The other piece of advice you will hear is that do not worry this fear will not kill you!!!!!!!! Again very true but it does not help you, when your side goes dead and you feel like you are going to drive of the road, or hit a truck on the other side of the road!!!!!!!!!!!! Things you will have to accept at a later date that they won't hurt you is correct, but at first it really does feel like it is going to hurt you. The thing is when you first suffer from anxiety and stress you really do feel like it is going to hurt you. Quite rightly so too at first. My fear started when I was driving round a bend on the motorway. All of a sudden my heart started pounding, my right side went dead and I couldn't turn my head. Hence to say I had to pull over to the side for a while. A journey that should have taken 2hrs took 7hrs with a potential nervous breakdown in between too. Sounds funny now but the anxiety was ridiculous and I was shaking with fear. All the other cars were driving past and I felt really fearful at the time. I couldn't then drive around bends lol which is very difficult when you are living in remote Wales and hills and bends are everywhere!!!!!!!!!!! I conquered that fear and then I all of sudden couldn't drive on motorways or dual carriageways. typical isn't it once you solve one anxiety and stress issue another comes along!! Then I couldn't pull into the left at junctions!!!!!!!!!! So you see I have a very good background in what it is like to have to release your fears of driving. It was an extremely trying time as I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, which caused daytime sleepiness. This caused a lot of anxiety and stress too as I used to snore so loud I would keep the house awake!!. I was also going through a divorce too, which was very amicable as my ex and I just thought of the kids and not each other. But what I eventually realized was that it wasn't the driving that was the problem. It was the amount of stress, worry and anxious states I was getting myself into. It just happened that because I had to drive 2hrs a day to work and back that the problem seemed to disperse itself in my inability to drive. Sounds strange doesn't it, but that's what anxiety, fear and stress do to you. When I was driving I was thinking of so many things that they caused me to have blips. Which then caused the anxiety and fear of the driving. It took me a long time to realize this because I just kept thinking what is wrong with me. I was eventually then diagnosed with Panic Disorder. As I became so fearful of having an attack when I was driving that I became fearful of the fear itself. It was only because I had to pick my kids up to see them did I get in the car again. I really do think you need something to aim for to get over anxiety, stress and fear. These problems do go away but thinking that it is a driving problem is probably the worse place to look. Look deep within yourself first and see if there is anything else wrong in your life. if your health is not as good as it has been. There are lots of ways to get through this and together I know that we can do it. Releasing your fears is the best feeling you can have and I want you to feel great when you do.
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