That's space, Julia.

Hi everyone, it's Sam here.

Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday.

So recently I've experienced a resurgence of primal fear when I fly.

The fear isn't centered on crashing, but it's all around the fear of being stuck.

I sit down at my seat and I'm thinking that everything's okay.

And then all of a sudden I feel my heart rate speed up, my blood pressure drop, and then

I feel like I'm going to pass out and it's really scary as you can imagine.

When you're in a situation that makes you feel overwhelmed, you might not panic as

much as I do when I fly.

Maybe you're slammed at work and you need to manage that feeling of just having too

many things on your plate.

Maybe the thought of going to the dentist makes you shudder.

Whatever the situation is, we all have fears.

So today I want to talk about some things that have worked for me to calm myself down

when I fly.

And hopefully you can use these tools in any situation to create some relief when you

feel anxious thoughts starting to come up.

So let's go back to the plane.

As I was saying, trying to calm my fears just wasn't working.

And it turned out that what I needed most was to share my experience with others.

Letting others know what was happening with me allowed me to let go of hiding it and suppressing

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