Stress Center Peer Support

I am leaving town in about two weeks to go visit some family. I haven't been up there since my anxiety and depression and in fact I haven't been on a plane in about 5 years. The last time I was on a plane I freaked out! I am traveling alone which scares me even more. The thing is is the place I am traveling I have always felt comfortable going. Its the one place I can go and not feel anxious or depressed until I return home.
What concerns me with this trip is my anxiety and depression have been worse in the past few months as I am having problems with my boyfriend. I know I will have fun there but Im scared that I won't be able to get on the plane. I dropped my mom off at the airport the other day and just driving up to the airport sent my anxiety sky high. Any advice??

Yes, Anna. Write a best case scenerio about how you want your flight to go. How do you want it to be? Write about it for twenty minutes and then read this everyday for 45 minutes. More, if you can. Let your mind see yourself relaxed and enjoying the flight. If you have time, you can also take short day flights from one big city to another and then return right away. Take a friend with you. Don't know if this is possible but it is a suggestion used in exposure therapy.

But writing how you want your trip to be will be very helpful to you. Also, make anxiety ok. It's ok to feel anxious on the plane. Stop fighting how you feel. Use your breath and breathe into those feelings and let the little girl in you know that she won't have to do a thing because the adult Anna is going to handle things for her. See her on your lap while you are on the plane and soothe and comfort her all the way to your destination.