Posted by Peter on 2/4/2007, 3:51 pm Anyway, tomorrow I'm going to Paris by Eurostar for a business meeting, and the old nerves are kicking in big time.... This hollow feeling of emptiness and that pit in the stomach feeling is really here. The sad thing is that it is only a 3 hour trip, but thats about 2 and half too long for me, and I have to get to Waterloo from Ipswich to start with! The whole concept of travel, especially sitting about and not being in control, makes this condition all the worse for me. I drove last year to Eurodisney and was absolutely fine, but because I was at the wheel I was the one whom could control when and if we stopped, which incidentally we didn't even though I had my 5 year old daughter and my wife with me, whom did not want to stop. What is making it worse also, is that I am traveling with a colleague, I have said I will meet him at Waterloo, so the main leg of the journey is broken, as I don't want to appear to be going excessively to the toilet, because I know myself, I'll go with a weak signal, fail, and then panic, at which point my world starts imploding. I have got some dimazipam (Spelling wrong I know) and I intend to take one only if I get a panic attack, because I need my wits about me for the meeting in the afternoon. And will I be able to pee whilst in Paris? Nightmare is I'm coming back the very next day, so stress level is building up. I, like many others I'm sure, visit this page daily, it has been my strength and focus, but now I'm virtually at a travel date, it seems as if I haven't read anything. I was hoping to do a beginners course before May's Long Haul flight, but it looks as if there isn't one. I'll let you know of my experience of the next 2 days, and I'll try and be positive. (Don't want Lusy telling me off again!, Lusy your advice and comments at times make me laugh, which cheers me up, Thank you)
Well I posted a couple of months ago, about long haul flights, and took on-board peoples advice and recommendations. This holiday is pending next month, (Florida) I should be looking forward to it but I'm not. Anyway, I'll have to deal with it when it happens, but I have done the flight a thousand times in my dreams already, each time stressed out and panic attacks. 223
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