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Old 06-19-12, 08:06 AM
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My pdoc told me that if you let anxiety stop you from driving the worse it gets. I try to do it any way.
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My pdoc told me that if you let anxiety stop you from driving the worse it gets. I try to do it any way.
I don't see why it should get worse. Many people have structured their life around avoiding driving: living near a bus stop and living near shopping. If you live somewhere where there's nothing to walk to and no transit to speak of, then giving up driving is a real problem, and can lead to isolation. I'm not advocating giving up driving, just that it is possible to live without it, if you restructure your life.
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I don't see why it should get worse. Many people have structured their life around avoiding driving: living near a bus stop and living near shopping. If you live somewhere where there's nothing to walk to and no transit to speak of, then giving up driving is a real problem, and can lead to isolation. I'm not advocating giving up driving, just that it is possible to live without it, if you restructure your life.
Thats the way the brain works. New york you can walk and take the sb way. Be alot quicker.
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Re: Driving Anxiety
Anytime I have to drive more then 45 min I get anxious, I have SCT and during rush hour one needs to be quick on the freeways. I can no longer be picky choosing jobs that I can get to by taking a side road so this has become a major issue. Meds make it easier to concentrate but it just stresses me out! We took a road trip a week ago and gosh...I had to drive 2hrs before stopping, it was insane!

Oh...and did I mention that I always get lost? Yeah...I feel safer in a familiar area or when there's no traffic on the interstate.
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Anytime I have to drive more then 45 min I get anxious, I have SCT and during rush hour one needs to be quick on the freeways. I can no longer be picky choosing jobs that I can get to by taking a side road so this has become a major issue. Meds make it easier to concentrate but it just stresses me out! We took a road trip a week ago and gosh...I had to drive 2hrs before stopping, it was insane!

Oh...and did I mention that I always get lost? Yeah...I feel safer in a familiar area or when there's no traffic on the interstate.
Get a gpd unit. That will help with getting lost. push yourself through it
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