You gain strength, courage, and confidence with every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do (Eleanor Roosevelt).
It was an eventful October weekend in Chicago, and my friend Angela and I scurried to our flight.
Taking my seat in the back of the plane, I slipped my AirPods in and relaxed the only way I knew how after a weekend of sensory overload — soft music and a book.
I was so immersed when we landed that it took a while before I finally looked up to realize we’d been sitting on the runway with no movement. Angela informed me we would be there for another 30 minutes before we’d arrive at the gate to deplane.
1. Tell Yourself That Panic Attacks Don’t Last Forever
This was how my first panic attack happened 12 years ago — back of the plane, fear of being trapped, unable to exit. It had…
