Re: I have to say this to you guys!

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In my nada's case, she doesn't have these distinctive melt-downs if its a car

trip, even several hours/several days' worth, and she does fine on bus trips,

boat cruises and trains. Its only after plane trips that she has these weird

meltdown episodes that last either for a few hours or for the whole damned trip

(she had a fixed paranoid idea about our elderly aunt on one entire effing week

of a trip to Europe as a threesome.)

The most obvious answer would be that she has a fear of flying, but she looks

forward to plane trips, is not nervous or agitated at all during the flight, is

excited about the destination. Happy little camper before a plane trip.

I suppose she could be in total bpd-denial about having a fear of flying and is

masking it. But I think a masked fear would still betray itself in

psychosomatic symptoms or horrible behavior in the days leading up to a flight.

In my nada's case its a mystery, but I'm leaning toward altered barometric

pressure affecting her blood oxygenation level as the culprit.

-Annie

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> > > Thanks Annie! I can tell people horrific details of nadas treatment of

> > children without batting an eyelid, but talking about a sick cat makes me

> > bawl. Go figure.

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> > > Just found something - have a look at a book called Enviromental

> > Psychology in Google Books, and find the section about changing barometric

> > air pressure and behaviour: " In general, researchers have observed three

> > types of effects that air pressure changes have on people: increased medical

> > complaints, increased suicide rates, and increased disruptive behaviour. "

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> > > Mix that with your mothers low oxygen levels and it sounds like a recipe

> > for off-the-wall behaviour.

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