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Advice needed am I going crazy???

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lillykins27 · 25/07/2017 08:55

I recently passed my driving test in February, I purchased a car the following weekend and drove the hubby and kids about. Apart from a couple of stalling incidents everything went fine, but by the Sunday evening I was an absolute mess, stressing about it and had literally got myself so wound up about it that I started having a panic attack. Now usually trying new things doesn't faze me, I will have a go at most things and am quite stubborn that if I think I can't do it ,I will do it just to prove myself wrong! So I cancelled the insurance and it has been sat on the driveway ever since!! Until yesterday when I re insured it thinking I must do it , but only went round the block and all evening it was on my mind!!.......why the hell am I scared of driving??? ..any advice gladly noted.x

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QuiteLikely5 · 25/07/2017 08:58

Perhaps it is because you feel like you are taking a risk with everyone's safety when you are driving?

Do not give up. Get in the car and drive within local distances every day. Keep it up.

Your other option is to faff on with CBT etc and you don't want to go down that expensive, time consuming route!

Stick to 30mph roads for now and your confidence will increase

forfucksakejanet · 25/07/2017 09:34

I passed mine a year ago and still get flappy sometimes! Drive to work and back every day, done some long motorway drives but still find that some journeys bring me out in a cold sweat and other people's driving is frankly, fucking terrifying

Keep going OP, you've done the hard bit in passing your test, now the real driving experience comes!! I still panic when I have to park in a busy place and can't choose from about 20 spaces Hmm

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