**Chilly Tuesday 19th daily chat.**

Doomcow

scaredy: i cant see how anything would help.

and yes, it is affecting my life

Doomcow

thanks also ellidee.

i feel like such an !!!!, and it might seem like im a drama queen - but everytime i think about flying / planes i panic.

was ok at the airshow recently, but then i was on the ground

Ellidee

I have to admit that I wouldn't fancy an eight hour flight either Doomy but don't mind short haul- I am not very brave either.

Doomcow

forgot to mention every time i go away some disaster happens...

example: Michael Jackon dieing
london terror attacks v1 (year before)
london terror attacks v2 (7/7)
start of the balkans war...

plus a.n.other probably

im even talking like a 30min flight from edinburgh to london.

i know it wont happen (probably), and planes dont fall out the sky, but terrorists can / do blow holes in the bottom of them...

scaredy_cat

speak to your dr, Doomy, if the phobia is really really bad.

Doomcow

http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Am-I-So-Scared-of-Flying?&id=1454215

this article kinda almost sums me up (without the pre-confidence in flying)

scaredy: doc said they cant do anything, just give some sedatives but no guarantee they would work and i wouldnt flip out
edit: not that i'd flip out, just panic like a panicydrawers... i mean wuss

Ellidee

Doomcow I think we all have what other people would consider to be irrational fears - it's just a matter of degree maybe. So please get some professional help - they deal with problems like yours all the time. Honest.

Doomcow

i might ellidee.

dont want my last words to be *turn to OH* "i told you so"

scaredy_cat

try finding a cbt counsellor, then doomy, they can help with panic attacks.

look for a BACP accreditted counsellor, they will have had training to a certain min standard.

http://wam.bacp.co.uk/wam/SeekTherapist.exe?NEWSEARCH

Doomcow

duno about this councilling lark - how much would it actually help