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 […]
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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 […]
It turns out fear of being a passenger in a car is way more of a “thing” than I realized. I’ve spent years on here talking about anxious drivers. But I only learned recently how many people cope with driving anxiety as a passenger. Check out the number of Google […]
I’ve heard from Driving Peace customers countless times about the suffering they endure from driving long distance anxiety. These feelings occur when they drive outside their driving distance “safe zone”: an imaginary circle (usually with home as the center) that they feel “safe” driving inside of. Driving safe zones are […]
Editor’s note: Today’s post comes courtesy of Jessica, a young woman from South Africa who struggles with driving anxiety. So, here’s the thing: I cannot drive. This isn’t because I haven’t bothered to learn or that I’m physically incapable of sliding into the driver’s seat. No, it’s because I have […]
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I talked the other day on Facebook about how cruel people without driving anxiety symptoms can be. They’re often cruel towards people who live with these symptoms every single day! It makes me ANGRY. Watching them stigmatized makes me angry. I also get angry when sufferers aren’t taken seriously. However, […]
Do you feel your heart race, cold sweat running down your forehead, or become breathless at the thought of driving? Do your symptoms get worse once you get behind the wheel? This is called driving anxiety, and causes many people to suffer intensely while driving. There are a number of […]
If you’re already prone to anxiety, you may fear sitting in the passenger seat while someone else drives. This is driving anxiety as a passenger, and it’s extremely common. It can show up whether you’re in a car, an airplane, a bus — any moving vehicle where you’re not the […]
More people than you realize struggle with anxiety about driving. But, sometimes it’s only an issue because they feel alone, different, and unsure of what to do about it. Please realize you’re not alone, and that there are things you can do to overcome anxiety about driving. Before you can […]
I know car accidents are about the last thing that we as anxious drivers want to think about. The reality though is that accidents, although relatively rare, DO happen. Like traffic jams and highways, they are one of the realities of modern transportation, and driving anxiety cannot be overcome by […]
Did you know that more than 50% of people fail their first driving test? It’s true. Don’t want to be one of those people who have to retake the test two, three, even four times? Just make sure you absolutely do not do any of the 10 things below. That’s […]