Does the thought of flying leave you with a feeling of panic? Do you feel sick to the stomach at the thought of travelling on a plane? Is your life restricted because of your phobia? Maybe you just don't bother going abroad at all, or you go by car or rail even though statistics prove that plane travel is the safest way to take a journey. Does your imagination run riot at the thought of flying.

What if there's a fire and you can't get out? What if it crashes on take-off and you get killed as it hits the ground? What if an engine fails, or sets alight while you are in the air? What if you have a panic attack and can't breathe? What if there's a terrorist on board who blows the plane up in mid-air?

These are just some of thoughts that are common to people with Aerophobia. I could go on and on because each individual sufferer, while having fears in common with other sufferers will have their own personal imaginings about what might or could happen. Therein lies the secret to letting go of this often lifelong phobia.

The fear of flying phobia which is actually an anxiety disorder comes from imagining what might happen rather than with what is actually happening. Your mind is intrinsically linked to your body and when you think scary thoughts your body acts as if the thing you are thinking is actually happening.

Picturing disaster thoughts in your mind tricks the body into thinking these things are actually happening so it's no wonder you are having a physical reaction. Who wouldn't be scared by the thought of dying a horrible death in a burning aircraft. Those people without the fear of flying are not running the same mental movies as those with Aerophobia. That's the only difference.

The reason you have this phobia is because of the mental pictures you create as you fantasise on what might or could happen. If you change your mental movie you will change your reactions and you will become one of the people who fly comfortably and easily.

What You Can Do About It? You weren't born with a fear of flying, you learnt it somewhere. Maybe you remember the initial incident and maybe not, it really doesn't matter. When you learn anything new, constant repetition of it turns it into a habit and it is installed into the mind like a piece of software. Whenever you think of the thing you fear your mind automatically runs the old familiar software program which in this case is fear of flying and you experience all the psychological and physiological effects that go with the fear.

Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to uninstall the old software program and install another one? Wouldn't it be fantastic to book a flight and actually look forward to it. Imagine being able to enjoy the journey and feeling relaxed and happy while flying.

I can promise you that it is possible to change your disaster pictures to life-enhancing ones. Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP for short has very effective techniques that can be used for deleting old unwanted programmes and installing new and more uplifting ones. The techniques are easy to use and I personally have assisted many people to release the fear of flying and many other phobias using NLP. Are you ready to be free right now?