Jay Be
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to start a discussion around driving anxiety. It’s not something that is openly talked about often so as part of this community I just wanted to share my thoughts and see if anyone else has had similar experiences etc.
Some of you may know (seen me on the B9 A4/S4 section) that I drive a 2018 S4 so I love cars and always have since I was a kid. I’m always changing cars and always following what’s going on in the industry. However, for the last few years I’ve been trying to beat driving anxiety, believe it or not. It’s something that out of the blue hit me and made life a bit more difficult.
I never had a problem and loved driving, although at times the motorway made me a tad nervous especially with roadworks, unlit and high speeds. However one night, I had a mini panic attack on the motorway and then on a dual carriageway. For 6 months I couldn’t go near either without feeling I’m going to go crazy. Now, I’m back on and although I’m not completely 100%, I’m not far off what I used to be. It was so difficult to overcome especially when you see people not even batter an eyelid at.
Anyway, with this being a car forum as I was just curious to see if anyone else had experiences to share or any input. As everyone seems to be car lovers here, I didn’t think there’d be too many, but I wanted to share anyway
Just wanted to start a discussion around driving anxiety. It’s not something that is openly talked about often so as part of this community I just wanted to share my thoughts and see if anyone else has had similar experiences etc.
Some of you may know (seen me on the B9 A4/S4 section) that I drive a 2018 S4 so I love cars and always have since I was a kid. I’m always changing cars and always following what’s going on in the industry. However, for the last few years I’ve been trying to beat driving anxiety, believe it or not. It’s something that out of the blue hit me and made life a bit more difficult.
I never had a problem and loved driving, although at times the motorway made me a tad nervous especially with roadworks, unlit and high speeds. However one night, I had a mini panic attack on the motorway and then on a dual carriageway. For 6 months I couldn’t go near either without feeling I’m going to go crazy. Now, I’m back on and although I’m not completely 100%, I’m not far off what I used to be. It was so difficult to overcome especially when you see people not even batter an eyelid at.
Anyway, with this being a car forum as I was just curious to see if anyone else had experiences to share or any input. As everyone seems to be car lovers here, I didn’t think there’d be too many, but I wanted to share anyway