Air and travel phobias

Air and travel phobia is a particular form of anxiety that may occur after a person has been involved in some kind of accident, maybe a road rail or air crash. They may have escaped physically unscathed from the incident, however they might well have perceived it as a potential threat to their well being, physical health or indeed life.

Anyone suffering from travel phobias is likely to avoid travelling as much as is possible. If forced to travel by car, they are likely to prefer to be in control of the car, rather than be a passenger.

During the journey they will be perpetually alert, scanning the road for potential accident causing situations.

By the time they arrive at their destination, they are often irritable, tense and exhausted. This only serves to reinforce the phobic response.

Some individuals will refuse to even travel by car, bus or rail despite the drastic upheaval this will cause in their day-to-day lives.

This avoidance is one of the reasons phobias are maintained; as the sufferer is not exposed to the situations they fear and therefore cannot come to terms with their air or travel phobias.

You may wish to look into these similar travel phobia topics:

• afraid of flying
  
• scared to fly
  
• aviophobia 2b anxiety disorders  
  
• anxiety disorders 2b aviophobia  
  
• definition for aviophobia
  
• fear of flying

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