Re: Anxiety for a long trip/flight ahead.
Do you know how long the flight is?
It seems “reasoning” yourself to a calm is not working and it probably won’t. Sometimes, you just have to tough it out. Few years from now, it wouldn’t matter anyway and all you’ll remember are the happy memories from the trip.
There are few things you can do to make your flight a tad pleasent:
- Keep yourself hydrated during flight, carry a bottle of water.
- Avoid sweets during and before flight. Have a good high protein meal before flight and take some left over with you to the flight – airline food is horrible. Don’t drink either, alcohol will keep you up.
- Workout before flight. Endorphins your body releases will help ease any anxiety and also help you sleep during flight.
- Light reading is great for long flights. If you like crossword or puzzles, take them with you.
- Chat with your neighbor.
- Invent new strategies and tactics for invading an already occupied armrest – my favorite in-flight activity.
