Anxious fliers wonder how others fly with so little trouble. Confident fliers can’t quite understand why anyone has trouble. Why the difference? Feelings of inflight anxiety, claustrophobia, and panic are caused when stress hormones build up. These hormones are released when a tiny part of the brain, the amygdala, senses something unfamiliar or unexpected, such as when turbulence causes the plane to drop. Some of us regulate stress hormones automatically and unconsciously. Others regulate them consciously and deliberately. Automatic regulation works well on the ground and in the air. Conscious regulation works well on the ground, but not... keep reading