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#76
Mar 30, 2015, 09:35 AM
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Thank you for keeping in touch with us all Growlycat!
 Verry proud to hear you are taking the steps to defeat the phobia! Glad you did well and there will be many more accomplishments!  So far, I've drove to my dentist appointment and grocery store on my own. They are all located near my house, so that's a plus! I encountered a few mistakes that I learned from, drove while a police was controlling traffic ( this made me so nervous, but did fine). And yesterday I told my husband I would like to drive on the highway which we had to take to visit friends. I still get very nervous though but I do feel much better compared to before! ~If anyone is going through this phobia and would like to share your experiences,need advice or other feel free to share with us! Last edited by CrystalSteph; Mar 30, 2015 at 12:48 PM. |
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Mar 30, 2015, 08:47 PM
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I have a driving phobia too and I've been driving since I was 16. I grew up in a tiny town with no traffic lights or stop signs or anything, just country roads. Those were fine, but now I live in a big city and there are only a few routes that I'm brave enough to take. I will go miles and miles out of my way to take the one bridge across the river to the east side that I'm comfortable with. And they're closing it for construction for a few days next month and I'm already panicking. I have to take that bridge to get to work. Other than that I have like a radius of where I can drive without freaking out. I can drive close in SW, close in SE, but not NW or NE at all (portland is divided into quarters) or any of the outlying neighborhoods. And I do NOT drive downtown. The couple of times I accidentally ended up downtown I either drove the wrong way down a one way street or had a massive panic attack or both. Driving phobia sucks.
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#78
Apr 01, 2015, 01:25 PM
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It's true, it sucks
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Apr 01, 2015, 02:41 PM
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i don't like to drive either. like others have said, beyond a small geographic area i am uncomfortable. i would rather just stay home. and driving with my husband makes me nervous and worse because he knows how nervous i get and i can tell he is afraid i will lose it. the way i see it, you can definitely try the suggestions of people, they are good suggestions. But, if you are just never a big fan of driving, it is not the worse thing in the world. i've learned to live with it myself. sometimes it becomes more of an issue but usually it's ok.
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Apr 03, 2015, 08:41 AM
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RisuNeko,Smileonmyface thank you for sharing with us!
I've realized I also only drive certain areas I feel comfortable with.. I would also rather stay home then drive at times but I would really love to get to the point where I am no longer afraid that I will dare to drive each and every day to far away destinations..I feel very grateful that many things are nearby my house but eventually I will have to drive to school and that time is coming soon ahhh.. I still haven't practiced the route fear keeps holding me back. I have to admit, I do worry as much as I want to try to live with this, a part of me says what's going to happen when I have kids and they need to go to school or what if I have to drive somewhere for an emergency .. constant thoughts that haunt my mind. |
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Apr 04, 2015, 12:04 PM
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This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
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