If you are searching for answers right now, you are likely intimately familiar with the feeling of a panic attack on a plane. It’s not just anxiety; it’s a high-stakes emergency: a crushing tightness in your chest, rapid heart rate, intense nausea, and the desperate, overwhelming feeling that you need to escape but are locked in a metal tube of an aeroplane.
We see the shame and guilt that comes with this feeling -you are smart, successful, and you know the plane is safe, yet your body betrays you.
This panic is not a personal failure. It’s your Amygdala, your brain’s survival center, screaming danger in a trapped environment. You are in a neurological 'war zone', and we know that fighting it only makes it worse.
You need a fast-acting tool that speaks directly to your body's survival system, giving you back control in three minutes flat.
How to Stop a Panic Attack on a Plane: Your 3-Minute EFT In-Seat Rescue Plan


When a panic attack hits, your brain's alarm system - the Amygdala - floods your body with adrenaline and cortisol. Logic is instantly shut down. This is why well-meaning advice like "just breathe" or "read a book" often feels infuriatingly insufficient - this merely treat the symptoms - and doesn't interrupt the core chemical alarm system.
EFT Tapping is one of the few tools that can interrupt this cycle. It's an evidence-based technique that sends calming signals that bypass the panic and engage the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation).
If you want to dive deeper into the science behind this neurological disconnect, read our post on How EFT Tapping Works for Phobias
* Having a panic attack anywhere is a truly awful, and often frightening experience; you have my sympathies!
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The EFT In-Seat Rescue Plan: Tapping the Amygdala Off-Switch
Our method is simple, discreet, and fast. It offers you a reliable pathway out of the crisis.
EFT Tapping is a powerful, evidence-based technique that sends immediate calming signals that bypass the panic and engage the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation). This technique can interrupt the neurological chain reaction of panic within minutes.
Step 1: Acknowledge the Panic (The Setup)
The first step is always acceptance. Start by with identifying the physical location of the panic (e.g., "this crushing feeling in my chest"). Then tapping with the fingers of one hand on the "Karate Chop point" (the fleshy part of the other hand between the little finger and wrist) say the following setup phrase: "Even though I feel this panic attack starting right now, I deeply and completely accept myself." Repeat this set up phrase out three times, and out aloud if possible.
Step 2: The 3-Minute Tapping Sequence
Next, using a concise tapping sequence targeting the most discreet points such as: the eyebrow, side of eye, under nose, under chin, and on the collarbone while saying any one of these phrases focused on the immediate physical symptoms, such as: "This racing heart," "I choose to feel safe and secure," or "I release the need to escape."
Repeat as many rounds of these short statements as necessary until you feel more relaxed and calm. You'll probably notice yourself yawning or sighing out aloud as your nervous system begins to regulate.
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When the Fear is Too Deep: Finding Permanent Clearance
If your fears, anxiety or panic attacks are tied to complex trauma, a life-limiting trauma (e.g., a flight with severe mechanical difficulty, awful turbulence or a prior emergency etc), a simple guide may only offer temporary coping.
Should these fears remain severe, you may require a permanent solution to safely clear and neutralize the emotional residue, or deeper emotional root cause. We can help you with 1:1 Online Coaching to achieve this - and, this can often be achieved within one 2 hour consultation.
Even powerful figures like Queen Camilla used specialized tapping interventions which are documented in her biography to conquer her career-limiting aerophobia.
You can read more about her story, and other celebrities in our blog post, The Royal Seal of Approval: Celebrities Who Use EFT Tapping to Conquer Fear here
Post-Panic Protocol: Anchoring Safety
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Conclusion
You now hold the keys to the exact solutions and tools used by celebrities, Royals, sports personalities, artists, musicians and many other prominent public figures across society, and the globe.
Don't let the fear of a panic attack steal your ability to travel freely, and to enjoy life.
Your power lies in your ability to choose control and personal freedom over chaos, panic, anxiety and fears.
Our meeting really changed the way I look at things now – my anxiety does not affect me anymore. Hard to believe how difficult it was. You helped me so much, thank you always Bridget!
- Benjamin, Paris France.
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I can highly recommend Bridget for EFT therapy. She has developed a truly unique approach where she personalises the session to the needs of the client, and is incredibly perceptive in getting to the root of the problem. Bridget has an amazing understanding of the mind body connection, and how suppressed emotions and old programming can manifest in a variety of physical and mental conditions. She is able to adapt her technique to provide a warm and supportive healing environment for all sorts of issues, and through her tapping technique provides a safe space where she is quickly able to help the client work at a subconscious level to shift energy, process old trauma and address deep seated ongoing negative belief systems in such a short space of time.
Bridget is a fantastic EFT therapist for clients looking for immediate yet lasting results.
- Dr Kate, Medical Doctor, South Africa
My solo flight from Boise to LAX was relaxed and uneventful - no anxiety or panic attacks. I even slept well the night before, which is unusual. Upon arrival in LAX the bus was delayed by several hours, which didn't faze me - in fact, made some new friends and hung out together waiting for the bus - it was fun!! Thank you for ALL your help Bridget - never thought travelling could be fun!!!
- Amanda, Boise Idaho.
Bridget helped dissolve an old fear of flying I'd had since childhood. Wished I'd met her decades ago because I would have done so much travelling, and seen the world instead of being trapped by anxiety, panic and this ridiculous flying fear. Working with her was SO easy ... she has a knack of getting to the root cause, and doesn't miss a beat, noticing minor reflexes I didn't know were holding me back. Excited about my newfound freedom.
- Susan, Johannesburg, South Africa
How to Stop a Panic Attack on a Plane: Your 3-Minute EFT In-Seat Rescue Plan
Panic attacks on a plane feels like a high-stakes emergency: rapid heart rate, intense nausea, and the desperate feeling that you need to escape, but can't. Our panic attack rescue treatments will help you overcome your aerophobia (pre-flight, in-flight or post-flight).
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