Wow yes think I would know how to do
this but I know you probably think it
click me how am I gonna be a travel host
with a fear of flying it's not a click
faith it's real I actually hate hate
flying in airplanes I don't like it I'm
about to turn into GG Akala clean-up on
for buses everywhere I go yet
my career involves getting on airplanes
almost weekly sometimes multiple times a
week just the other day I literally took
three planes in three days this wasn't
always the case but for some reason one
flight I was on I was just like okay
this is weird I'm 30,000 feet in the air
I had literally no control of what
happens to me and how is everybody in
here pretending that this is okay it
starts the day before I fly my stomach
starts churning and you know that thing
will like you get nervous and all of us
in your heart like jumps and you're like
okay I think I just got nervous
and you're not doing anything that makes
you nervous that's what happens the day
before I fly the day of I can guarantee
a nice clean stomach if you know what I
mean and then I get to the gate and my
hands get clammy and this happens
without fail every single time I fly
then I walk in a little like tube in the
tunnel to go into the plane and then I
try my hardest to swallow the fear your
body goes into fight or flight and while
in flight you got a fight if you don't
fight through the nerves you're nothing
that person having a panic attack on the
plane
a net is never a good thing maybe you're
afraid of flying - let's work through
this together
tip number one try your passionflower
passionflower take two capsules and a
parent you choke doesn't work for me
maybe it'll work for you try melatonin
try melatonin water you can pick that up
at the airport you can even try allergy
medicine do what you need to do to knock
yourself out because that always helps
the time go by faster camp number two
pick an aisle seat I think the fear of
flying stems from the fact that you're
not in control at all you're sitting
there in a metal tube flying thirty
thousand feet in the air and a
and a co-pilot are literally determining
if you're going to land safely or not
tell me so anything I can do in the air
that makes me feel like I'm in control
as stupid as that sounds because I know
I'm really not in control at all I will
do such as picking an aisle seat so that
I need to remember that I'm in full
control of my own body my legs I'll get
up without disturbing the two people
next to me tip number three drink water
I was drink water I avoid coffee coffee
is an anxiety trigger you don't want to
drink the coffee I like drinking water
on planes because it helps regulate
things right it helps like you take a
drink of water just swallowed your
breathe repeat and that is a very
calming action and the benefit is that
it's gonna make you wanna go to the
bathroom which means you're gonna have
to stand up and when you stand up and
walk around on the plane it gives you
this sense of like okay we good I'm good
we're still good the next tip is to
order yourself a glass of wine most of
the time is the plain wine is cheaper
than the wine in the airport and if it's
an international flight even better that
is free because they know it's a
struggle so take advantage of that and
get yourself a wine if you're of age of
course the next if it's actually
distract yourself like paint a very
menial task that's going to require a
lot of brainpower such as coloring a
book if you're like me you might start
shaking the pens I'm like flattery and
then you're just not gonna succeed but
you can try it because it has worked for
me before or you could do something on
your phone like deleting all of those
old self is that you really don't need
here's my go-to tip though I always try
to chat up my neighbor because nothing
feels more human than connecting to a
total stranger while you're both in an
uncomfortable environment works like a
charm
you never know you're gonna meet I've
had friends who have met the love of
their lives on plaintiff he's been a
good mentor in a plane odds are you're
not the only one afraid to fly another
tip if turbulence is bad even if you
don't talk to your next-door neighbor
you ask your neighbor if you can hold
their hand one time I was in a plane and
it was really turbulent we were flying
down we were about to touch down I had
not spoken one word to the girl next to
me and I just looked at her like hey do
you mind if I hold your hand and she's
like no no I'm okay and I'm like
hell might and we did not even speak one
word like we didn't say one word to each
other not even after we stopped holding
hands we just landed we let go of each
other's clammy hands walked off the
plane no big deal I was comforted so was
she the end here's another tip before
ending the flight attendants before
ending the flight attendants it's always
a good thing because if they freak out
you can freak out but most of the times
they don't freak out and you can ask
them questions like do you even like
doing this are you not nervous because
they'll tell you the truth and most of
the times it'll make you feel better you
know what else I become the mother on
the plane where like because I throne so
often if somebody next to me is afraid
comforting them helps me feel less
afraid when turbulence gets really bad
on these flights I've even resulted to
singing out loud and singing a specific
song makes me happy that's literally a
real thing like I have sung out loud on
a plane before
you guys are like you're crazy
who likes flying and one of the best
tips that I use to get over my fear of
flying is thinking about the flight
industry how many people live day by day
on planes hundreds and thousands of
people have made their careers flying
every single day and so if they can live
a life where they're on planes and
they're not afraid and they're finally
being a great life why can't I and if
all of that does not make it feel good
about flying just think my name is Joe
and I'm afraid of flying and I do it all
the time because my passion of traveling
is greater than my fear of flying what's
the point of living if your fear of
death keeps you from actually living
think about it
take a second can you please come on
below are you afraid of flying do you
force yourself to fly anyways and for
those people who actually like flying
why how give us some tips I'll see you
next time probably on a flight goodbye
here's another thing that's really great
about being afraid of flying but then
forcing yourself to do it anyways every
single time I fly and I land somewhere
safely I walk out of that plane like we
still good so got it we still here
laughs I'm a live you know sometimes
when I'm laying in bed at night I
genuinely have this top well I'm so glad
I'm not on a plane right now