India, Dec. 9 -- Amid the ongoing IndiGo flight cancellations filmmaker Karan Johar opened up about his travel anxiety, sharing how, while travelling, every step of taking a flight triggers his stress.

In his post on Instagram, the 53-year-old described how he first feels a "desperate need" to reach the airport early, repeatedly checking his passport and boarding pass, and anxiously awaiting the pilot's announcements.

He wrote, "If we are told it's 'a smooth ride', I can breath, but when some pilots say 'few bumps on the way', then throughout the duration, I wait at the edge of the seat for those expected bumps. I check the map every 10 minutes on a short-haul flight, and on a long-haul flight, I pop a pill and pray for sleep while my s...