# Have you kicked a phobia? How?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-kicked-a-phobia-how/443134>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 29, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-kicked-a-phobia-how/443134 "2008-03-29T03:13:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-kicked-a-phobia-how/443134/41 "2008-04-01T20:34:57Z")

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I too had a fear of flying, imparted to me by mom out of her many phobias. However, I loved to travel and really really wanted to see Europe. The trick that worked for me was to pretend that I was a high-rolling woman executive and power broker, traveling with her briefcase and laptop on one of her many business trips, and that flying was just all in a day’s work for me. I don’t know why that worked for me, but it did. My first flight was to Denver, and my second time aboard an aircraft I went to Paris. I’ve never looked back.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-kicked-a-phobia-how/443134/42 "2008-04-01T20:51:14Z")

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Thanks!

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