I have a job in which I constantly have to travel, half of the time by flying. It is not as glamourous or cool as it sounds, as air travel is not that expensive and even small projects have the budget for hiring contractors and consultants from other places. My problem with the constant traveling are: 1- Knowing about it literally one day before, and second and most important - at least to this thread - is my fear of flying.
As I am talking to you right now, I have no fear or anxiety, at least not much. I am fully aware of how safe it is, and how I am more likely to die taking a shower than by a plane accident, but it dosen't matter, it's something beyond myself. As soon as I get to the airport I start to get anxious, and at the airplane I get absolutely tense. 99% of my air travels don't last more than 2 hours, but it feels like it takes DAYS for the plane to land. But as soon as I can see the city I'll be landing on the distance, down there, then I get relaxed and I know things will be ok.
And I don't actually fear death, I just have a thing with heights and falling. If the airplane simply exploded, I would be fine with it!
So i wanted to know, how many here have that problem? Were you able to overcome it? How?