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Fear of Travel an Experience More Common Than You Think
Anyone who has ever experience a fear of flying may be surprised to learn that in some cases it is secondary to an actual fear of travel! The latter is not a term that is commonly found in the textbooks speaking of phobias and disorders, and generally you may find components relating to the fear of travel in such tomes – namely Agoraphobia, Claustrophobia, Xenophobia, Aviophobia, and a host of other fears and anxiety producing disorder – but an honest to goodness definition cannot be found.
Experiencing the fear of travel is normal and if in your heart of hearts you have had to grapple with it, do not believe for a moment that you are alone! Instead, revel in the fact that there are others like you who – almost immediately upon planning or announcing a much anticipated trip to an exotic locale or even one closer to home – suffer from troublesome self-doubts. Second guessing why they chose the one destination over another, leaving their home state rather than traveling stateside, worrying about the food that might aggravate gastrointestinal health issues currently being experienced, and finally in light of an impending airline flight experience the gambit of anxiety, panic and fear is not alien to such reluctant travelers with a fear of travel.