Meet Stacy. She gets up at 5:30 every morning for work. She gets in her car and battles rush hour traffic for an hour and a half, sitting bolt upright with a death grip on the steering wheel and sweat pouring down her face. When she FINALLY arrives at the office, her neck and shoulders are killing her and her heart is pounding away like mad in her chest while she gasps for breath. Stacy is one stressed-out driver.
Does this sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone.
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My doctor said something recently that made my jaw drop. It was one of those things that’s so obvious it never occurs to you.
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If this makes you nervous, you may have agoraphobia as well as driving phobia. Photo by Robert S. Donovan.
Agoraphobia, literally “fear of the marketplace”, is more commonly translated as a fear of open spaces. But I like this definition from About.com better because it’s more in line with what agoraphobics are ACTUALLY afraid of:
Agoraphobia - The fear of being trapped in a situation where escape is impossible or embarrassing, or help is unavailable in case of a panic attack.
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Failure is OK. Giving up isn't.
“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
I just got schooled.
I don’t like being schooled, but I just learned something that totally applies to recovering from driving anxiety. I’d like to share it with you in the hope that it will help you too.
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Anxiety Driving on Highways
It even LOOKS intimidating, doesn’t it? It’s like a giant steel river, and every vehicle is a twig being swept along in a raging current. No wonder anxiety about driving on highways is one of the most common forms of driving fear.
Unfortunately, highways are now a fact of life. Avoiding them due to anxiety is not always possible. If you live in a densely populated area, being unable to drive on a highway can be crippling. Going miles out of your way to avoid the highway is just not an option for many people. So how do you begin to overcome this very common type of driving anxiety?
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