Airplane anxiety

Hi! I'm really sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've had exams, school trip, exam feedback, and now I have finished this year of school and am in summer holidays! Yay! I've felt really bad that I've not been able to fully commit to writing a new post periodically, but I've just been incredibly busy and it's been difficult to keep up. Anyways, towards this post's topic:

Airplane anxiety. It is a fear that so many people have and, as many are now in summer holidays with overseas trips ahead, I thought to discuss this. I have recently found out that I am leaving to go to Seattle in 10 days, which is my first trip out of Europe and my first airplane ride since I was 2. I've been to Germany on a school trip, which we went to by bus, and that is it. My family growing up didn't have many chances for holidays like this. Our funds were inadequate and someone was always busy when we would plan it. Right now, I am terrified of getting on that plane in 10 days. I'm terrified of having an anxiety attack near my step-sister (who doesn't know I have anxiety) and I'm terrified of getting on airplanes. I know I'm not the only one who is the latter, but I feel that I am because no one talks about it. I've been looking up reasons why and how we get this fear a lot in the last few days, and have realised that it is difficult to realise the chance of a bad situation. For example, the chance of dying in a plane crash is 1 in 3000, which is less dangerous than the drive to the airport itself. When you get to the airport alive, be happy because you just made it through the difficult bit. You're fine.

There is a YouTube blogger who says that, during turbulence, if the flight attendants are standing up and smiling, then you're fine. But, if they're sitting down and looking to see if everyone's alright, then you'd better be worried. This is both the most and the least helpful thing I've heard on this topic...

Barry McDonagh ~ Panic Away

Recently I have found a program in which you get daily emails giving advice to be rid of panic attacks or most anxiety when it happens. I will put all links below. I have found this incredibly helpful in recent times, especially with the election that recently occurred here in the UK. This is a highly recommended program, and I would describe it in more detail, but I feel that it would spoil it. True, some things on the site need paying for, which I haven't experienced yet nor do I think I ever will, but there is still quite a lot there that is free. This course helps to realise that you can stop anxiety when it comes crashing down your path, and that you are not alone. I hope this helps.


Main Homepage for the program:
http://www.panic-away-program.com/

Comfort zones

Hi all,
I've recently been put in a position where a have to do a forward roll in front of lots of people, which is difficult for me because I've never been able to do a forward roll. It's always been a movement that has eluded both myself and my body. I was asked to do this roll for a gym competition, and I stood there crying while everyone else in the group was practising the routine. This would be a post about facing your fears, but unfortunately it does not beckon to the average opinion. I feel that, if you are truly uncomfortable with what you are doing, even if you find it difficult trying it in the first place, then you have the right to say no. Especially in places like school or work. They are for you to enjoy and learn stuff about life, not for you to have a bad day based on one activity you are being forced to do. If you aren't comfortable, then tell a supervisor how you feel, it's in your rights as a human being. However, try to encourage yourself to do it, because it'll do you no harm at the end of the day (that's what I did wrong - I didn't even try).

Shadows

Pain and regret. They'll follow you around everywhere unless you do something about it. So, like a torch on a shadow, the only way to get rid of it is to stare at it until it disappears. But what if the shadow is the shape of something you're scared of? A dragon? Or even a broken heart? What if it starts to mock you? Then you dig up the pavement it was born on and go find nice, friendly shadows to make friends with.

This one is a bit short, and a bit odd, but I think the overall meaning gets across. I will be quite busy with Easter coming up soon, and then a whole week of exams soon after, so I'll probably be revising quite a lot during Easter holidays and half term :/ but, I did find out recently that I HAVE A HALF SISTER! AND SHE HAS JUST HAD A BABY GIRL! I AM A HALF AUNT!
Sorry. I'm really excited :)

Living In Fear

No one should have to live in fear. Whether it's in fear of death or whether it's in fear of panic attacks or even in fear of losing your phone. No one should have to. Ever. There are some people who have it reasonable difficult, like myself and some of my friends, but there are others who have it much worse, especially at the moment. So much worse that they can't say "Someone else has it worse.", because it's highly unlikely that there is another person with worse. True, when we have these difficult moments, it can feel like the world is crumbling and we can't handle it, and these can be some of the most difficult moments ever. But they aren't. We are the human race, and we exaggerate. It's part of our nature. A part that we can't control or hold back when we want it to. 

If you ever have a problem, just think about others who have both the same, worse and even better problems. And, if someone incredibly influential happens to read this, please do something about this and help people who live in unbearable fear. Thank you.

I'm so sorry!

I'm sorry I've not posted since before Christmas, I've been moving and going back to school etc.

I hope you all had an incredible Christmas with those you love and a wonderful New Year with the ones you want to have a whole new year with, no more of that 2014 crap.
I know everyone's probably got bored of Christmas songs, but here we go!
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS! WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS! WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

In music, I've been studying music through time, and we've come across Beethoven, who was perfectly in between the classical and romantic periods. When my class originally saw a portrait of him, they all immediately thought of how angry and weird they thought he looked. But then we started to find out about his life. His father was an alcoholic and pushed his son into situations he couldn't control. His mother, one of Beethoven's last strands of hope, died when he was very young. After completing all the tasks his father couldn't complete for his family for several years, his father passed away too. Beethoven was in Vienna at the time, learning from Mozart, when this happened. He decided to stay in Vienna after that because Napoleon had just invaded. When he was 57, he started to realise he was going deaf. As a popular musician, this was a difficult situation to handle. During the progression of his deafness, he composed like mad trying to create music for others even though he wouldn't be able to hear it. Beethoven was selfless and generous to others, yet most still consider him a man who was angry just because that was his personality. But no. He went through real hardships in his life, he was only the man he was because he was sad and lonely. He had no family in Vienna and the public only appreciate him for his music. Yet he is still one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived.

Learn to respect people for who they are, whether they're broken beyond repair or not.