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I stopped driving on the freeway about 6 year ago. I was hit by a semi-truck in 1995 while going over a bridge and the accident totaled my car. I was fine until late 2000, early 2001. I learned how to drive in 1994 and I drove on the freeway up until 6 years ago. One day I was driving and started to panic. It would go away and then it could come back the next week. Before you knew it I was panicking every single day. The strange thing is that it was specific to a certain area on the freeway. After I got past that area I was fine. Months later I was no longer able to drive on the freeway at all. When I did try I would stop right in the middle of moving traffic, turn on my hazard lights and freeze up. Now, I get nervous when driving on 2-3 lane highways (not freeways). Sometimes I get nervous driving down a normal street. I refuse to take medicine for this.
I stopped driving on the freeway about 6 year ago. I was hit by a semi-truck in 1995 while going over a bridge and the accident totaled my car. I was fine until late 2000, early 2001. I learned how to drive in 1994 and I drove on the freeway up until 6 years ago. One day I was driving and started to panic. It would go away and then it could come back the next week. Before you knew it I was panicking every single day. The strange thing is that it was specific to a certain area on the freeway. After I got past that area I was fine. Months later I was no longer able to drive on the freeway at all. When I did try I would stop right in the middle of moving traffic, turn on my hazard lights and freeze up. Now, I get nervous when driving on 2-3 lane highways (not freeways). Sometimes I get nervous driving down a normal street. I refuse to take medicine for this.
Have you ever experienced this or do you think it will go away eventually? I think it’s a mind thing.
It is really affecting my life because I can’t venture out to other places to shop, etc. If I want to go somewhere that is 30-45 mins. away, I usually have to ride with somebody else. I can’t ever offer to drive. I also get nervous when people are in the car with me because I feel like they are judging my driving and they probably are.
I tend to brake a lot when I go down highways (and when I try to drive on a freeway).
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Crap. Poor you. You’re not a freak, it’s just your brain trying to protect you from further harm… your survival mechanism’s gone overboard. If you are the kind of person who can be hypnotized, it can really help (I’m not, darn it.). You need to face the fear in a safe way to deal with it at first. I agree with you about not taking those meds. If you don’t like the idea of hypnotism, then therapy can help too. What helped me get over some very debilitating fears was the realization that I’m going to die one day anyway, and the life I’m living is so worthless that I might as well risk it. I’m much happier and independent and capable now. Good luck.
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