During the summer, a usually have a run of people coming to see me for anxiety around flying as they want less stress getting to their holiday destination or they wish to get to further away places. Then there are some that take it a step or two beyond that.

I would argue that every phobia is simply a fear of feeling afraid. A phobic reaction has nothing to do with the trigger itself. It is a fear of the feeling that you get when that trigger is there.

There are many phobias of completely harmless things. If someone has always experienced a fear reaction around buttons for example, buttons are dangerous. This is their reality.