| Flying Without Fear is the title of a book penned by | | | | panic. |
| Duane Brown in 1996. Citing a 1978 study by Boeing | | | | As they are seemingly trapped in their seats and the |
| Corporation that suggested a fear of flying was | | | | increasing vibrations make it next to impossible to |
| ingrained in more or less 25 million Americans and thus | | | | visualize their way out of the reality of their flight |
| detrimental to their enjoyment of life, the author | | | | situation, they will once again fall victim to the |
| sought to offer solace but also suggestions on how | | | | frequently irrational fears that used to keep them |
| to enjoy flying without fear. (1) As the mixed | | | | away from airline travel for years, while at the same |
| reviews of the book indicate, while many a reader is | | | | time their bodies will align with the emotional stimuli |
| able to take away something useful from the book, | | | | and give way to a racing heartbeat, sickening |
| the author is not able to actually help each and every | | | | tightness in the throat area that seems to work its |
| fearful flyer and the very truth of this matter may | | | | way down into the chest and within minutes the |
| be traced back directly to the fact that flying | | | | white knuckled flyer is doing anything within her or his |
| without fear requires the individual to overcome the | | | | power to prevent a personal stampede to the exit |
| one (or multiple) aspects that are causing that fear | | | | and attempt to jump off the plane before it is in full |
| for that person. | | | | flight. |
| Even as some fliers may share certain elements in | | | | Sadly, these passengers have failed to become |
| their phobia, no two are exactly alike. To this end, a | | | | acquainted with the idea that flying without fear is |
| “one size fits all” approach is doomed to fail | | | | indeed possible to accomplish, but not with a |
| for a predictable segment of the general population. | | | | generalist approach which heavily relies on calming |
| Though an eminent authority in the field of | | | | techniques that might work on those who have a |
| psychology, as Mr. Brown’s readers readily | | | | tapering case of nervousness but will do precious little |
| concede, some of his approaches fail to help the | | | | for someone with a full-blown phobic panic attack. |
| segment of the population whose flight phobia | | | | Fortunately, there are methods which will permit |
| cannot be curtailed with simple relaxation and | | | | even the most overanxious of white knuckled airline |
| breathing exercises. As a matter of fact, many is the | | | | passengers to put to rest their panic and experience |
| hopeful flier who has taken any of the plethora of | | | | flying without fear; best of all, this may be |
| online and offline resources that suggest breathing | | | | accomplished without the need to take prescription |
| exercises, visualization techniques, and association | | | | drugs or engage in lengthy sessions of |
| modulation to heart, only to suddenly realize at the | | | | psychotherapy which are not only time consuming |
| onset of the flight that none of these techniques | | | | but quite frequently also very expensive. |
| were able to curtail the mounting anxiety or even | | | | |