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5 min readTravis Barker spent twenty years refusing to get on an airplane. After surviving a 2008 plane crash that killed four people, left him with burns over 65 percent of his body, and required 30 surgeries, he convinced himself he would never fly again. He toured by bus for six or seven days to reach New York, then took a ten-day crossing on the Queen Mary 2 to get to England. His band would arrive in ten hours. It took him three weeks. The fear was so total that when documentary directors asked him to simply look at a plane for a staged ending shot, he said no. The doc sat unfinished for years.
The break came when his wife agreed to a plan: if there was a trip she wanted them to take that required flying, she would tell him the night before and they would leave in the morning. She did. The flight was uneventful. Barker says it contained "none of the awful nightmares that I had fabricated in my head." He needed one positive experience to cancel out the last bad one. After two decades, he flies again. His kids fly. The documentary now has an ending.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Navigation Outline: JRE #2540 - Travis Barker
- 2 (00:27) **Fatherhood and the Love for Kids** - Travis describes the deep emotional bond with his children and his disbelief at parents who don't spend time with theirs.
- 3 (01:03) **The Documentary's Origin and Trauma** - Travis explains the documentary began after his book, but had no ending because he was still struggling with flying, survivor's guilt, and the aftermath of the plane crash.
- 4 (04:37) **Breaking the 20-Year Fear of Flying** - Travis describes how he finally overcame his phobia after two decades, using a deal with his wife and a single positive flight experience.
- 5 (07:24) **Survivor's Guilt and Connecting with Others** - Travis discusses coming to terms with losing his friends in the crash and the rare experience of finding someone with a similar trauma.
- 6 (10:58) **The Queen Mary II Ordeal and Ocean Storms** - Travis recounts the terrifying experience of crossing the Atlantic on a cruise ship, including 35-foot waves and a shipboard morgue.
- 7 (14:41) **The Relentless Obsession Mindset** - Travis explains his philosophy of becoming obsessed with a craft, using drumming as his vehicle for developing confidence and resilience.
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Show Notes
Travis Barker is a musician, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and drummer for Blink-182. He is the subject of the documentary "Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear," which premieres August 13 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
www.hulu.com/movie/travis-barker-louder-than-fear-fd373a84-b79f-4dc3-93e3-29a6d6d5ec95
www.barkerwellness.com
www.dtarecords.com
www.famousstarsandstraps.com
www.blink182.com
www.travisbarker.com
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