In 72 days, I will be in Italy. I have been looking forward to this trip for a long time, but lately I have run into a slight dilemma. For reasons unknown to me, I have accrued a fear of flying. So periodically over the last few months, I have faced much anxiety regarding my trip.
So much so that last night I had a horrible dream about seeing a plane crash, then realized I was a survivor. It was one of those scary realistic dreams. But, this morning, I decided that I had to face this and decided to look at some of the stats.
The odds of dying on a commericial airliner are as low as 9 million to 1.
95% of plane crashes have survivors.
You would have to ride in an airplane every single day for the next 15,000 years to be involved in an airline accident.
These stats have alleviated quite a bit of my fears. Not all, mind you, but some. Thought this might help some of you out there facing the same dilemma as me! We can do this! :)
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