OK, I never even thought about using that method, - my neck and back are totally frozen.
I can't look up, down or sideways, so all these methods are out for me! but I can fly ok. and didn't find it too much of a problem learning.
There are many ways of getting round a problem.

As for "takeoff fixation", - first takeoff ever, my plane sped off down the runway, hit a "donut" done by some clown in a car a few days previously, did an abrupt 180 deg. turn and came straight towards me! What did I do? - nothing, just sat with my mouth open! and it clobbered me! ( tried to stop it with my foot!).
That was a very valuable but painful lesson.