin.
The film depicts the entertaining experiences after entering the air bumps. You are going to be in this film the director and also the main hero. I will show I am the assistant director, who is advising the director from time to time.
I asked the firm that closes his eyes again, and in a spirit of humor describes what imagined. Seemed to speak: "I flew to Turkey, the sky was full of clouds and severe wind outside, the plane shaking because of the wind, I feel a little nauseous.
The passenger next to me who had a yellowish color, apparently will vomit, and I pray not to vomit Ali ... suddenly fall into the antenna bump ... things began to fly in all directions, "Do not forget it's supposed to be a funny movie, I told him.
"Fat lady sitting next to me, I see Cuba full of juicy fly and is located directly on her head, the juice dripped on her neck and up to her, like a river flowing very quickly between two mountains ...
I see the plane flying in the newspaper like a big bird, which covers the face of the man who sits next to me, a strong wind plastered Gazette on his face, it seems like a huge monster, the more tried to remove the newspaper from his face, they attach themselves to face more ...
Women fat bag fall out, all their contents scattered and flying in inside the plane, big bra fly with the wind ... dancing ballet as in the film "Fantasia," Walt Disney, I feel like I was watching a funny movie, a very strange feeling, the best of what it is I do not feel scared, like I was in control of the situation. "
Open Hazem his eyes with a smile and said: "I played like a small child. Instead of fear of flying laughed and enjoyed it," in the time remaining, Hazem has trained a number of basic relaxation exercises, and asked him to listen to a relaxation tape twice a day until the date of the trip.
Lena 50-year-old did not travel by plane before, but since her son and his family moved to the United States about a year ago, I decided that they must overcome their fear of flying so I went to receive advice, in the first meeting, I found out that she is suffering from a phobia of closed places.
Did not intervene at all in the past into the cave and always avoid entering the elevator as much as possible, Lina did not remember any scary experience occurred in a closed place, she says, since an early age refrained from entering the closed and tight spots.
And continued to theoretical explanation: people differ from each other in genetic qualities. There are people who appear inclined from an early age to avoid indoor, there are those who are afraid of high places, and there are those who are afraid of open spaces.
From the evolutionary tendency to refrain from different places to the survival of the ancient ancestors have contributed. The problem with Lena, it belongs genetically to people who escaped in the distant past of a predator in an open place like deer, so the closed places scare them off.
Since it is not expected that a predator is chasing you in the plane, Vtairh narrow pose no risk for you. The conclusion is that you need to learn a different psychological methods, aims to erase the old conflict that stay in your head of the program on the computer screen.
Lena showed a willingness to learn to control their fears. He suggested to close her eyes and imagine a plane in her mind, which is supposed to feel comfortable in. After a brief reflection, she replied, "I see in my imagination transparent plane. Beautiful blue sky around me and I see the sea from the subway and sailing ships.'s Fantastic and I do not feel scared at all."
We met several other times where I trained Lena to imagine it flying in planes designed manner that does not raise concerns. In some cases, aircraft flying in a transparent and sometimes they were very extensive and luxurious.
At the same time, Lena learned to reduce the level of anxiety by training on a variety of relaxation techniques and listen to relaxing bar. When I felt that the concerns of the airline said, and decided to travel by plane to visit her son in the United States.
When she returned, she said a week before the trip, every night I imagined they fly to the United States aboard a transparent and wide plane. At the airport, while waiting for the plane, I heard the tape continued to relax and imagine a pleasant trip in various forms.
When the plane took off, it was hit for a few tense minutes, but still managed to control the anxiety by calming breath. During the trip it was quiet and was able to read and watch a movie.
