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I have mild to strong visceral negative feelings when flying through turbulent regions, although I know that the real danger is negligible. I assume that lots of roller coaster rides would train me out of that reaction (since it is caused by basically the same combination of visual and equilibrioceptional sensations as one feels on a roller coaster) and that could be a good investment, because I fly a lot lately. Once the reactions are mild enough, I expect having actual fun coming from overcoming the fear by rational thought. A good method may be to start on small and relatively slow coasters and adapt slowly to the more brutal experiences.
Also, this is related to The Mystery of the Haunted Rationalist.
Thank you for the reference. It was interesting to see my intuition take over my mind also to know where some of my breaking points are. There are some cases where training is supposed to beat intuition. I remember reading one for airline pilots in emergency cases. They had to perform a flight maneuver that seemed counter intuitive to survive. I never had such a serious experience, and I never expect to experience it. But it was a challenge to overcome my fear and just get on with the ride.