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However you feel right now, be confident that you will be able to overcome your fear of flying because most people do. It's a fact that very very few people develop and use a proper strategy to overcome their fear of flying. They hope for a miracle cure or think that one day something will change for them or they keep delaying doing anything in the belief that the fear will go away on its own.
Trying to overcome your fear like this is likely to result in failure, or at best, take very much longer than it needs to. To overcome your fear of flying you have to recognise that it will take you time and effort but it will be worth it.
Only you hold the key to overcoming your fear the rest of us help in varying degrees. The things that seem impossible now will become possible; the holiday flights that you fear now, will become more manageable. The business flights you may be avoiding will become new opportunities, and friends abroad will become closer in every sense of the word.
The world and all its wonders will be available to you.
You will have to accept that there are likely to be setbacks. There are going to be days and flights when your fearful feelings return, this is perfectly normal and you shouldn’t be surprised by it nor should you be disheartened by it. Accept that you are a human being and tell yourself everyday, that a fear of flying is not a weakness; just a part of your life, and a part of your life that you are changing.
We will help you find a solution, we will help you keep your resolve and we will help you if you falter. You will be able to rely on us.
There will be occasions when you take a flight and you seem to go right back to the beginning, and your fears start again because of something you hadn't bargained for. As long as you have a clearly defined outcome and stay focussed then you will still succeed.
Always remain confident that you will achieve the outcome that you want, and get confidence from the stories that you can read on the site.
There are no quick fixes available anywhere and if there seem to be, you should ask yourself why and will the 'fix' last. You should always have a plan to deal with setbacks. A quick fix cure is unlikely to give you the tools and skills needed to prepare you for all the things that you might encounter on a flight.
It is important to be able to re-trace the steps in your strategy so that you can pick up at any time from a point that you recognise, and this is why we advocate knowledge and behaviour based demonstrable strategies.
A good way of thinking about your strategy is to compare it with Windows XP where the designers have built in a restore point. This enables the PC owner to re-set the computer to a point where it was working properly. So if software has corrupted the machine, you just press restore and hey presto it’s back where it was a little while earlier. You don’t have to wipe the hard drive and start again. Make sure your strategy for overcoming your fear of flying has a restore point. And one of the best restore points you can get is help from friends on the forum.
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