My driving anxiety is pretty much cured at this point. I still have the occasional bad moment every once in a while, especially driving in very heavy traffic. But those moments are few and far between now. What isn’t cured yet is that I often feel paralyzed by fear and […]
Anxiety Relief Exercises and Mindfulness Techniques
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Let’s start with some good news. Anxiety attacks always involve your brain chemistry. And changing your brain chemistry (at least temporarily) is relatively easy. If you’re wondering how to deal with paralyzing anxiety, here are five simple techniques to try in order to snap yourself out of it. What Is […]
A common medication that many people have heard of (but may not be familiar with) are beta blockers. Beta blockers treat heart diseases like heart failure and high blood pressure. However, they also treat anxiety. Let’s take a look at how beta blockers for driving anxiety may be a good […]
I’m continually grateful I chose to study driving anxiety. The reason is because I get to see it from so many different angles. It manifests in such a myriad of ways that it still continues to surprise me. One of those ways is anxiety driving with passengers. Driving with passengers […]
Driving instructors are assholes. No, seriously. Not all of them, of course. But the majority are. I’ve met a lot of driving instructors via Driving Peace in the last 10 years. I’ve not been impressed. Some have been downright repulsive. Cretinous, small-minded, petty authoritarians who are legends in their own […]
Much of defeating driving anxiety depends on your ability to calm down and be present. It’s no accident that my co-founder, Andrew Cunningham, is a clinical hypnotherapist; hypnosis for driving anxiety is a very effective technique for reprogramming your brain to see driving as a safe, non-threatening activity. Another way […]
If you’ve lost confidence driving, it’s a awful feeling. It’s painful. You feel anxious. Stuck. Hopeless. Perhaps you even feel humiliated. A loss of confidence in anything hurts. This is especially true in an area where you’re used to feelings of mastery and control. Driving is a fundamental part of […]
More and more people tell me lately they get sudden vertigo while driving. Vertigo — which is also a fantastic Alfred Hitchcock movie — is a feeling of sudden dizziness. It’s the sensation that the world around you is spinning, even when you know it isn’t. Vertigo is a medical […]
As we all know, there are lots of fears and phobias. However, what many may not know is that driving phobia affects many people worldwide. It is an increasingly common anxiety disorder where the affected person develops the fear of driving for one or more reasons. In many cases, it […]
Hypnosis has gotten a bad rap over the centuries. Many people still think of staring at a swinging watch, with some cheesy guy saying, “You are getting veeeeeerrry sleeeeepyyy“. But hypnosis is a highly respected form of therapy. And hypnosis for driving anxiety is very effective. Andrew Cunningham, the co-founder […]
When driving in heavy traffic, merging is a common challenge for many drivers. Traffic congestion can be a serious nightmare. On some highways, three lanes merge into two, or two lanes merge into one. Merging fear is common when you have driving anxiety. Without the proper skills, you could easily […]
Highways are an inescapable part of our lives. If you drive a car, you’ll have to drive on highways at least some of the time. Highway driving freaks a lot of drivers out though, because it’s the number one fear of anxious drivers. The speed, traffic, and driving near large […]