“You’re just going to sit there, staring at the back of the seat?” she asks, perplexed. But for other people, hours of sitting alone with your own thoughts sounds like torture ― especially if you have flight anxiety. Distractions may be the difference between having a somewhat pleasant experience (or at least a tolerable one) and full-blown panic. No headphones, no sleeping.’”Firestine, who went so far as to decline any refreshments from the flight attendants (“I don’t recommend the no water thing, especially on longer flights,” he said), did not leave the experience feeling like a new traveler. That’s the sentiment going around social media, where people hopped on both the concept itself and the discourse concerning it.

Source: Huffington Post November 29, 2025 13:34 UTC