The Shoutbox

When I fly, I like to fly the old-fashioned way

I actually got delayed a long time before my first plane ride. I was so irritated having to actually board the flight late that I skipped over the fear. Without squirt.
i just get the anxious squirts when i fly. anytime i arrive unsoiled i call it a win
Originally Posted by Austruck
Originally Posted by AgrippinaX
I’m way too terrified of flying to be rational about this. If I ever fly again, I intend to be drugged out of my mind so that I don’t get to know either way.
I'm phobic about flying, but I still need to fly a few times a year... so a half dose of Ativan prescribed by my doctor for just these occasions means I STILL think we're going to crash, but I don't care.

It's the best I can do, but it means I can get on a plane without panic attacks and weeping and gnashing of teeth. (I used to literally have heart palpitations for months ahead of any scheduled flight.)
This sounds excellent! So happy for you. *takes notes* I need to get this shit prescribed to me pronto.

I have heart palpitations too, oh boy.
nuts.
Originally Posted by AgrippinaX
I’m way too terrified of flying to be rational about this. If I ever fly again, I intend to be drugged out of my mind so that I don’t get to know either way.
I'm phobic about flying, but I still need to fly a few times a year... so a half dose of Ativan prescribed by my doctor for just these occasions means I STILL think we're going to crash, but I don't care.

It's the best I can do, but it means I can get on a plane without panic attacks and weeping and gnashing of teeth. (I used to literally have heart palpitations for months ahead of any scheduled flight.)
I’m way too terrified of flying to be rational about this. If I ever fly again, I intend to be drugged out of my mind so that I don’t get to know either way.
bingo. when you drop a few thousand feet gravity goes bye bye
It can't, but I don't think that's what it's for. It's for turbulence and those situations where the plan does not crash but does drop suddenly, at which point anyone not wearing a seatbelt is gonna hit the ceiling.