I have started taking Xanax before flying and it's been a god send. I tried to go drug-free on the first leg of a recent trip, 50 min flight before a one hour layover. I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, so I thought I could just pass out, but I and couldn't do it. My palms were sweat puddles and I was a…

I love the actual flying part. It's the airport/security lines/cramped seats thing that gets me.

I admit to having pretty high "background anxiety" - I don't react in fear to many situations, but I tend to get anxious/worried more often than I should. Flying though... calms the shit outta me.

My wife is morbidly afraid of flying to the point that I will Skype with her the entire time when she has to fly just to keep her engaged, but she visits http://www.flyingwithoutfear.com/ which is run by a retired British pilot who gives individual advice to people about to how combat the fear, has been pretty…

I'm afraid of flying. I'm about to go on my first international flight in years. Apparently there is now a worldwide travel alert/terrorism mess. I'm going to have a complete breakdown. I'd thank you for this but I'm not sure what could help me right now. I feel like Mister T. I need to be knocked out with drugged…

This sounds like a reasonable method to resolving 'activity based anxiety'. The approach of consciously reducing your anxiety, and working to understand the mechanics/physics of what scares you, and then gradually working your way into doing the activity, and maintaining a fairly regular level of participation in…

Number 1: Tell the airline (before and during the flight)!