Victoria Coren came to the appointment with a specific fear: airplanes. The famous poker player had spent years turning down international tournaments because getting on a plane was unbearable for her. The therapist treated her, worked with her, and it worked. Coren felt again that she could fly. ✈️
Then the therapist died in a plane crash.
There’s no gentle way to say it. The man who had taught her not to fear airplanes died in exactly that way. The impact was so profound that it not only reactivated the original phobia — it branded it into her. Since then, Coren made a decision that has not changed: no planes. She makes all her trips, without exception, by train or by boat. 🚂🚢 The universe turned her story upside down in a way no screenwriter would dare to write.
