Actor Imran Khan's wife Avantika Malik Khan, who's a doting mother to their adorable daughter Imara, opened up about her phobia of flying that she had developed about 8 years ago, and how she finally overcame it.
In a heartfelt Instagram post, Avantika recalled how she developed this fear of flying post a flight back from Mauritius 8 year ago and how, that phobia kept haunting her every time she flew, since then. Not only this, she admitted going into therapy to get over her fear and battle it out and she just posted a picture of her first fear-free flight in 8 years on her Instagram account.
Here's what she wrote:
"Around 8 years ago after a dodgy flight back from Mauritius (it was scary, i promise) I developed a chronic, crippling phobia of flying. It was very tragic for many reasons: 1) Up until then I had enjoyed every aspect of flying and traveling in general 2) It was also around the time in life that Imran and I could finally afford to fly in more luxury than we had ever seen in our lives...I could finally afford a flat bed but had completely lost my sleep haha 3) Flying, at that point, was a very big part of my life. Everytime I got on a plane I felt like I was going to die and my body and mind would be paralyzed with fear. It's like the logical, rational part of your brain stops working so in a sense your mind begins to break. In all of this I swore to myself that I would not stop flying, if I did the phobia would stop me from living the life that I wanted and I could not allow that but I was miserable to the point of being physically unwell every time. My Ma in law (a psychoanalyst) suggested i get some help because she just couldn't bear to see me suffer and I did go into analysis (therapy). I started to get better but still had to sedate myself every time I flew (literally all over the world so it was a lot of medication haha)...but always always scared, holding it together but scared. With the birth of my daughter I realized that I didn't want to be sedated if she was flying with me and I didn't want to transfer my anxieties and fears into her so I really had to get my shit together. She was also a welcome distraction on planes coz I literally didn't have time to think about anything else and was just busy looking after her on the flight. And so the process of getting better continued. Today I looked out of the window (not sedated and entirely lucid) and saw these clouds for what they really were...beautiful and awe-inspiring and for the first time in 8 years I was not scared. Im so fucking proud of myself !! P.s -- if anyone is feeling shitty, scared, blue and not like yourself please please get help, I promise you, you are going to be just fine. #cloudporn"
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Imran and Avantika")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}