Jamie – I’ve posted several threads about this, but to fill you in briefly in summary:
I’m a high anxiety person by nature; a born worrier. I’ve currently tried every fear of flying therapy you could name, except CBT. Before this year I use Diazepam for short flights and pre flight on long haul, Tamazepam during long haul. My GP recently prescribed propranolol as he’s concerned about my Benzo use quantity. I fly very infrequently these days, pretty much once per year, but up until 2001 have an extensive flying history with several vary scary episodes.
The recent family trip to Menorca was fuss free on the way out, shaky on the way back despite the meds, proving that although the propranolol stopped the physical, the mental issues still affected me. Its not practical to “cope” with family holidays, yet deny work opportunities.
Besides Mrs K has put up with a lot of my work impacting upon us and she deserves to share some of the reward – the Vancouver trip should I get to go.
Vis a vis, I just want to try something else and show my employer that I’m at least being proactive to try to resolve my issues – hence I’m asking about CBT.
I do have opportunities to fly to Glasgow and Edinburgh later this year whereby I used catch the train should it be a good idea to avoid “avoidance”.