Yesterday I went on the highway for the first time

[97Bunny11]

And today I've gotta do it again...

I've always had driver's anxiety ever since I was a teen. That's why I still don't have my license.

I'd tried driving before at 18. Then again at 21. Now here we are at 27. I feel a little bit better about it now, but I still get anxious.

My main fear is accidentally driving into the wrong lane, because my vision may miss something, and also having to pay attention to multiple things at once.

I feel like nobody in my life understands my fear, and it's a bit frustrating because in the past whenever I told people how scared I was, they would look at me like I'm crazy and wonder why i would ever be so scared to drive a large vehicle that could possibly kill me or someone else if I made a mistake.

Really, the only ones who understand me are people online. I wish I could meet them all and we could have an in-person support group or something.

Anyways, pray for me ya'll. I've gotta get behind the wheel again today...... aahh 😭

[Agora1]

Hi 97Bunny11 you'll get there one day at a time.

I remember my being afraid to drive but I got tired of walking my daughter

to school in the freezing cold winter. I told myself, I will learn to drive just to

the school and back. Ha....that didn't last long. Before I knew it, I was at the

mall, seeing my mom and friends. Possibilities unlimited.

Good Luck Keep us updated xx

[detour13]

Good for you keep trying .. You will do it.. When I was 19 and got my 1st panic attack.. I was so frightened .. I had to teach my brain to drive distance again.. Hang on kid you can and will do it.. And it's crazy.. I still can't drive long distance by myself fearing that I will have a panic attack and be to far away from home!!!

[CL3V3R-G1RL]

I'm proud of you for working on overcoming your fear with driving.

I understand this fear because I had it too. I was 24 when I got my license. I learned how to drive in my teens. But I had to learn in an unconventional way. My mom would take me out on the weekends at like 3am and drive around town. Less traffic and get the basics down. Later on we moved to driving around day time but at the city base on the weekend. It used to be an air force based but was shut down. It's practically empty so I drive around the base getting me use to some traffic and day time driving. Then highway driving. My mom would drive out of the city limits and pull over on the shoulder and we switched. I would drive straight for the next several miles. To get used to the speed. My fear was making a mistake and wrecking the car. But over time that lessen and at 24 a week after my birthday, I decided to take the test and passed.

The only criticism was I went to slowly down the street but that was because I saw kids playing in the streets and yard. So I took it slow. And my backing up started out okay but went a little crooked at the end. Told me to use the mirror and not rotate my head.

As I have been driving more, I found that I love driving. Maybe it's because I spent my life in a box. And driving makes me feel free.

Anyways keep us posted!

Wishing you positive vibes and happiness 🫂❤️