31. Airplane Turbulence
The Highly Sensitive Person Podcast
Kelly
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2015
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Over the past dozen years or so, I’ve gotten more and more scared of turbulence on airplanes.
When I was younger, I enjoyed turbulence. I remember a time when I would snicker when I saw other people who looked nervous! But now, It’s now to the point where I’m barely fighting off a panic attack.
In this episode, I talk about why turbulence is scary to some people, plus some tips on how I calm down while on a plane.
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Resources mentioned in the podcast:
- Cockpit Confidential by Patrick Smith. This book is recommended for regular people who want to learn more about how commercial flying works (like, why you shouldn't fear turbulence.)
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Podcast music attribution: By the Coast (2004) (Antony Raijekov) / CC BY-NC 2.5
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| 0:00.0 | This is the highly sensitive person podcast, a weekly podcast for people who experience the world |
| 0:08.0 | brighter, louder, and more intensely. Join me on a journey of acceptance of our highly sensitive |
| 0:15.0 | person traits. Welcome to episode 31 of the highly sensitive person podcast. I'm your host, Kelly. In this show, |
| 0:24.3 | I talk about what it's like to have high sensory processing sensitivity. Being sensitive doesn't |
| 0:29.5 | mean we're weak. It means we're perceptive and observant. I hope that by sharing my experience |
| 0:34.5 | and thoughts that I can help others realize that they aren't wrong or weird or |
| 0:37.9 | crazy, just highly sensitive. I'd like to start by reading a comment on the blog left by a reader named |
| 0:44.9 | Angie. She writes, I had no idea I was an HSP until a coworker described me that way one day last week. |
| 0:53.3 | I thought it over, looked it up online, and lo and behold, |
| 0:56.2 | I think it is the most accurate description of myself that I've ever heard. After finding your |
| 1:01.0 | site, I realized I'd found my new home and people very similar to myself. What a relief to not feel like |
| 1:07.4 | there is something wrong with my head. Thank you so much for sharing, Angie. |
| 1:12.4 | It always helps to hear that we aren't alone. |
| 1:15.5 | Today I want to talk about something weird that has happened to me over the past |
| 1:18.7 | dozen years or so. |
| 1:20.7 | I've gotten slowly more and more scared of turbulence on airplanes. |
| 1:26.2 | Now, I want to be clear, this is not a highly sensitive person trait per se. |
| 1:30.3 | People who aren't HSPs can have the same fear and there are HSPs who don't have the fear. |
| 1:35.3 | But I think my sensitivity to my environment has made it worse. |
| 1:39.3 | When I was younger, I actually enjoyed turbulence. |
| 1:43.3 | I remember a time when I would snicker looking |
| 1:45.6 | around at other people in the plane who seemed nervous. But now it's to the point where I'm barely |
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