Travel + Plane Anxiety

[Arharr_]

Hi, everyone -

Hope you are doing well in your journeys.

The last few weeks I have been working through a particularly bad stretch of anxiety. I’ve added Buspar to my medicine regime , really focused with my therapist , and have done meditation and mindfulness. The results have been good , and I am feeling better.

Through this exploration I’ve discovered that lack of “control” is my trigger. When I don’t feel like myself, or “out of it” it’s triggers me to worry about my breathing and if somethings wrong , if I’ll be normal again , and so on.

Another thing that’s been a trigger based on the lack of control is travel, specifically by plane. Initially I thought it was a fear of flying but the more I’ve dove into this it’s a fear of having a panic attack on a plane and not being in control. It’s the same feeling of being in a new place. Not “feeling like myself” or being in control.

Anyone had any success / any tips on how to attack this? Feeling nervous to travel / see people I want to see has been a core component of my anxiety.

Thanks for your support!

[Arharr_]

Hi, everyone!Any thoughts here?

[Adamj]

Maybe you just gotta push yourself to do it? Like maybe weigh the pros and cons of doing it like if you want to go see someone that’s a pretty big thing and may push you to just go and do it if you have a panic attack on the plane so be it remember your coping or other skills you’ve learned maybe a doctor could give you some type of anxiety pill to calm you down for the flight? How are you with BUSPAR? I just started like a week ago and hoping it works

[Adamj in reply to Adamj]

I also struggle with being in control like if I’m not it freaks me out if my body does weird things because of stress and anxiety it freaks me out. Though I haven’t tested how I’d do on a plane yet. But I think I’d try and remind myself that planes are safer then cars crash less so on. And forcing myself to do it especially if it was to see someone I cared about

[Arharr_]

Thanks! Buspar has made a noticeable impact on my day to day anxiety. It’s definitely quieter the racing thoughts quite a bit.