The ‘Cat with Nine Lives’ syndrome

phobia

‘Many of my patients are experienced frequent fliers who develop a phobia of flying after spending decades hopping on and off shuttles, and who have previously found air travel no different to any other travel mode like a bus, train or boat. They tend to cite something I call ‘the cat with nine lives’ syndrome. […]

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Fear of flying in an age of terrorism

fear of flying

The outrageous acts of terrorism that happened in New York on 9/11 have certainly meant that more people who are affected by fear of flying cite terrorism as one of their worries. Images of the two jetliners crashing into the Twin Towers have been seen by billions of people world-wide and are still widely disseminated […]

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Speeding through life

lonely and depressed

We live in a fast-moving world. Somehow we never have enough time to eat properly, sleep for long enough, talk to our families or just sit and enjoy some guilt-free leisure time. The quick fix lifestyle is now the only way most of us can get by. We have cars and planes to help us […]

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