The Strengthening Exercise for Flight Phobia

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Stephen porges has developed a programm to specifically deal with fear of flying. He says if you fully activate the para sympathetic nervous system so that the vagas nerve is fully stimulated, he says it causes vaga breaking i slows the heart rate down about 20 beats per minute. Just as in the car, if we can get the pari sympathetic nervous system to operate, we can override the stressermon. So i played around with the idea, what about shifting from an anxiety producing thought to some other unrelated kind of thought? It's also useful for people who suffer from varying degrees of clostrophobia and panic.

Everyone’s afraid of something. But how often do we talk openly about our biggest fears with friends or even complete strangers? In this episode, producer Mark Pagán opens up to Saleem about something that’s been freaking him out for years, so much so that it's seriously affected his day-to-day life. But as Mark seeks out solutions for facing his fear, he finds out this troubling emotion may be more useful to him than he expected.

Just a heads-up: This episode contains discussions and scenes about riding the NYC subway, a topic that may be sensitive for some listeners. We think the tactics that Mark explores in working and acknowledging his fear can be helpful to anyone who realizes they’re dealing with a fearful situation.

Featured in this episode are Dr. Luana Marques and Captain Tom Bunn.

Wanna learn more about embracing your own fear? Our companion meditation app, Ten Percent Happier, has an excellent meditation course called Taming Anxiety, featuring Dr. Luana Marques. As a More Than A Feeling listener, you can try the course and the app for free for thirty days. To try it for free, visit tenpercent.com/more.

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