From what I'm seeing, my fears appear unreasonable.

[Bladian]

Greetings, friends. This is my first thread I've made on this website (by my post count you can tell, obviously, that I'm relatively new) and as such, I feel a little sheepish posting this. But, I just wanted a...I guess question is the right word...answered. I've been seeing all this talk about, you know, Al Qaeda stepping up their operations, people going berserk on planes, whatever. And everyone seems to blow these warnings off. Which I get, I'm not saying people doing that are being irresponsible or anything, not at all. But, is it unreasonable to be concerned? I'm flying home from college a week from this Sunday (the day after the rapture, so I probably don't have to worry at all!) and I'm utterly terrified. Not even so much because of the new developments, I've always been terrified of flying. I'm 18, I've barely done anything with my life, and as such I don't relish the thought of a giant flying metal tube dropping out of the sky. But all this hooplah just makes me even more nervous than I already am. And when I say I'm terrified of flying, I mean takeoff I'm shaking and turbulence makes me almost hyperventilate. So, what's the dealio here? Am I just being foolish, or is there reason for concern?

Also, sorry if I seem stupid, or if this wasn't worthy of its own thread, or what have you. I've just been antsy about the flight recently and I wanted to express my feelings, I guess, because no one I talk to really takes me seriously when I say how paralyzing my fear of flight is. Thanks for reading and/or posting, everyone!

Bladian

Just a quick edit for anyone reading, what's the point of recommending something? (I told y'all I was new :P) I noticed the thread had to recommendations and I don't really get what that means, I see it in threads all the time. Sorry xD