Welcome back to the savvy psychologist. I'm Dr. Ellen Hendrickson and every week I'll help you meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment. So I have a client, and we'll call him Andre, who works hard all year at a demanding job, and he could really use a vacation.

But every year he does the same thing. For one week in the middle of July he goes to the same waterfront

hotel about an hour's drive from his home. He leaves the rest of his vacation time

on the table and after many years of doing this he's let months and months of vacation time slip away

Now Andre would love to travel more to get away from the New England winter to visit friends in his home country and Eastern Europe, but his

worries won't let him. And Andre's predicament is surprisingly common. For him, the primary

worry is, what if I get sick?

And so he justifies going to the hotel

because if he were to get sick,

his wife could easily drive him home

to their local hospital.

Now for you, you might worry about getting lost, contracting a foreign disease, or falling

victim to a bombing or a terrorist attack.

You might be wary of being in an unfamiliar place with an unfamiliar language.

Or it might just be free floating anxiety that something bad will happen.

Frogs, Locust, and boils anyone?

Besides, is a vacation truly a break if you're anxious about getting there, getting back, and everything in between?

No matter what, from leaving your passport in a taxi to leaving your undercooked lunch in a hastily found restroom, we've got you covered like

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So check out these four travel fears and what to do about them. So fear number one is you're worried about large scale tragedy, like accidents, terrorists, or other violence.

Now, plane crashes, public shootings, and trucks plowing into a crowd make worldwide headlines.

Why?

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