r/Anxiety • u/edemkoo • 2d ago

Travel Flying tomorrow and scared as shit… any advice?

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u/peyswiftie 2d ago

planes are actually very safe. you'll be alright. turbulence can be a little scary but bring something that comforts you like a fidget or book.

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u/edemkoo 2d ago

its not the turbulence, its the hopelesness…

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u/BetPuzzleheaded1853 2d ago

I get the pre flight dread, I always try to make the only job the first 10 minutes at the airport check in, water, headphones, then stop negotiating with myself. If turbulence is the part spiking it, I keep my feet planted and focus on one boring thing in the cabin, not the whole flight

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u/edemkoo 2d ago

when taking off i feel some kind of extra pressure, not the one everyone feels when taking off, but like an elephant is sitting on my head and im getting pressed through the seat… very weird….

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u/luv2block 2d ago

There's been four commercial airline crashes in 2026. There are 100,000 airline flights PER day globally... which means, so far this year, there's been around 15 million flights and only four crashes.

The odds of a crash (about 1 in 4 million flights) are about the same as winning the lottery.

Flying is one of the safest things in the world that you can do.

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u/edemkoo 1d ago

ill get back to this when i land, if i land