Travel anxiety!

[MrMoonlight]

Yeah, I wonder @Mee , I wonder how much that would cost. I suppose i fI had the time to save I maybe I could afford to upgrade. It was heartbreaking to miss the trip to Maui, the entire place is basically my safe place. I was told that all I need to do is give them 13-month notice and they would get a condo over there again for me and them to stay. So all I'd really need is the ability to get the ticket and get through the airport.

Going to Vegas or Seattle may be much more reasonable of course, two places I would like to be able to visit. Thanks for the workaround, I hadn't considered it and it may still be out of reach but still good to know there may be a way.

 

[Cypress]

My job requires a lot of international travel and the only the thing that helped me was drugs (Lorazepam and sometimes Alcohol) I tried phobia therapy, the classes at the airport, nothing worked. I finally gave in and started taking Lorazepam and a decade later, I still take it. And you know what - it works. I have to accommodate for it - I can't arrive somewhere and go straight to work with a benzo buzz so I always build in extra time but it makes the travel so much smoother.

Another thing that really helps as @Mee says: business class lounge, priority check in and expedited security screening like Global Entry.

That said, I still have airport freak-outs in the security line if I get pulled out for secondary screening.

 

[Ronin]

I tend to treat bad anxiety as adventure, so something to make more ready for & then trust everyone else will do their job fine, remind myself on the stats of this or that, remind myself on the safety measures for the things I am fearing, keep myself entertained (not bored? less time for my mind to panic), and have a solid list of emergency contacts in my mind, whether actual things or emotional meltdowns nonsense.

Which is bout the most anxiety related I think might be even liminally useful to you, since aside of crashes, does not sound wed be anxious about the same things.