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What to do if i cannot get over my fear of flying?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Aerophobia: Consider Cognitive Behavior, Behavioral Therapy, Psychotherapy, Exposure therapy or hypnosis.

Answered 6/22/2014

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Dr. Humberto Quintana answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Overcoming fear: The treatments we have for this are so effective for fear of flying that upwards of 80 percent and sometimes even more people who get the treatment can fly, flying treatment consists of a "fairly standard" combination of cognitive and behavioral therapy. That includes identifying the patient's "fear-provoking thoughts" and challenging them, then getting the patient to "gradually confront" the fear, by imagining flying and then doing it. Some programs use flight simulators or virtual reality programs; others put patients on airplanes on the ground and in the air, accompanied by counselors. Either way, "the core of treatment is exposure" to the sensations of flying

Answered 8/3/2014

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