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Aviophobia refers to the pathological fear of flying. It is one of the most common specific phobias: an estimated 10\u201325% of the population feels uncomfortable on an airplane, and 2\u20135% suffer from a clinically significant phobia that makes flying impossible. This fear stems from various sources: loss of control (one cannot leave or control the aircraft), fear of heights, claustrophobia, fear of a crash, or\u2014from a depth psychological perspective\u2014a general fear of death. Cognitively, most affected individuals know that flying is statistically the safest mode of transportation\u2014yet this knowledge does not alleviate the fear. As a special theme, aviophobia offers an ideal isolation in literature: A character on a plane cannot escape, cannot call for help, cannot control the situation. The plane becomes a trap. At the same time, a main character\u2019s aviophobia is a character trait with conflict potential\u2014the investigator who cannot fly but must; the therapist who accompanies her patient and breaks down herself in the process. The phobia serves as both a backdrop and a character flaw.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aviophobie bezeichnet die pathologische Angst vor dem Fliegen. Sie z\u00e4hlt zu den h\u00e4ufigsten spezifischen Phobien: Sch\u00e4tzungsweise 10\u201325 % der Bev\u00f6lkerung f\u00fchlen sich im Flugzeug unwohl, 2\u20135 % leiden unter einer klinisch relevanten Phobie, die das Fliegen unm\u00f6glich macht. Die Angst speist sich aus verschiedenen Quellen: Kontrollverlust (man kann das Flugzeug nicht verlassen oder steuern), H\u00f6henangst, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3967,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"fact-type":[],"class_list":["post-3968","fact-file","type-fact-file","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"ff_id":"","ff_wiki_type":"Sonderthema","ff_category":"topics","ff_subtype":"","ff_image_url":"","ff_parent_book":"","ff_appereance":[146],"fileimg":3967},"yoast_head":"\nSebastian Fitzek - Aviophobie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Erkunde \u201e Aviophobie \u201c aus den Sebastian Fitzek Storys. 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