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Dugg for the look of fear in a child's eye

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Agreed. Flying just doesn't feel right

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if Nights in Rodanthe was on my flight, i'd gouge my eyes out

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a child is nervous. Don't cry child. mom comes.

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Sucks to be him.

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What sort of sick f**k finds flying a pleasure?

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I was/am a f**king terrified flyer. Growing up, I flew constantly and never loved it but never feared it either. On average, I went on 3-4 international and 5-6 interstate flights per year. From time to time, I'd get a little nervous with turbulence, etc but for the most part it wasn't a problem. For some reason, my phobia started to pop up in my early 20s. I really noticed it when I was on a super long flight from Florida to Korea to Australia and I was just on edge the whole time.

A couple years later, I was on my honeymoon flying from Florida to Ireland and we almost crashed upon our return (20 min out from Atlanta). Lightening struck the plane's left engine, killing it, and we banked hard left and lost about 2000 feet of altitude. The plane literally felt like it was about to roll over. The f**king flight attendant was screaming. You know things are bad when a flight attendant loses it. We're still dropping hard when the other engine goes into overdrive. We continued to drop but at a more steady pace. The pilot got on the speaker and told everyone to brace for a "hard landing."

After landing, I said f**k this s**t... I'm not flying again. That was 10 years ago. Earlier this year I had to travel to Vegas for a business related trip. I did what has become the norm for me.... planned a ridiculous road trip. The problem is that my work/family schedule didn't really allow for 48 hours of driving each way. I decided to suck it up and just fly. I reserved the tickets and put it out of my mind. As the day neared, my anxiety went through the roof. I wrote my wife a goodbye letter and wrote out a will. I kept asking myself wtf this dramaqueen s**t was all about.

So, I did a google search for fear of flying just to find something to help me deal with it. I found an extremely cheesy looking site (http://www.fearofflyinghelp.com/) that looked like it was designed in 1997 for geocities. Given the cheese factor, I almost skipped it but decided to try their course. Well holy s**t, it totally worked. I was actually pretty chill for my four flights.

If you have a serious phobia like I have, I'd advise checking it out.

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This is one messed up article. Really childishly written and offers zero advice.

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I hate flying but for unusual reasons. Not fear, not motion sickness... It's the smell. Air inside planes or specifically the smell inside planes makes me nauseous. It doesn't just smell/feel stuffy, it smells like a mixture of detergent & vomit and it's so dry. It makes me ill.

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I used to be afraid of flying but as I got older and grew more and more sick of people and their bulls**t, I think to myself "Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if this thing crashed and burned into the ground"

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Turbulence make you nervous? Sudden drops in altitude send your stomach up to have lunch with your tonsils?

Try flying in a small plane. No, not an airline 50-seater, I'm talking a two-seat Cessna 150. Putz around on a windy day in that sardine can, and you'll find nearly every single airline flight smooth as silk. I do.

I've flown small planes since high school, and nothing an airline has flown through has caused me to raise an eyebrow.

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Xanax exists for a reason.

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I'm terrified until I get seated and find out that I'm not sitting next to a fat guy or a baby or that ugly girl who decides to talk to you.

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nerve-wracking... really?!

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I love flying and always have. It's hard for me to understand why people are so afraid of it.

Even if the plane crashes I'm not going to feel any pain or be left in coma. I'll die instantly. I'm much more nervous getting up every day and going to work through rush air traffic than I ever am boarding a plan.

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♫ Trains Good... Planes Bad... Who Who! ♫

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cool story bro

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Best airline: alaska
Worst: Hawaiian

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It appears that the author got bored after #6 and had a child finish the list with "things about airplane rides."

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The SouthWest Airlines Rap video was f**king epic. I wish I was on that flight. That guy deserves a raise.

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Don't even comment about flying till you've flown certain Eastern European lines!

The seats fold forwards to convert to cargo area; "No Smoking" signs are social commentary; passengers offer attendants drinks from their own vodka supplies.

And you're always waiting for the announcement that "one of the engines has flamed out, but is of no concern"

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"You are sitting on a chair in the sky and no one cares" - Louis Ck .I remind myself that everytime I fly and it makes it suck a little less.

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Dugg for the Southwest Airlines Rap.

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