Aerophobia

I totally have this. It is the fear of flying and for some reason this fear overcomes me when I have to fly. I am not actually as scared of flying as I am of crashing, but the crashes I have seen usually involve the flight.

I am going to Chicago this weekend (thanks Ian for my present :)) and of course we are flying. Now, I am not complaining, as I get motion sickness if I ride in the car for too long, so I would rather fly and get there faster, but my fear is huge. We are leaving on Friday and my anxiety is already starting.

I completely freak out. It consumes my thoughts and I start getting little anxiety attacks. I can't breathe, my stomach is in knots and the worse-case scenario thoughts are running through my head. I will have this feeling and it will get increasingly worse as the week goes by. I will not feel better until I actually land in Chicago. So be thinking of me and my anxiety ridden mind this week!!