I suffer from severe driving anxiety. Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a fear of riding in the car. As I got more to driving age, it crossed over into a fear of driving a car. I am 21 and I do not have a driver's license. People outside of my family do not understand why driving scares me so much, they think I should just suck it up because I'm an adult now. I even have anxiety about going to stand in the line to get my driver's license. I have paranoia that I am going to get into an⦠read more
At one point I did. It was so bad that I couldn't go see and visit people. One day my daughter had a very important appointment that was 2 hours away. It was vital that I get there. My husband had to work I my mom had a doctor's appointment herself I didn't have anyone else who could go with me. I had to get in that car and I had to do what I had to do. I was anxious the whole way I cried a few times, but when I got back home I was relieved... Because nothing happened that I thought would happen. Every since I made myself do it and push myself through the breaking point I have been able to drive anywhere I want by myself anytime I want to. I can even drive 4 hours away to visit family by myself. It's called exposure therapy I did it on my own but you can look into a therapist who will use exposure therapy on you.
I'm the kind that wants to be in the car by myself, with radio on going at my pace, no fears of someone doing things you would do differently .
I drove with my 2 companion dogs they are little and where t-shirts are I was just the 3 of us of have bad ptsd and they are service dogs chihuahua .
smooth as get all and every toll booth the first thing the operator would say is 'what are those " I said Rocco nd R.J and off I would go.
I get lost allot.anxiety goes through the roof. Have to pull over and get my composure.even going to familiar places