I just got back from my holiday and wanted to touch base and let you know how my flights were after seeing you last month for my fear of flying hypnosis!
It was amazing… I had an 8 hour flight there and back along with three internal flights as well as a 6km cable car ride that also would have made me beyond anxious.
I was a little nervous hoping on the plane from Melbourne wondering if it was going to work but after listening to the fear of flying and anxiety recordings on take off, not only did I not need to really listen to them but I was being jostled around in turbulence not caring choosing my movie which I watched two in full. I haven’t been able to watch a movie on a plane for over 30 years because my anxiety takes over and I literally count down the minutes to landing!
While away I never once thought about the next flight except for if I had over 100mls of liquid in my carry on. I was so proud of myself because I knew I could’ve ruined our whole holiday with my past experiences.
When we went on the cable car I put my same thoughts into practice and I took the whole trip in with different eyes. There was someone in our cart that was afraid of heights, I wished I could tell them what I knew because I knew the whole time they we’re on that mountain they were thinking about the trip down and I knew that easily could’ve been me had I had not got some help.
Before our last flight home we had a discussion with a group of people about flying and all the things that they and others they know have experienced that would make anyone question getting on a plane again, but I did it with the same process as leaving listening to the same recordings but I never heard them because I slept 6 out of the 8 hours completely asleep! I’ve never been able relax enough to sleep on a plane and always wondered how people could sleep before the plane even left the ground, but that was me, I was one of those people that had no fear about flying!!
With thanks again
Brooke
