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[quote=Anonymous]Therapy? Pessimism? (Half joking). I have anxiety with a few things but not this and not this severe, because I just accept the fact that I could die at any point in time every single day and there's not a goddamn thing I can do about it. I could die in a plane crash, sure. I could die being t-boned driving, I could die heli-skiing or just crossing the street going to the market. Air travel is generally, very very safe, so there is no reason to fixate on this particularly. No one knows how long we have, so mentally I try to do things to challenge myself that are "hard." I do find the "hard" is worth it. I just never wanted to live a liited life based on what I knew to be sightly irrational fear.

In your example, I would feel terrible I couldn't see my son because of this internalized, not entirely rational fear. Or see the world! Something that matters more than your fears is a motivator for me. I think for this one of the suggested programs would be good and anything truly phobic seems to do well with exposure therapy. Take a 40 min flight to NYC. Do it a few times. A trained specialist is the way to go, but they'll probably want you to do this. Once you've "mastered" it, it should get easier. Good luck. [/quote]

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