Creating fears?

[disneydebi]

Okay, this is really dumb, so I had to share...
I've been reading the board, and honestly starting to feel a little better about our upcoming trip.

So my 9 year old son comes to me this morning and tells me he had a dream about the trip. Specifically about being on the plane. I ask, was it a good flight, did everything go well in your dream (wanting to make sure he wasn't developing my fears). "Oh yes... guess what happened on the plane", he says...they were doing a Lottery on the plane, and we won!

So most people would think this is a good thing. But my twisted mind instantly turns it around... I'm thinking, that your chances of being in a plane accident are about as good as winning the lottery! So now I'm sure you can all guess where my twisted fearful mind takes that dream of his....(loosing it....)
:sigh

[Passenger Mark]

Not dumb... just a good example of how our mind and/or imagination seeks to find ANY signs whatsoever to justify our fear.

Somehow that has been calming to me. When I think that what I am about to do is the most dangerous thing ever known to man, I REALIZE that it is my IMAGINATION that is creating that thought. That in REALITY it is just common, everyday stuff!

KNOWING deep down that modern airline flight is safe, common, and routine helps to battle these little "signs" that my brain creates.

Now, turn it around... I do not know... but your child is most likely EXCITED about taking this trip. Most children really get excited about getting to fly on a jetliner! So to him... he HAS won the lottery!!!

[Disney fan]

I can see where you are coming from BUT you are wrong.

I am no dream analyst but I do know that you will have a safe flight,

Did you ever see Andrews post about the odds, I will copy and paste it, just hope he does not mind.

Lynda


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These figures are from the EU. They show the number of people who have met their maker in every 10 BILLION kilometers travelled. Now that's quite a few....

Motorcycle: 1380
Walking: 640
Cycling: 540
Driving: 70
Ferry: 25
Skiing: 20
Bus: 7
Flying: 3

Statistics show that just being at work (whatever your job) is more dangerous, per hour, than flying.

So, to reduce your chances of a premature Pearly Gates encounter, take some time off from work and get onto an aeroplane! Just remember to get the bus to the airport.

[Chelle]

Aaaww, the mind is a powerful thing, that's for sure.

But think of it this way... you have better odds of winning a lottery, but the odds of winning a lottery and being in a plane crash at the same time is just about impossible, so there are better odds you'll come off the plane richer than you went on :D

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Well several flights ago (CVG to BNA) on a CRJ the flight attendant gave all 12 of us onboard a scratch off game card. No one won anything so she passed out another set. Again no one won anything so once again she passed out another set. The gentleman in the seat next to me won 1,000 skymiles!

See? There IS gambling on airplanes. LOL Maybe you'll get one of those scratch-off cards on your flight and win the Grand Prize - an exotic vacation!

You'll be fine.

:)
Kelley

[beaugest]

You know 25 years of being a therapist and I never stop getting amazed at what our minds can do. When I heard about your son's dream I thought "good for her. She has managed to keep her fears from being imparted to her son".
We know that's not an easy thing to do. It's so easy to let our fears run away with us,isn't it? I remember once starting a thread about being nervous about not being nervous. And couldn't believe how many people responded. It's as if our anxiety won't let us relax. But we can. We honestly can get somewhere with this stuff.
So, twist your mind back again and focus on your son. He just gave you the gift of feeling that one can be excited. And you gave him the gift of being able to feel that way. Pretty cool if you ask me.:wave

[xiknal]

disneydebi, you have gotten so many good answers with such happy forecasts (for good reason!) that all I can add is the old observation about how the Trickster (the phobia) manipulates our knowledge and intelligence to use it against us. O, ho, ho, you caught it doing THAT familiar trick, and now that you have told us about it, it (not you, it!) can only take shame and slink away! :sigh Hooray for your son, whose innocence points the way to the future :happyguy , and hooray for you that your fear has not intruded upon his dreams. You can trust that, y'know! :banana

Barb

[MadScientist]

Don't get me started on dreams. I've had a recurring dream of dying in a plane crash since I was a teenager. I still have that dream about once every two months. Also, I have another recurring one where I die in a tornado. They're the same dreams over and over and over again.

I'm going to get really pissed if I ever fly into a tornado. >:

[xiknal]

What, one o' those hot-pink little round spots on the radar? Doesn't seem too likely that you or anybody else would just stumble into one of those...

maybe you're remembering past lives? the sudden stops, I mean... :duck

But there are volumes written on dream imagery, and recurring dreams. I have recurring dreams, too, but they are boring by comparison...they haven't come true yet! ;)

Barb

[Passenger Mark]

Ken wrote....

I'm going to get really pissed if I ever fly into a tornado.

ROFLMAO :rolling