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If your heart takes a nosedive while flying—especially recently—you’re not alone.
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).
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 ...
Aerophobia -- the fear of flying. 8. ... beneficiaries in tackling this monstrous issue would be physicians and outpatient clinics that would be expected to deal with an increasing number of ...
Aerophobia: fear of aircraft or flying: Agoraphobia: fear of certain inescapable/unsafe situations Agyrophobia: fear of crossing streets Aichmophobia: fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife: Ailurophobia: fear/dislike of cats, a zoophobia: Alektorophobia: fear/dislike of chickens, a zoophobia: Anatidaephobia: fear/dislike of ...
Ancraophobia, also known as anemophobia, is an extreme fear of wind or drafts. [1] It is rather uncommon, and can be treated. It has many different effects on the human brain. [2]
Mental health experts explain the causes and symptoms of travel anxiety, and share 6 tips on how to manage travel anxiety so you can enjoy new experiences more.
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.