Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[PeterWithe]

Check out www.airdisaster.com

There is no way on earth I am clicking on that, I am terrified of flying and I have never been on a dodgy flight, my six month old daughter flies for the first time next week and I dont know who is going to be the most scared.

[Legion]

Amidst the photos and videos, it actually promotes 'safer flying'.

Try this then:

http://www.airdisaster.com/fearofflying/

[PeterWithe]

Yeah but I have no control at all over how safely the pilot is flying, I just normally get banjoed and board the plane but I cant do that now.

[Legion]

Yeah but I have no control at all over how safely the pilot is flying, I just normally get banjoed and board the plane but I cant do that now.

Why not? I do!

[JD]

Thanks IanB, you've reminded me of a nasty flight I had home a couple of days ago. Lots of turbulence and even the cabin crew looked concerned.
Never mind, I don't have to fly again until Monday morning.  #-o  8-[

anyway, hello everyone, it's good to be back with my worries. Everytime I have tried to log in over the past week the site has been down and I have had to be worried by myself.  ](*,)  [-(

[peter w]

Ah, JD, Thought you and Robbo had become part-time worriers. Welcome back ol' son.

Ian, I'm kind of the same with needles. Real phobia. But I have my own relaxation techniques that help.

[Legion]

Wouldn't you get arrested?

[OCD]

Wouldn't you get arrested?

That's the really frightening thought - you don't care. I nowadays can totally understand why some people have just 'lost it' on a plane. Scary.
Pete - needles don't bother me one iota, they used to, until I had a heart problem at 21, then they took blood 3-4 times a day for 3 weeks and that cured me. Maybe the same would apply to flying? Should I hang around Elmdon all week?

Just don't go anywhere near the cockpit when I'm on a plane.  :smt002

[Hopadop]

Blimey IanB, that certainly explains your fear.

I've never experienced anything like that, but am still greatly afeared of flying. I know exactly what you mean about the feeling of panic. Mine's at it's worst when the plane begins to taxi, I have to force myself to stay seated. I worry I'll lose the battle one day, and will cause a full blown incident.

When the plane's in the air I'm keeping it there by sheer force of will, and am expecting an explosion each and every second. It's very tiring!

[MysticRaven]

Deary me it all sounds very worrying....altho....I quite like a guy with aggressive tendencies...allegedly  :-

[JD]

I feel for you IanB, it must be awful. Although I am not keen on flying I haven't got a phobia. My old Boss was terrible and used to panic on flights. He used to sit the whole time gripping the armrest and looking like he was going to be sick. It got so bad, that I used to book separate flights (make up early morning meetings) so I wouldn't have to travel with him.  8-[

[OCD]

IanB - I defy anyone not to be changed through an incident like that. I just can't imagine what state it would have left me in.

I've known people to have a very bad fear of flying who have listened to Paul McKenna's CD about conquering a fear of flying. He doesn't do what you would expect - he actually talks about everything that can go wrong. All this and these people I've known with a bad fear have been cured. Might be worth trying.

[peter w]

Ian, I suppose I'd be different if I had to have those things in me 3or 4 times a day. ( I can't talk about them). Had 10 operations, or 11, so you'd think I'd have beaten the fear. But no. Its just got worse.

As for the flying the funniest was when I was a trolley dolly, and somebody quit due to feqar of flying. Wasn't a bad incident, just took off, bloke hadn't flown before, and realised he was shit scared. Hilarious. I've never been in an incident so cannot say how I'd react. But as cabin crew you are trained for dealing with all emergencies so I'd be surprised if the crew were shitting themselves outwardly. You wouldn't show the passengers how you were really feeling.

Also, you have to remember its not flying you're scared of, its dying. Its a tiny thing but if you can get your head around that, then its a start in the whole process of realising the thing your scared of isn't the plane, isn't the journey, isn't being in the air, but the fear of dying .

Moving on to football.....

I hate Monday night games. Especially ones where we've seen the kind of results like we did yesterday. I'm champing at the bit for Villa to play. The sooner we get points and pull away from the bottom 3 the better. Not got going to be easy, but at least our games will be coming thick and fast now. Which, I hope, will work in our favour.

[JD]

Let's hope so Peter. I will start getting very worried if we lose tomorrow. I think this game is crucial as a win will lift us nearly to safety, but a loss will put us in the mire.

[peter w]

And I have the old quandary of staying up tonight or not. 2 years here ans still not seen us win a match that kicks off after 3pm.