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    Crises de panique

    La publicité pour un vélo qui a provoqué une crise d'angoisse

    Rédigé par Alex Gervash, pilote professionnel (31 ans d'expérience) et spécialiste de la peur de l'avion (18 ans d'expérience, plus de 16 000 cas traités)

    Une publicité pour des vélos a déclenché une crise de panique à l'aéroport. Comment un souvenir d'enfance s'est transformé en phobie de l'avion.

    La publicité pour un vélo qui a provoqué une crise d'angoisse

    He was at the airport, about to board. Suddenly, panic. Heart racing. Can't breathe.

    What triggered it? An advertisement on a screen. A woman riding a bicycle.

    During therapy, he remembered: As a child, he fell from his bike. When he got home, his parents punished him severely for getting hurt.

    Seeing that bicycle ad at the airport activated the traumatic memory. But his conscious mind didn't make the connection. Instead, it searched for a logical explanation for the sudden fear.

    And where was he? At an airport. About to fly.

    His thinking brain concluded: "I must be afraid because something is wrong with this flight."

    The fear had nothing to do with aviation. But because the fear happened in an aviation context, it became attached to flying.

    This is how fear of flying develops. A fragment of past trauma gets activated in an airport or plane. The conscious mind misattributes the fear to flying. And a phobia is born.

    The bicycle was the real trigger. The airplane was just nearby.

    En bref

    Une publicité pour des vélos a déclenché une crise de panique à l'aéroport. Comment un souvenir d'enfance s'est transformé en phobie de l'avion.

    Alex Gervash - Spécialiste de la peur de l'avion et pilote

    À propos de l'auteur

    Alex Gervash

    Pilote et spécialiste de la peur de l'avion

    • Pilote professionnel (31 ans d'expérience dans l'aviation)
    • Formée en psychologie et en thérapie des traumatismes (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing)
    • Fondateur de phobia.aero et de l'application SkyGuru

    Alex Gervash is a pioneer in the treatment of aerophobia, leveraging 31 years of aviation experience as a commercial pilot alongside 18 years of specialized psychology expertise. Having guided over 16,000 individuals to overcome fear of flying, Alex focuses on nervous system regulation and polyvagal theory to help passengers manage panic attacks on planes. He is extensively trained in EMDR therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and CBT, allowing him to address the root causes of takeoff anxiety and turbulence fear by balancing the autonomic nervous system. As the developer of the SkyGuru app, which offers real-time turbulence explained, Alex bridges the gap between technical flight data and therapeutic support for those struggling with fear of flying.

    16,000+a aidé
    Reconnaissance par l'ONUNations
    31 ansaviation
    Expertexpertise