What to do to distract myself while flying on an airplane?

Question

In eight days I will be flying to Italy. I'm REALLY excited to be going to Italy because that's where my "roots" are from, but there's just one problem....

...I'm absolutely terrified of flying. Especially over water. I'm just afraid that the plane is going to have engine failure or something that will lead to a crash. I get extremely scared and one time I even had a panic attack. As in I was really really overwhelmed with the situation.

So my question is...what should I do on the flight over besides the normal "listen to music and read" thing? How can I distract myself from my fear and how can I remain calm in this situation?

Answer 1

If you do sudoku.... then take a dozen with you.... You are not going to run out of it... Unless u r Einstien.... Or else take a really boring book... By the time u read three pages ... u will be snoring loudly and even before you wake u will be home....

Answer 2

I flew to Italy in Febuary. The plane has movies. If you watch a steady stream of movies, you will be there in no time!

Sleep alot (take some tylonal PM before you leave).

do cross words or write letters. The movie thing is probably the best way to go, it really helps to take your mind off the long boring flight.

Have fun!