‘I wait at the edge of seat…’: Karan Johar shares his battle with travel anxiety — Tips to keep mind calm during flight

Key Highlights

• However, the filmmaker noted that when some pilots say “ few bumps on the way,” then right through the flight duration, “I wait at the edge of the seat for those expected bumps… then I check the map every 10 minutes on a short haul flight….
• On a long haul flight I pop a pill and pray for sleep ( subconscious mind is always turbulence aware)” Karan Johar also shared that he feels a “desperate urge to be hugely polite to the cabin crew,” hoping that in case of an emergency, they will be kind to the kind.
• “So I smile like a Colgate ad!
• And say thank you at every given point of time.” The national award winner shared that an hour before the flight lands, “I am all ready ( not at all ready for any circling or air traffic ), then I rush out and want to overtake every passenger like it’s a limboo race….( no particular reason at all)” He also shared that he has some “packing idiosyncrasies,” but decided to share them in a separate post later.
• Johar acknowledged that some trolls may dismiss it as a “champagne problem,” but he also believed that many people would resonate with the issue — and he is right.