Social Anxiety Support

shadowguy · 10-28-2009, 06:58 PM

Even though I have my license, I have no confidence driving by myself. The driving test was literally: drive on a few non-busy streets, stoplight, speed bump, park, done. I never go out with friends because I don't really have any, so I've had no motivation or practice for driving. College depends on me able to drive myself there because everyone's too busy to take me. I can take online classes...but I really need to get outside and conquer this SA. lol

I think I'll take a driving class or something. Learning to drive with my parents hasn't done much.

00Athena00 · 10-28-2009, 08:33 PM

I have terrible anxiety about driving. What will help is practicing the route to and from the college as many times as you can. Have someone go with you at first if you need them to. I find that knowing exactly what to expect makes me feel better.

yellowpaper · 10-31-2009, 01:03 PM

I need to learn to drive the 2 hour drive home and back... my ride can't give me rides anymore and I wish I was normal enough to drive myself anyways. Being on the highway freaks me out though...

Lost_loner · 10-31-2009, 01:18 PM

I need to learn how to drive in the city next year when i go to university. I've driven once in the city so yes, it's going to be terrifying

Miss Meggie · Yesterday, 08:59 AM

Pathetic as it sounds, I don't even have a licence. (Partly because I have terrible epilepsy and have to wait 6 months after every seizure before I can get my licence, and I've never really made it that long since I was about 15. But I tend to use that as a logical excuse. It's mostly because driving scares me witless.)

10-28-2009, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
shadowguy Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 30	Drive on my own, College Even though I have my license, I have no confidence driving by myself. The driving test was literally: drive on a few non-busy streets, stoplight, speed bump, park, done. I never go out with friends because I don't really have any, so I've had no motivation or practice for driving. College depends on me able to drive myself there because everyone's too busy to take me. I can take online classes...but I really need to get outside and conquer this SA. lol I think I'll take a driving class or something. Learning to drive with my parents hasn't done much.

10-31-2009, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
yellowpaper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 696	I need to learn to drive the 2 hour drive home and back... my ride can't give me rides anymore and I wish I was normal enough to drive myself anyways. Being on the highway freaks me out though... __________________ You're beautiful In an asymmetric kind of way Your face is not a cliche And you complicate In a helpful kind of messed up way But you have good intentions

Yesterday, 08:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Miss Meggie Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hyde Park, NY Gender: Female Posts: 26	Pathetic as it sounds, I don't even have a licence. (Partly because I have terrible epilepsy and have to wait 6 months after every seizure before I can get my licence, and I've never really made it that long since I was about 15. But I tend to use that as a logical excuse. It's mostly because driving scares me witless.) __________________ "It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." -Albus Dumbledore

10-28-2009, 08:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
00Athena00 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Iowa Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 86	I have terrible anxiety about driving. What will help is practicing the route to and from the college as many times as you can. Have someone go with you at first if you need them to. I find that knowing exactly what to expect makes me feel better.

10-31-2009, 01:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lost_loner Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 79	I need to learn how to drive in the city next year when i go to university. I've driven once in the city so yes, it's going to be terrifying