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...