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  2. Fear of flying - Wikipedia

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    An Iberia 747-200. Fear of flying is the fear of being on a flying vehicle, such as an airplane or helicopter, while it is in flight.It is also referred to as flying anxiety, flying phobia, flight phobia, aviophobia, aerophobia, or pteromerhanophobia (although aerophobia also means a fear of drafts or of fresh air).

  3. The 10 Most Common Phobias - AOL

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    Aerophobia -- the fear of flying. 8. Claustrophobia -- the fear of confined spaces. ... The generic form of Pfizer's Xanax, for example, a treatment for general anxiety, social anxiety, and a ...

  4. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...

  5. How to Calm Your Fear of Flying - AOL

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  6. Acrophobia - Wikipedia

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    Acrophobia, also known as hypsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share similar causes and options for treatment.

  7. How this British Airways ‘Flying with confidence’ course is ...

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    In 1986, two British Airways pilots decided to tackle “aerophobia”. Their initial work has expanded into Flying With Confidence, which now offers online courses. But the mainstay remains the ...

  8. Phobia - Wikipedia

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    A phobia is an anxiety disorder, defined by an irrational, unrealistic, persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. [7] [8] [9] [1] Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. [1]

  9. Some nervous travelers are changing their flights to avoid ...

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    A clinically diagnosed extreme fear of flying, known as aerophobia or aviophobia, is rare: Some estimates put it as low as 2.5% of the population. But as much as 40% of people say they have ...