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How many of you were terrified of getting on a plane before you actually did? And after you took that first flight, how many of you still had that fear of flying, and how many of you got over your fear after that first flight?

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions on how to lessen your fear of flying?

I was really terrified for years but I wanted to visit my son and his family so I worked on getting over it. First I read "Flying without Fear" by Duane Brown which helped a lot. Then I started using relaxation CD's geared toward fear of flying.

One day while on a flight I pulled out a mirror and told myself that I could do anything I wanted to do. I started feeling really at peace and even slept, something I never do. I've been flying well ever since.

I just found this great little course... A pilot goes discusses everything from how planes are built and maintained to safety and training procedures to weather... he explains everything quite well. There's a part where you can buy his CD/books but the online part is free. Very interesting!

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Listen, Lala, I've flown hundreds of times, and I am always afraid. There's something in my brain that doesn't think a big metal object should be able to float on invisible air. The rumblings, bumpings and strainings are unsettling, to say the least. Even when I got older and learned something about aerodynamics, I still couldn't shake my little doubts. But I don't let that stop me. I still fly. Maybe that's all that matters--even when we're afraid, we plunge ahead. There's no other way to live, and fear gives way to joy

Do not travel by plane (unless you have the money to travel with private jets) until that nazi system in place is over everywhere on Earth!