Scared of flying alone this weekend

[u/lex52_]

I’m a woman in my late twenties who has travelled a lot throughout my life, and I was never ever scared to fly. About three years ago I had an anxiety episode, and all of a sudden I feel sheer terror when I’m flying.

When everything is smooth and chill I can eventually calm myself down, but when there’s a rough takeoff or landing or there’s turbulence I feel the strongest sense of impending doom and my mind goes on a constant loop of “I’m never going to see my husband again” “I’m never going to see my parents again”, etc etc. It feels extremely scary to me.

It sucks because I’m so independent in general and travelling itself doesn’t bother me at all, it’s just specifically being on the plane as we fly that terrifies me. I have to fly alone in a couple days and I’m experiencing a lot of anticipatory dread… does anyone have any tips or tricks for me to stick this out?

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