What is the treatment for fear of flying?

Although many people now like flying, some people also have a fear of flying. This phobia will affect the normal physical condition of many people, so everyone will be more afraid of flying. In fact, in the treatment of flying phobia, the first thing to do is to eliminate the pilot's nervousness and fear, provide psychological counseling and communication to the patient, and gradually improve the condition.

1. The experience of safe flights does not help eliminate the fear of flying

In fact, the probability of dying in a plane crash in a person's lifetime is one in 20,000, while the probability of dying in a traffic accident is one in a hundred, and the probability of dying is one in five. About 25 million people in the United States suffer from varying degrees of fear of flying, some are just slightly nervous, while others are extremely afraid and even avoid flying at all costs. About half of these 25 million people are afraid of plane crashes, while the other half suffer from claustrophobia and experience extreme anxiety in the cabin.

People have become so superstitious about their fears that the experience of flying safely does not help to eliminate the fear of flying.

Some patients gave up boarding the plane because they had a bad feeling. Even if they later learn that the flight arrived safely at its destination, these patients will use unfounded premonitions to intensify their anxiety. This isn’t a premonition, but anticipatory anxiety, something that someone who has boarded a plane and arrived safely at their destination might recognize as a phenomenon. When they got off the plane they wanted to kiss the ground as if they had just escaped a disaster.

2. Virtual Reality and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fear of Flying

People with a fear of flying often take sedatives or drink alcohol to relieve their fear. Some patients always book flights a day earlier when traveling on business so that they have time to recover from this self-treatment before returning to work when they arrive at their destination.

If a person's fear of flying is interfering with his life and preventing him from attending a wedding or accepting a promotion, he would be best served by receiving some form of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Virtual reality therapy can also be used in clinical practice, with classes held once a week and significant results achieved in eight weeks. Participants learn to assess situations logically rather than emotionally, and to use relaxation techniques such as deep breathing if they feel extremely anxious. Then have the flying-phobic people practice these skills on a virtual airplane. The virtual experience will be tailored to the patient's needs, as some flights may be very bumpy due to turbulence, while others may be smooth and sunny.

Virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy for flying phobia, supplemented by drug treatment, can help patients with flying phobia overcome the disease. Jingshen Dingdong agent is a pure Chinese herbal preparation for treating flying phobia. It has no side effects and the effect is very ideal.