I don't like flying any tips to help me relax ( no alcohol!!)?

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jopinto1009

I would strongly suggets you read about phisiology of flight. It will help you clearly understand what is happening and how your body is interpreting. Knowing a little bit about where your sensations are coming from, will help you ease the anxiety caused by the flight itself. Then you should go out with a flight instructor and take a few lessons on a general aviation aircraft and do some maneuvers yourself, specially those that can cause anxiety and nervousness. It will be good for you. After that, you will gain a cleared understanding and will be able to relax.Hope this helps!

ribena

I hope you are not a pilot :)
I am in aviation as well. Just relax, its great. You can't change a thing when you are up there, so just enjoy the experience.

George23

i think you should take some tapes with you,and things that will keep you busy.maybe you shouldnt sit near the window
Read the link below and good luck too you

Suspended

dramamine is for motion sickness, but maybe you need something more like zanax

singirl

Halothene?!

mark p

skunk smoke a few joints and get higher than the plane

Eco-Savvy

Nothing interests you when u r onboard.
You can maintain a mini library with quotations, phrases, language dictionary.

Best time to build up ur vocabulary and if u r learning any other language use the dictionary.
By the time u memorise few pharases and words u will be surprised that u have descended.

roeskats

Try some Yoga prior to your flight. Or a workout that lets off the good endorphins in the brain.

Genio Atrapado

sleeping pills

makingthisup

I find that if I read our do crosswords during the part of the flight that worries me if makes me concentrate on what I'm doing or reading and away from what is happening on the plane.

â™¥Theâ™¥ Bearded Cheerleader

download a relaxtion tape from the net. or do what i do stay up for 24 hours prior to your flight and fall a sleep teh whole journey.
i hate flying also!

groovintimes

xanax

leighdevaney

kalms

FairyHoaxster

Take a flying lesson in a little Cessna - you'll get to control all of those sensations you're averse to and it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on! After that an airliner will be no problem at all.

stormyblythe

try taking deep breaths to relax your body. meditation and praying can be helpful also

nerdyhermione

learn progressive relaxation or autogenic training. if there are no night classes on that in your area, you might be able to find a dvd or book to train yourself.basically these methods employ things like breathing techniques, beautiful thoughts etc. to achieve a state of deep relaxation. it'll also help you in other stressful situations like before job interviews. the guy who invented autogenic training did so in the trenches of world war 1 and if it helped him there it would certainly help you on a plane... :-)

raju

Me too,and I am clustrophobic,so do what I do.I dont fly

WHAT

try using head phones with a cd or tape player and you can ask your doctor for ativan,

vegetamistress

but some lavender oil or vix vapo rub and breath slowly.

jay

They say that spearmint gum/candy has calming properties. It works well for me!

blacknedkittie

you could perhaps try a hebel alternative to sleeping pills, from either your doctor or if you have got one near you a holland and barretts (they seem to have everything in them shops)....

duggiedugg

I dont like flying but have to regularly - i sit by the window so i can see some of whats going on out side and to make sure we are still up in the sky during the flight. Sounds silly but it helps me.
To help you relax you bring things familiar to yourself ie books, music, films and read, listen and watch them on the flight it makes you forget about the surroundings and reminds you of home.

Rosa

Take several yoga classes and learn how to meditate. Yoga has a way of calming your entire body. You can image and place yourself in a different environment while flying. Mind over matter. Listen to nature music of something VERY SOOTHING.

You can always take a muscle relaxer.

evertonsue

i read a couple of weeks ago in the paper about a new drug for flying fear, i think they said that you can buy it in boots

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