Does the thought of an airport departure lounge bring you out in a cold sweat? Has your fear of flying spoiled countless family getaways? Maybe you’ve gripped the armrests of your plane seat in terrified anticipation of turbulence. Or snapped at loved ones as the stress of a confined space thronged with strangers has threatened to overwhelm you. Perhaps it’s stopped you travelling abroad altogether. Welcome to the world of the nervous flyer. Rest assured, you’re not on this journey alone.
‘A fear of flying is pretty common,’ says Harley Street phobia specialist Christopher Paul Jones, author of *. It’s estimated around 25% of us dislike being on a plane, with roughly one in 10 experiencing severe fear when it comes to flying. So
