Contents:
- Medical Video: Flying Phobia Cured on BBC TV
- What is aerophobia?
- Various symptoms of aerophobia and the difference with fear of riding an ordinary plane
- Knowing the causes and conditions related
- How to deal with aerophobia
Medical Video: Flying Phobia Cured on BBC TV
Not a few people feel anxious or afraid when they have to get on a plane. There are people whose fears can still be overcome properly, but there are also those who really feel fear or phobias. Which one are you, just afraid to fly normally or to aerophobia? Come on, learn the difference between the two below.
What is aerophobia?
Aerophobia, also known as aviophobia, is fear of riding air transportation. Whether by helicopter, airplane, hot air balloon, or other air transportation. In some people, aerophobia is accompanied by other phobias. For example claustrophobia (fear of narrow and closed spaces) or acrophobia (fear of spacious and open spaces).
Flying is a must for some people. Especially if it is related to work or if his hometown is very far from his current place of residence. Some people will certainly experience anxiety before flying.
However, in someone with aerophobia this anxiety is a serious problem. People who experience aerophobia will tend to avoid any vacation or trip by plane.
Various symptoms of aerophobia and the difference with fear of riding an ordinary plane
Aerophobia has several recognizable symptoms. These symptoms include sweating, anxiety, increased heart rate, nausea, vomiting, and experiencing digestive disorders such as heartburn. In addition to physically, there are also various psychological symptoms such as fear of death, unable to think clearly, disorientation, dazed, and nervous.
These symptoms usually appear as soon as they arrive at the airport. People with aerophobia will experience panic attack. For some people, there will be someone who seems calm initially then begins to show signs of stress while waiting for the scheduled departure.
Whereas people who are afraid of boarding a plane usually do not really show symptoms of physical fear. They may only feel nervous, but not to sweat or vomit.
Knowing the causes and conditions related
As explained above, fear of flying is usually associated with other phobias. In some cases, there are those who are afraid of heights, some are afraid of space or vacuum. These things can be related to the occurrence of aerophobia. Social phobia can also affect, because by boarding your plane you will likely sit side by side with unknown people.
Apart from other phobias, someone's condition is like vertigo, sinusitis, tinnitus, as well as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can affect someone to be afraid to fly. The problem is, some people will experience the symptoms of the disease while on a plane.
Fear of boarding a plane has nothing to do with using certain drugs. Other factors that can trigger fear of flying are previous trauma when flying, or feeling sick due to flying, or turbulence (shock) experienced during flight. This can trigger a person to be afraid to fly.
How to deal with aerophobia
A doctor's diagnosis becomes an important thing, especially if someone already has clear symptoms. A mental health specialist can help you overcome this fear. Administration of 0.5-1 mg of alprazolam may be recommended to take half an hour before flying.
In addition to treatment, therapy sessions with psychologists are believed to reduce fears or physical symptoms that often appear before or during flight. Likewise with the therapy session using hypnosis techniques.
Exposure therapy also recommended to reduce fear and anxiety. The trick is to familiarize or create the atmosphere of flying a plane as often as possible. Expected with exposure therapy can help reduce fear slowly because you have gotten used to it and can calm down.
