Symptoms without illness: Fear of flying among fighter pilots

U.S. Air Force combat psychiatry.

“…Talking also allows the flier to deal realistically with his fear of being .. 7 afraid, which he may have perceived as a strong taboo within a "macho" squad-*~ ron. When the flight surgeon accepts and defines this fear as natural and universal, the flier's tendency to view it as an unnatural, exaggerated personal failing may be corrected.…”