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Driving anxiety
Trauma Support / by 10vefool
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 August 20th, 2022
...See more I’m currently 22 years old (soon to be 23) and i feel like getting my drivers license had been the toughest battle in my adult life. I first got my permit and started driving when i was about 17 and my dad was the person “teaching me” at the time. I don’t think i was as scared of driving as I am now back then but i still dreaded getting into the car with him to practice bc i would always feel so insecure. After practicing for a while the road test for the first time in 2017 and failed. I did parallel and reverse parking perfectly but once i was on the road i just got so nervous and felt so inexperienced and almost got into a car accident during a left turn DURING my test which caused me to fail automatically. Honestly i think getting in the car with a stranger as a new driver and almost getting in a wreck scared me enough to keep delaying retaking my test. Also that was the summer before college and I didn’t really need to drive once i was at college so i just put it off for the entire 4 years and just relied on other people and transit to get around. But now i’m 22 and back in the suburbs so it has become a necessity again. However i’m currently working from home so that give me the freedom to continue to put it off. I recently started practicing again and took the test but failed based on small errors that added up even though i thought i did really well. I feel like i’m just cursed or something bc i really want to get over my driving anxiety through exposure by driving alone (people being in the car makes me more nervous) but i can’t even do that without a license. I just generally feel so bad embarrassed about it and feel so behind in life because of it and feel stuck. I want to try to take the test again soon but even being at the dmv is embarrassing and nerve wrecking to me bc of my past experiences of failing. I would love to know if anyone has been in the same boat and how you were able to overcome it. Thanks :)
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