Category: Phobias and PTSD

Find out how fearful flying makes you by watching this short video of a take off from Gatwick. As you do so imagine, as vividly as possible, being on that aircraft. In your mind’s eye picture yourself sitting by the window and looking out as the jet taxis onto the runway and speeds down it … Continue reading How Fearful of Flying Are You? By Dr David Lewis

Even those who fly frequently, on business or for pleasure, often feel highly anxious as they buckle their seat belts and listen to the engines starting up. If flying makes you fearful there is no need to allow those fears to spoil your next flight. https://soundcloud.com/dr-david-lewis/fly-without-fear-preview How fearful of flying are you? click to find … Continue reading How to Overcome a Fear of Flying – By Dr David Lewis

A phobia is an intense, irrational, fear of something, someone or some situation. It is described as irrational since what is feared – thunder storms, birds, heights, flying in commercial jets, confined spaces and, in Europe at any rate, spiders – cannot normally cause any physical harm. No matter how irrational they may be to … Continue reading Do You Have a Phobia? By Dr David Lewis

Many millions of healthy men, women and children are made extremely frightened by things others see no reason to fear. This type of acute anxiety is called a phobia from the Greek word phobos meaning a ‘dread’ or ‘horror’. Phobias are described as ‘irrational’ because the many things sufferers fear – from beetles and birds to thunderstorms and spiders … Continue reading Understanding Phobias, How They Arise and How to Overcome Them – By Dr David Lewis