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Question: agrophobia not want to travel by plane? My uncle used to have agrophobia and now has bi polar and refuses to fly, so if we go on holiday with him, we have to travel for hours and hours by coach. I can understnd someone with claustrophobia not wanting to fly, but agrophobia? It's not like he's never flown, he used to fly when he was in the royal airforce, or whatever it was, but now he just won't attempt it. He takes medication for his bi polar and isn't agrophobic anymore.


Answers: agrophobia not want to travel by plane? My uncle used to have agrophobia and now has bi polar and refuses to fly, so if we go on holiday with him, we have to travel for hours and hours by coach. I can understnd someone with claustrophobia not wanting to fly, but agrophobia? It's not like he's never flown, he used to fly when he was in the royal airforce, or whatever it was, but now he just won't attempt it. He takes medication for his bi polar and isn't agrophobic anymore.

Maybe he sees the plane as too different from his "safe places" and so that isn't an option. He may not like the coaches, either, but perhaps he sees them as safer than planes.

People with agoraphobia fear places with a lot of people (planes are pretty packed) and open spaces (I'd say there's a lot of open space below you in an airplane). It makes complete sense.





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