I have a trip coming up very soon (very close to Christmas time) and I am somewhat stressed by it.

Normally, my dad and I would just drive to my uncle's place, but because the trip is so close to the holidays and sometimes there is a lot of snow that backs up traffic, we are just taking a short flight. The problem is that I hate planes, especially in the winter. They have all sorts of diseases floating around in the air and on the arm rests and chairs themselves. I also get paranoid that the plane is going to crash in the winter weather and that I am going to die.

My current plan is to use a face mask and use lots of hand sanitizer to wipe down the plane arm rests. (Not sure if I can bring sanitizing wipes?)

I am trying to stay episode free, but the stress of things always seems to affect me in some way. I am afraid of dying or getting sick (specifically the flu). I mean, even if I do wipe down the arm rests and stuff with some sort of sanitizing wipes or liquid, someone could cough on me. For example, last time I was on a plane, the jerk behind was resting his head against the back of my chair and me kept coughing through the damn gaps in the seats!! I actually asked him to STOP, and he got all mad. But what am I supposed to do when you're coughing on my shoulder?!