Anxiety while driving

[casperld]

Im having real trouble with driving. I suffer with mild anxiety. I do not take drugs for it as drugs themselves scare the living daylight out of me. For some reason when I drive the anxiety becomes much worse, for no reason at all, my head will race, then my heart starts beating faster, and before i know it im in a panic, it happens in seconds. Iam  afraid that im going to crash one of these times. If I have a passanger in the car, and it happens, it is unbearably uncomfortable cause Iam trying to hide it, and am concerned about their safety all while trying to stay calm while my head is racing at a million miles an hour. It is ever worse if I am the passenger!! So much so that I just do not take a ride with anyone anymore.  I want my life back. :(

[RubyWitch]

A very common picture you've painted. "THE CAR." Home to millions of anxiety attacks and the leading cause of overcrowded buses!
So many of us can relate to your problem, especially the trying to hide it part. That really *****, doesn't it? And I can no longer be the passenger either. It's that feeling of being out of control that gets my anxiety flowing. Part of what fear of flying is about as well.
You say you want your life back and I can't blame you for that. But it isn't going to come knocking on your door. You're going to have to go out and get it back.
How? First stop, a check up with your doctor and a very frank discussion of your anxiety. Together the two of you will come up with a plan to get you "back on the road again." Your fear of medication can also be addressed at this time.
It will take work and it won't be easy, but nothing worth having comes cheap or easy, and your life is definitely worth that effort.
I wish you the best of luck.
Peace
Greenlydia