Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children

Re:Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children by boredemployee on Sunday June 19, 2022 @09:46PM (#31805414)

I traveled across oceans a few times (12h+ long), when I'm in the plane I feel "ok". The problem is when taking off and landing, I get super anxious/panicked.

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Re:Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children by fartcannon on Sunday June 19, 2022 @10:41PM (#31805749)

I had to travel weekly for work. It completely took away my fear of flying.. Now it's just a slog.

Obviously not everyone can just fly a bunch to do half assed exposure therapy, but maybe something like VR?

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Re:Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children by boredemployee on Sunday June 19, 2022 @10:53PM (#31805813)

I was just googling for that. any recommendation?

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Re:Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in children by fartcannon on Monday June 20, 2022 @12:34AM (#31806319)

I used to play Kerbal Space Program in VR. It was hilariously terrifying.

But for exposure therapy, you're probably going to want to go with Microsoft Flight Sim 2020, right? I think it supports VR and it's probably the most visually accurate experience. I could be wrong though as I've never played it myself.

I also played a bunch of Warthunder in VR. The sense of height in those smaller planes is really freaky.

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