Why Do I Get Anxiety Before Flying? 10 Coaching Practices to Try
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Practices that may help
- Add interoceptive rungs for bodily fear
If you fear the physical sensations of anxiety itself, include exposures that deliberately induce them.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Use grounding before anxiety peaks, not after
Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique - Deploy 4-7-8 as an acute anxiety interrupt
Four cycles of 4-7-8 breathing can interrupt a building anxiety response before it escalates.
4-7-8 Breathing, Made Practical - Havening to clear pre-performance anxiety
Run a short havening sequence before a high-stakes event to lower physiological anxiety.
Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch - Map your safety-behavior inventory
List every action you take to prevent feared outcomes in anxiety-provoking situations.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Recalibrate arousal as readiness, not threat
Reinterpret pre-performance anxiety as energy and readiness rather than evidence of inadequacy.
Mastery Experiences - De-activation Strategies for Over-Arousal
Use targeted techniques to reduce arousal when anxiety or over-activation is undermining performance.
The Yerkes-Dodson Law: Finding Your Optimal Performance Zone - Write about your worries before a high-stakes performance
Offload performance anxiety by writing it out in full immediately before the event.
Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical - Exercise to lower anxiety
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise for Mental Health - Improve CO2 tolerance to reduce anxiety sensitivity
The 7-count hold in 4-7-8 builds CO2 tolerance — a key factor in anxiety reactivity and panic thresholds.
4-7-8 Breathing, Made Practical
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- What I’m actually terrified of isn’t out there in the world
- I always wait until I’m already in full panic to try to calm down, and by then it’s too far gone for anything to work
- I can feel it starting to build
- I’m about to walk in and my heart is pounding, hands cold, mind racing
- I’ve got all these little things I do to get through anxious moments
Related concerns
- Why Do I Get Anxious Before Flying
If you fear the physical sensations of anxiety itself, include exposures that deliberately induce them.
Add interoceptive rungs for bodily fear
- How To Stop Anxiety Before Flying
Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
Use grounding before anxiety peaks, not after
- Why Am I So Anxious Before A Flight
Reinterpret pre-performance anxiety as energy and readiness rather than evidence of inadequacy.
Recalibrate arousal as readiness, not threat
- Act Anxiety Exercise
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise to lower anxiety
- Anxiety Warning Signs
Practice noticing and naming body sensations neutrally, so they stop reading as alarms.
Interoceptive awareness
- How To Deal With Anxiety Before Flying
Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
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