Your Success Stories & Testimonials Page 4

A selection of your success stories about how you have overcome the fear of flying. Post us your story>

Hi Keith, 

I am not new to your site and often drop by and read all the helpful tips from yourself and your forum members - I have never posted anything before though.  I think the site is wonderful. I have had your book for just over a year now and it has been most helpful.  I would be very interested in the new dvd/booklet you mentioned in your post on 7th June,  please do let me know when it would be available to purchase and I will gladly send payment to you. 

I am due to fly tomorrow from Leeds to Palma; I have improved quite a bit since reading your book which I think is excellent. I had a 3 year gap without flying at all after becoming completely terrified for reasons that I don't know why. 

I got to a stage where I would feel like I was going to die just because I had booked a flight and when it came to the actual journey I would simply close my eyes and cry the whole flight - terrible behaviour and not like me really.  Last year I decided to pluck up courage and go on a couple of short haul flights to Berlin and Prague which was a big step for me and when I had done it I felt a great sense of achievement. 

At the moment and perhaps it is because the flight is tomorrow and I am thinking about it rather a lot I am pretty nervous and I don't want to be.  It is very reassuring knowing that your site is there for help and I am enjoying reading the helpful posts once more.  

How kind of you to devote your time and experiences to this site; an extremely thoughtful thing to do - thank you. 

Kindest regards,  

Tina  

Hi Keith,

I am now in Australia and am living here after completing Uni in the UK.

But it was your website and book that got me here! Thank you. I even flew on a 20 seater for an hour to a remote part of Oz and was fine.

Thank you. Thank you a million times!
Lucie

Dear Keith

We have communicated before when I've thanked you for your book and CDs.

Just to let you know that I am a 52 year old professional entertainer whose life and career have both been adversely affected by a terror of flying.

My first flying experience was 6 years ago when I flew Heathrow to Chicago on an American Airlines 777 - a horrendous flight with a seeming 8 and half hours of turbulence and concomitant 'buttock-clenching'. Followed within 2 weeks with a flight (same day) Chicago- Miami, Miami to Puerto Rico then Amsterdam - Paris, Paris -Heathrow.  My overwhelming thought was NEVER AGAIN!!

However, I longed to fly again in order to conquer my fear and open up the world's opportunities.

I bought your Cds a couple of weeks ago and have played them regularly since (especially CD2 and your 4 minute 'Flight Deck' track on CD4).

With the addition of some deep self-analysis to try and understand the cause and nature of my fears and a subsequent 'self re-programming' using a simple  'happiness trigger' of my own devising I was able yesterday to fly Cardiff-Glasgow, Glasgow -Cardiff.

My realistic aim was to find flight bearable (I’d have settled for 'not too terrifying’) instead thanks in massive part to your CDs I thoroughly ENJOYED  it !!!

Nearly every aspect of the flight conformed exactly to your CD from 'push-back' to 'seat chimes' to landing. No surprises!

I had a couple of very slightly anxious moments - just pre-check in, looking out of the window for the first time (not sure if it was height I was scared of - I wasn’t) and especially when the plane banked for the first time but recourse to my 'trigger' and knowledge imparted from the CDs allayed all anxiety  I even used the phrase to my travelling companion as we had slight buffeting on our descent through cloud to Rhoose "turbulence is uncomfortable but NOT dangerous".

Such was my comfort and enjoyment that I took an active interest in the descent and landing at both airports - including the banking !!  Just terrific !

Thank you so much - I shall be flying again and, of course' listening to the CDs again - it even crossed my mind to enquire about flying lessons lol !  I shall also be thinking of passing on my 'happiness trigger' method to other nervous flyers.

Thanks again Keith - you should be very proud of your work and the invaluable service you are giving.

Best wishes

Jeff W

I just wanted to email you to thank you for your wonderful website. I slowly developed a fear of flying over the last few years. Although it wouldn't prevent me from flying, the anxiety would start to develop about a week before the trip, and would gradually rise to quite an uncomfortable level. I used to find flying terriflying and consequently arrived at the other end exhausted.

I am currently in Laos having a ball but before I left I stumbled accross your website. I found all of the imformation so helpful, and it really helped relieve my anxiety.

I will recommend your website to anyone I know that has the same fear, and as I am planning on doing a lot more travel at the end of the year, I think I will buy your book or CD before I go.

Many thanks once again for your helpful website. It has made a great difference to me (I even managed an internal Laos flight today which had been causing me great anxiety)