ammohrma
08-23-2008, 04:23 AM
My name is Angie,
I just ordered my Fear of Driving program today. I am very anxious to get it. I have been dealing with panic attacks & anxiety for half my life now & it is no fun.
In my early twenties , I had it bad, I could not go shopping , go out to eat, go to movies , drive, etc without having a panic attack. Thru the help of a therapist for about a year, my panic attacks & anxiety were almost completely gone drug free. I was able to live again.I thought I had overcome it.
In the past 5 years however, my anxiety has slowly creeped back into my life & it has returned with a vengenace it seems. I am afraid of highways & bridges & left turns. Nothing else bothers me as if did before when I was younger except for now with driving. I enjoy going to different places & experiencing new things.. I am just afraid to drive there! I am even completely comfortable on an airplane but make me drive on a hwy or bridge.. I will become a complete mess! :oops: What scares me the most is : I am afraid, that now that I have this fear of driving ,that my other past fears will resurface right behind it. I am full time working mom with 2 active boys in grade school that I need try to be a "normal "mom for.I also have a husband that is really trying to understand but I know it is hard for him at times. I have not quit driving. I just take the secondary roads that I am comfortable with. I do drive over a bridge if have too. But I will only go over bridges with shoulders. I will drive 20 minutes out of the way just to drive over a bridge that I feel comfortable with. I feel more comfortable when there is a shoulder, it is a security blanket type thing for me. I don't feel so trapped.
I have considered going back to a therapist but I wanted to try the program first. I have succeeded overcoming my anxiety issues before . I am wishing very hard that I will do it again.
I just ordered my Fear of Driving program today. I am very anxious to get it. I have been dealing with panic attacks & anxiety for half my life now & it is no fun.
In my early twenties , I had it bad, I could not go shopping , go out to eat, go to movies , drive, etc without having a panic attack. Thru the help of a therapist for about a year, my panic attacks & anxiety were almost completely gone drug free. I was able to live again.I thought I had overcome it.
In the past 5 years however, my anxiety has slowly creeped back into my life & it has returned with a vengenace it seems. I am afraid of highways & bridges & left turns. Nothing else bothers me as if did before when I was younger except for now with driving. I enjoy going to different places & experiencing new things.. I am just afraid to drive there! I am even completely comfortable on an airplane but make me drive on a hwy or bridge.. I will become a complete mess! :oops: What scares me the most is : I am afraid, that now that I have this fear of driving ,that my other past fears will resurface right behind it. I am full time working mom with 2 active boys in grade school that I need try to be a "normal "mom for.I also have a husband that is really trying to understand but I know it is hard for him at times. I have not quit driving. I just take the secondary roads that I am comfortable with. I do drive over a bridge if have too. But I will only go over bridges with shoulders. I will drive 20 minutes out of the way just to drive over a bridge that I feel comfortable with. I feel more comfortable when there is a shoulder, it is a security blanket type thing for me. I don't feel so trapped.
I have considered going back to a therapist but I wanted to try the program first. I have succeeded overcoming my anxiety issues before . I am wishing very hard that I will do it again.