mainejeepgrl
06-22-2009, 05:34 PM
Hello everyone
I'm 20 years old and I'm new here and a little nervous to let people know about my driving phobia, if that's what it is. Anyway this has been a recent occurrence about a month ago i got into an accident and flipped my car and have been very anxious to drive ever since. I always get that feeling of being scared every time I get in the car and the kicker is today I had to go to the doctor to check my hand because of the accident and i went to pull into a spot and clipped the car that was parked. I freaked out and was barely able to make it home without pulling over. I just want to crawl into a hole and never come out. I feel scared to get back in my car, and like an idiot for getting into the accident today and flipping my car. To me this is the biggest deal in the world because since i got my license only a year ago I always felt like I had to do everything perfectly in a car for some reason and get upset if it's not.
Before my accident everything was fine, I wasn't scared of driving, in fact i really enjoyed driving it felt good to just get out and drive around, and then i was driving home one morning last month and hit a rock and my car flipped over, and ever since then I have been terrified to drive because i think I'm going to get into another accident every time I drive.
I guess I joined to forum to find out that I'm not alone and be able to say what I feel without feeling bad about doing so. I try to explain to people like my boyfriend and my family how I feel and all they say is that everything will be ok and not to worry and sometimes I feel they get mad because i talk about being scared a lot. I have stopped because I don't want them to feel bad for me and I don't want them to be annoyed because to me being scared is silly and I shouldn't be.
So on that note thank you to anyone who reads this and hopefully this will help me get over my fear.
I'm 20 years old and I'm new here and a little nervous to let people know about my driving phobia, if that's what it is. Anyway this has been a recent occurrence about a month ago i got into an accident and flipped my car and have been very anxious to drive ever since. I always get that feeling of being scared every time I get in the car and the kicker is today I had to go to the doctor to check my hand because of the accident and i went to pull into a spot and clipped the car that was parked. I freaked out and was barely able to make it home without pulling over. I just want to crawl into a hole and never come out. I feel scared to get back in my car, and like an idiot for getting into the accident today and flipping my car. To me this is the biggest deal in the world because since i got my license only a year ago I always felt like I had to do everything perfectly in a car for some reason and get upset if it's not.
Before my accident everything was fine, I wasn't scared of driving, in fact i really enjoyed driving it felt good to just get out and drive around, and then i was driving home one morning last month and hit a rock and my car flipped over, and ever since then I have been terrified to drive because i think I'm going to get into another accident every time I drive.
I guess I joined to forum to find out that I'm not alone and be able to say what I feel without feeling bad about doing so. I try to explain to people like my boyfriend and my family how I feel and all they say is that everything will be ok and not to worry and sometimes I feel they get mad because i talk about being scared a lot. I have stopped because I don't want them to feel bad for me and I don't want them to be annoyed because to me being scared is silly and I shouldn't be.
So on that note thank you to anyone who reads this and hopefully this will help me get over my fear.