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smirkymonkey

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3. I know it's safe, but I am still terrified of flying.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:42 PM
Sep 2019

I have a business trip next week. I usually only have to fly once per year, but I am dreading it. I just hate being in a plane. It makes me go into a panic. I know I have to do this for work, but I would do anything to avoid it. I understand the physics of flying, I know the statistics, but I just can't stand the feeling of powerlessness and claustrophobia that I experience in a plane. I have also developed an inordinate fear of heights over the past 10 years for some reason and I am sickened by any height over 3 floors.

I keep hoping it will get better, but it just keeps getting worse. I am hoping that I have some horrible illness or accident happen to me before next week so that I don't have to go, but I have a feeling that isn't going to happen. I am fortunate that I don't have to travel very often, but I am sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

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