Hello,
So I have to fly on Friday and I am getting more and more panicky.
My PTSD is nothing to do with flying (but it is related to terrorism). I've never been scared to fly before (but I haven't flown since the attack).
It's bothering me because I saw something weird on the tube the other day and it made me super anxious,and I'm scared because if I see someone acting weird on the plane, I can't just get off at the next stop, and even if it's not a threat, I will end up panicking the entire 8 hours. Plus, I'm also worried about having some freak accident, or the plane going missing, or all sorts of ridiculously unlikely (but slightly possible) things. I'm worried the slightest bit of turbulence will set me off panicking.
And because I'm scared of having a panic attack, it's making me panic, which obviously makes a panic attack more likely.
Not to mention I'm scared of getting there and being shot, stabbed, attacked, blown up, ran over and all sorts of ridiculous things.
I know it's all incredibly unlikely, but then it was incredibly unlikely that I would have been on Westminster Bridge when I was, and that happened.
My therapist gave me some mindfulness/grounding techniques during our last session, but does anybody else have any grounding techniques they have found useful?
Alternatively if anyone could just send some positivity my way and make me feel generally better - I'd appreciate that too!
So I have to fly on Friday and I am getting more and more panicky.
My PTSD is nothing to do with flying (but it is related to terrorism). I've never been scared to fly before (but I haven't flown since the attack).
It's bothering me because I saw something weird on the tube the other day and it made me super anxious,and I'm scared because if I see someone acting weird on the plane, I can't just get off at the next stop, and even if it's not a threat, I will end up panicking the entire 8 hours. Plus, I'm also worried about having some freak accident, or the plane going missing, or all sorts of ridiculously unlikely (but slightly possible) things. I'm worried the slightest bit of turbulence will set me off panicking.
And because I'm scared of having a panic attack, it's making me panic, which obviously makes a panic attack more likely.
Not to mention I'm scared of getting there and being shot, stabbed, attacked, blown up, ran over and all sorts of ridiculous things.
I know it's all incredibly unlikely, but then it was incredibly unlikely that I would have been on Westminster Bridge when I was, and that happened.
My therapist gave me some mindfulness/grounding techniques during our last session, but does anybody else have any grounding techniques they have found useful?
Alternatively if anyone could just send some positivity my way and make me feel generally better - I'd appreciate that too!