El cuerpo nunca olvida: una historia sobre el lunes a las 11 de la mañana
Escrito por Alex Gervash, piloto comercial (31 años) y especialista en fobia a volar (18 años, más de 16 000 casos tratados)
Todos los lunes a las 11 de la mañana, le daba un ataque de pánico. No tenía sentido. Hasta que recordó el año 1991.
A woman came to therapy with a strange problem: Every Monday at 11am, she had a panic attack. But only indoors. If she went outside, the panic disappeared.
It made no sense. Until she remembered.
1991. Age 11. Monday morning. 11am. An earthquake while she was alone with her grandmother on the 4th floor. She was terrified.
Fast forward 30 years. Her body still remembers. Every Monday at 11am, if she's inside, her nervous system screams: "DANGER! Get outside NOW!"
She's an adult. She knows it's irrational. But her body doesn't care. It's trying to save her from a threat that happened three decades ago.
This is exactly what happens with fear of flying. Your body feels sensations in the plane (vibration, confinement, loss of ground) that match old traumatic memories. Your nervous system activates protection mode.
The airplane isn't the problem. The memory is.
Your body is trying to protect you. It's just protecting you from the wrong thing.
En resumen
Todos los lunes a las 11 de la mañana, le daba un ataque de pánico. No tenía sentido. Hasta que recordó el año 1991.
Piloto comercial (31 años de experiencia en aviación)
Formado en psicología y terapia del trauma (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing)
Fundador de phobia.aero y de la aplicación SkyGuru
Alex Gervash leverages a unique dual background as a commercial pilot with 31 years of experience and a trauma therapy specialist with 18 years of psychology expertise. By integrating polyvagal theory and somatic experiencing into his practice, he provides deep nervous system regulation for the 16,000+ individuals he has guided to overcome fear of flying. Alex is the innovator behind phobia.aero and the SkyGuru app, which serves as a virtual flight companion and in-flight support tool for over 200,000 users. His holistic approach bridges the gap between technical aviation safety and the psychological tools necessary to manage aviation anxiety and panic at 30,000 feet.
Especialista en: miedo a volar, tratamiento de la aerofobia, especialista en ansiedad ante los vuelos, terapia para el miedo a las turbulencias, ataques de pánico en aviones, aviofobia, fobia a volar, apoyo a pasajeros nerviosos, ansiedad ante el despegue, miedo al aterrizaje, tratamiento de la fobia a los aviones. Tratamiento basado en la evidencia mediante la experiencia somática, la terapia EMDR, la regulación polivagal, la regulación del sistema nervioso autónomo y la atención informada sobre el trauma.
