Originally Posted by LapLap
And I'm not joking. The prospect of not making a connection and missing my flight has led to me having serious panic attacks (the kind that incapacitate me). The stupid part of it is that by having a panic attack during such a time sensitive period just aggravates the problem and heightens the chances of my missing my connection. The worst part is that, unlike the well recognised 'fears' described in the above post, my own breed of anxiety is not recognised
I do what I can, and leave a sensible amount of hours between transfers. But airlines can and do change this as they feel like it. There doesn't seem to be any standard 'passenger notes' they can put into my booking to alert any other member of staff to my particular anxiety.
As techgirl has mentioned something similar, I'm obviously not the only person who suffers from this.
I don't get pannic attacks, but I used to get awfully nervous about this. The main reason you're probably nervous about this is because you don't know when you'll land, etc. If you're really nervous about this, buy a GPS unit, so you can see where you are and estimate the time to your destination, to see if you'll make the connection.
Lately, what I've been doing is simply saying to myself "if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out." and getting that into my head. Most of the time it works.