Plane Crashes in French Alps, 148 dead

Starting to develop that "irrational fear of flying".

I can understand that. After 9/11, I developed a similar fear. I was (almost) 8, so after seeing that unfold on the news, the idea of flying was horrifying; 8 year-old me pretty much thought getting on a plane might as well be instant death. I'm ashamed to say, the fact that I usually flew with my parents gave me some morbid comfort in the fact that, if we were ever to crash, at least we could die together.

Over the years, the fear seemed to fade; either it's part of my becoming stupidly brave phase or just the fact that I usually stay up late and I usually take early morning flights, so I pass out the instant I get seated and sleep through the entire flight. Also possibly some kind of bizarre reverse gambler's fallacy: the more safe flights I go on, the more I feel like the next one will probably be safe.