Driving Anxiety Help

Anxiety Attack While Driving

2009-07-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

Anyone who has experience anxiety/panic attacks will tell you that it’s the worst and most terrifying experience, period! Getting an anxiety attack while driving can be the worst combination possible, imagine getting distracted by the physical pain while cars are zooming past you at high-speed.

The first thing to do when you are having a panic attack is to rationalize your thoughts. A lot of people mistook anxiety attack as heart attack and drive themselves straight to the nearest hospital in an attempt to get help.

You need to understand that anxiety attacks can NEVER cause you to have a heart attack or develop some sort of illness. This is a medical fact, not something which i made up.

-Anxiety attack cannot cause heart failure
-Anxiety attack cannot cause you to faint or die
-Anxiety attack cannot cause you to lose control
-Anxiety attack cannot cause you to stop breathing

This is the truth! Be firm and remind yourself of these facts.

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Overcoming Driving Anxiety

2009-07-08T18:33:00.001-07:00

One useful trick in overcoming driving anxiety is to get comfortable with you vehicle. Most people don't even realize how uncomfortable they are when they are driving - they just plaster themselves in the driver seat and drive off!

Only when they are on the road they start to realize how uncomfortable they are. They are seated so front that they can't interchange the brake and acceleration pedal easily. The air-con is at full blast and its freezing their hands - they can't feel the steering wheels. The mirrors are not adjusted properly, they can't see the surrounding cars and blind spots.

You may not believe it but all these factor into your driving anxiety. Imagine a car stopped suddenly in front of you! Won't it be much better if you can hit the brakes easily? But you can't do so because you leg is bent at an awkward angle from sitting too front! You panic and try desperately to jam you leg on the brake pedal.

Be in control, make yourself comfortable because it really does help in reducing driving anxiety.

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Driving Anxiety Treatment

2009-07-02T19:10:00.000-07:00

There are numerous treatment for driving anxiety for people who suffer from driving fear and other related problems/phobias.

One of the most frequently asked question is on treatment with medication. Naturally, there are specific drugs that are created for the treatment of anxiety but that is not the point i am trying to make here. Driving anxiety is a mental/behavioral problem and hence, it is not something which can be "cured" through the use of medication.

If you go on medication but do nothing constructive to help yourself, you may find the initial symptoms reoccurring once you stop the medication. Thus, medicine can only suppress the anxiety symptoms but it can never help you get rid of your driving anxiety.

Nevertheless, if you wish to get some temporary reliefs from these anxiety symptoms, do consult your doctor as soon as possible and get a prescription. Some of the common medication use for treatment includes: Xanax, Valium, Prozac, Lorazepam, etc.

If you would prefer not to have medicine due to its known side-effects, you can also consider natural remedies to help you.

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How To Get Over Anxiety About Driving

2009-07-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

One effective way to get over your driving anxiety is to examine your thought process during period of high anxiety. Very often, you will find that your anxiety begins to get worse when you start scaring yourself with irrational, unrealistic thoughts such as:

"Oh NO! I am stuck in this traffic jam. What if something bad happens? I would be trapped here and be unable to get help!"

"I can't drive on the bridge. It’s too dangerous. What if i got caught in a jam in the middle or the bridge? What if the bridge collapses? I can't get help easily while i am on the bridge!"

"I can't merge with the highways. All the cars are traveling too fast! What if an accident happens while i am trying to merge into the lane? What if i crash into someone?"

If you are mentally freaking out, your body will follow suit and your “panic response” kicks in. You heart races, you start breathing heavily, you feel dizzy and faint, etc…

Thus, it is important to get a hold of yourself and focus on realistic, rationale thoughts.

“Nothing will happen when I am stuck in a traffic jam. It’s just a normal jam; there is no need to worry. Nothing will happen to me.”

“I know what I am doing. I am following proper traffic rules; there is nothing to be afraid of.”
Be firm with yourself. Keep reminding yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of. Nothing will happen to you while you are driving.

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