Aviophobia affects 6.5 percent of the population. "Aviophobia, a fear of flying, affects 6.5 percent of the population, according to the National Institute of Mental Health." Getty Images Oct. 7, 2013 ...

Intense fear of flying, called aviophobia, is a highly prevalent psychological phenomenon, afflicting (in some estimates) up to 40% of the population of industrialized countries. This staggering ...

Understanding the root cause of a fear of flying is the first step to addressing flight anxiety and figuring out treatment options. Experts recommend trying therapies like exposure therapy, as well as ...

The most formidable barrier a person faces when trying to overcome fear of flying is the belief that nothing will work. How does this belief develop? Most profession advice offered to anxious fliers ...

Fear of flying consists of suffering from imagination. Why is imaginary distress hard to avoid? Though we don't suffer from something that is purely imaginary, if something awful is even remotely ...

Pteromerhanophobia, It's a big word -- and an even bigger fear for millions of Americans. Fear of flying can provoke symptoms as mild as a fluttering heart or so severe that some have a full-blown ...

— -- "Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight." No matter what your pilot tells you, taking a plane trip these days is likely to be irritating, uncomfortable and, at times, downright maddening. For ...

Fear of flying grounds millions of potential travelers, turning dream vacations into canceled plans. But those who’ve conquered their aviation anxiety share remarkably effective tricks that work ...

I’m convinced about the safety of commercial air travel — considering the frequency of flights, numbers of passengers transported, the trillions of aggregate miles planes fly each year. You’re more ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… quite possibly country star Lukas Nelson! For years, Nelson, 36, dealt with a fear of flying. But in April, the Grammy-winning musician overcame those fears and got ...