Anxiety And Driving.

[Shellbell]

((((gizmo)))).

I hope it will go okay when you don't have therapy for 2 months. Have you had this before, where it stops for a few months, and do you do okay or do you find it really hard?

I'm glad you are driving locally okay and I know what it's like not wanting to drive far. I have that too.

I hope someone will have some good advice about how to stop thoughts about getting hit.

 

[Tanishq]

Gizmo, that's good news that you have been driving finely and has started feeling changes about it. You're going upward. :)

I hope this two months passes quickly and you do well without going into therapy session. You'll feel different for a while and you'll find a way.

Um, for anxiety about getting hit by car. What kind of thoughts you're having when you're in cab? Is it this way, like how anxiety hits and the other car will hit your body and you'll be injured because of that? Is it related with your past? Were you hit by any car in past?

Please forgive me if my questions remind you something bad. I am not meaning to harm you. I am just asking so I can understand and try to support you. :hug:

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Thanks Shellbell and Jaret. I appreciate your kind words of support. It is just what I needed. I have never gone two months without therapy, except when I quit therapy. I think I will be ok. I think they have a hotline I can call.

I will take my water, my sweets, and my cds. I am going alone. Big hugs. More later.

 

[Tanishq]

You're very forward moving gizmo. You have great attitude, this is what I like to read in your posts. Always positive, there and calming. :)

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Well I did good. I did not have thoughts of other cars crashing into me. I am so thankful. The drive was pleasant. The traffic was not very bad at all. It was a good trip. I am doing better and better.

 

[Shellbell]

That's really great Gizmo :) Good on you for staying positive and it turning out well!

 

[Britt.f7]

I use to drive all over the place, no problem at all. However, due to some circumstances of my health, I have become more fearful.

I have fallen asleep twice, totaled the cars, minor injuries to me because I had my seat belt on. Thankfully I didn't hit anyone.

From the first day that we drove my son home from the hospital, I've worried that we will get in a car accident and he will die. That feeling is still there but not as intense. I think it's because the few car accidents my mom got in when I was young.

My medical condition can cause me to feel as though I'm about to pass out. I have a severe drop in bp. When it has gotten this way when I'm out and about, there have been times I have needed to have someone come and pick me up or have pulled over to the side of the road. After enough times of this, I have severely limited my driving. I hate it.

Gizmo, I'm glad you are building yourself up. More power to you. :)

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Britt I hate limited driving too. But I do what I have to do. I am glad that I am doing better. I have to drive myself alot lately. My husband has been staying at home. It is lonely but I do ok. I just do not like the thoughts that another car is going to crash into me. I try to be very careful when I drive.

I wish it was better for you. I am trying to build up myself. Thanks for the encouragement.

 

[Britt.f7]

You are welcomed Gizmo! Thank you for your wishes.

 

[Eleanor]

Gosh gizmo, just THINK how far you have come with this. Inspirational! Genuinely. Inspirational.
:tup:

 

[Deleted member 12723]

:hug: Thank you so much for that Eleanor. You have been a big part of my recovery, you supported me through the whole thing. Big hugs:hug:

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I have to make a drive to the clinic and the pharmacy. I am feeling alittle anxious. I could not find my original post. I hope I do ok today. I do not have predriving jitters. But I so want to get these things we have to do over.

We will have back to back appointments with the same p doc. Then we will have to go to the pharmacy and get three prescriptions filled out. I will be glad when it is time to come home. I hope I do ok.

I am feeling alittle nervous. it has been awhile since I last drove a long distance. The traffic coming home will be crowded because it will be after work traffic. i will take my sweets and cds and water with me. We will do this. I am feeling a little nervous. I will do ok. I am just checking in before I go.