So worried about terrorist attacks and planes

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My mum and her two sisters are going to America the end of this year and I have been worrying about this for a long time, but I finally got my mind at ease when somebody told me that this particular route goes a certain way to decrease deaths if there was something wrong, and that the likelihood of terrorist attacks decrease as well, as the security is getting stricter especially in the USA, so I tried not to worry so much after hearing that.

But then when hearing on the news about all this war business with Iraq and America flaring up again, it has brought my anxiety back viciously, and I can't stop worrying. I'm worrying so much, that my muscles keep on tensing up, causing pain and discomfort and making me have to have time off work, and it's not like me to have time off work. Yes I am on meds which have noticeably helped with my rage outbursts, depression and anxiety, but this anxiety is so huge that I just can't stop fretting about it.

I can't bear to lose my mum in a terrorist attack on a plane, along with her two sisters. I know I won't have them one day blah blah blah but that's not the point, and I will cross that bridge when I come to it. But right now I am going through a crisis as it is, and feel very lonely at the moment and I'm just thankful that I have my mum and her sisters because they understand me and are like my best mates. I just hope the terrorists aren't planning a clever way to get past security and make their way into a plane and hijack the plane or use bombs or whatever, and the thoughts going through my head say that if this did happen it would be just my luck the bastards will target the plane my family are on.

I really wish they weren't going away to the USA of all places. I can't cope with family deaths as it is, at my grandfather's funeral I couldn't stop crying, but at least he was elderly and become ill so I was sort of prepared and knew he had a good, long life. But this is so worrying, as sometimes when something troubles me I often think ''well at least I have my mum and her two sisters, and if I lost one I would have the other two'', but if I lost them all in one go it would be the end of the world for me, just when I'm starting to pick up myself a bit by being on meds. I think the Lord wants me alone.

you should be more worried about them all being struck by lightning at the same time in separate locations because thats more likely to happen

The last aeroplane hijacking in America was 9/11, 13 years ago. From your logic, during the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there should have been plenty. There is no problem whatsoever.

Joe, if you're on meds maybe you need an adjustment. Or maybe you need therapy.