Why Fear Flying?
Why do so many of us fear flying? How can it start without ever having a bad flight? What causes it? Get answers now.read more
View ArticleAutomatic Control Of Feelings When Flying
Anxiety when flying can be controlled. But most likely, not the way you think. It is not controlled by being sure flying is safe. For many people, only absolute safety is good enough when they are not...
View ArticleCan Distraction Control Fear Of Flying?
The strategy most anxious fliers rely on is distraction. But when turbulence intrudes, distraction is not enough.read more
View ArticleEstablishing Automatic Control
Therapies commonly used to combat fear of flying are often ineffective. Even when the usual treatments fail, a method remains that we can count on.read more
View ArticleUsing The Social Engagement System
Flight anxiety? Statistics don't help. Our most powerful regulation system can control anxiety. But since it operates unconsciously, we may not know it exists, or how to tap into it.read more
View ArticleThe 787's Media Feeding Frenzy
When new planes go into service, new problems surface. Is the 787 having more than its share of problems? Or is this a media feeding frenzy?read more
View ArticleWhen Imagination Is Mistaken For Perception
What each of us experiences is - not reality - but a personally constructed representation of reality. How well the two are connected depends upon the ability to self-correct the constructed...
View ArticleA Trip to Emotion World
Just as parents need to accompany a child physically on rides at Disney World, they need to accompany a child emotionally on its roller-coaster ride through Emotion World.read more
View ArticleEmotional Control: Top-Down or Bottom-Up?
Our regulatory systems are structured the way an iceberg is. Only a minor part is perceptible. When efforts to regulate emotion and arousal are focused only on conscious processes, the results are...
View ArticleAsiana Crash At San Francisco
What caused the crash? On a beautiful sunny day, any pilot should be able to land safely by eye alone.read more
View ArticleAsiana Crash Due to Pilots
When an accident hits close to home, reassurance that crashes are rare does little to reduce anxiety. If the cognitive approach is not the answer, what is?read more
View ArticleMore on the Asiana Crash
When a pilot transitions from one type of airliner to another, he or she flies initially with a supervisory pilot whose job to take control of the plane if the transitioning pilot's performance exceeds...
View ArticleOnce Again, the Subject Is Turbulence
If the plane is safe in turbulence, why is turbulence such a problem for the fearful flier?read more
View ArticleTwo New Books on Flying
Cockpit Confidential, offers readers an enlightened, behind-the-scenes view of life as an airline pilot. And Soar, The Breakthrough Treatment for Fear of Flying, offers fearful fliers a way to control...
View ArticleAnxiety Treatments Work On The Ground But Not In The Air
With all the therapies to choose from, why doesn't something give anxious fliers the relief they need? The "top-down" approach is ineffective if the problem is caused "bottom-up." Anxiety is caused -...
View ArticleWhat are the Safest Airliners?
Do statistics help? Even if you can fly on an airliner that has a perfect safety record, is that enough to control the fear of flying.read more
View ArticleUnconscious Signals That Calm
Research by Stephen Porges, Ph.D., has shown that unconsciously transmitted and received signals can slow the heart rate. This in turn activates the parasympathetic nervous system. Additionally, if the...
View ArticleIn-Flight Emotional Regulation—The Basics
If you could fly in the cockpit, the captain's face would provide assurance that nothing is amiss. In the cabin, a face can also control anxiety. But the reassuring face needs to be linked to the...
View ArticleBorderline Personality Disorder and Anticipatory Anxiety
When planning to fly, an emotionally dependent parent can make separation difficult if not impossible. What is the dynamic involved?read more
View ArticleHow Therapy Uses Object Relations To Quell Anxiety
Various forms of therapy seem so different in theory and practice. How, then, do they produce such similar results? Could relationship be the common curative factor?read more
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