You may be confronting several fears at once. When a person is phobic of elevators, she typically has only one fear, whether it is closed-in spaces, crowds or heights. This simple phobia means that the task of getting better is not so complicated. Few people have only one fear regarding flying. There are two broad areas of concern.
Some people have trouble believing that commercial air travel is safe .
And, understandably, people dislike the anxious symptoms they feel when they fly. Within those two are over two dozen fears. It's no wonder that many people don't even try to overcome so many obstacles to their comfortable flying. Your perception of risk may work against you. Before we engage in a new or difficult activity, our minds automatically begin to assess the risk factors involved.