A book that has been incredibly helpful for me and family members is Code to Joy, by George Pratt and Peter Lambrou. They also have good tools in Instant Emotio

A book that has been incredibly helpful for me and family members is Code to Joy, by George Pratt and Peter Lambrou. They also have good tools in Instant Emotional Healing (older book), but it's more technical and not as beautifully written. Reading this book will give you an understanding that probably the episode of turbulence resonated with some other past experience(s), and had a multiplicative effect on your fear. These effects are deeply engrained in the unconscious mind, and are hard to deal with through rational or conscious thoughts. The book guides you through a process to work on these issues.