Dr. Alia Crum

But I don't need that.

I just don't need that setting anymore.

And that alone, that awareness sometimes is enough to let it go.

Yeah.

So the first thing I would want to do is figure out what the setting was.

Okay.

So sometimes fear of flying is about the core belief about flying, right?

Like flying is dangerous.

Okay.

I think in Alyssa's case, what I'm hearing, you know, I'd like to talk with her more about it, was actually a core belief about her body, right?

That she was worried that she was going to get sick, that she was going to have a medical emergency on that flight.

And so it was the setting of her mind that was a distrust in her body.

My body is not only not capable, but might turn on me in this very moment.

And flying was fearful for her because there's no help to be had on a flight.

You can't get any further from medical attention when you're up in the air.

And so that belief of my body, it can't be trusted anymore.

Right.

If we can work with that, how does that change what she pays attention to?

She starts noticing all the ways in which her body is a little off today isn't really working for her.

She starts feeling anxious, which, as you know, further exacerbates physical symptoms in the body.