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5:20 pm February 17, 2009 morbidromantic New Member posts 1	I am 23 years old and got my license at the normal time, when I was 17. My parents pretty much wouldn’t allow me to drive on highways when I first started driving, which I think has slightly contributed to my problem, but not much. I had no anxiety at all probably until I was about 19 years old. There was nothing that triggered it, no accidents or anything, but I suddenly started feeling incredibly panicky while driving, mainly on the highway (my boyfriend at the time lived an hour and a half away, half of which was highway time). Then, after a while of this problem, I sometimes even felt anxious in the car as a passenger on the highway. Then this morphed into feelings of anxiety being stopped at most traffic lights. I now try to take back roads whenever possible (I usually feel perfectly fine on back roads, even at high speeds) and avoid places that require me to sit at lights… I guess that makes me feel trapped. The feelings I get are mainly disorientation while driving, accelerated heartbeat, feeling like I’m not in control, trapped… just panic all over. I need to overcome this! Highway driving is avoidable, but I can’t avoid every major intersection. Any advice would be very greatly appreciated.
12:20 am April 10, 2010 anxietyman New Member posts 1	i feel the same exact way, please please contact me back asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am 23 years old and got my license at the normal time, when I was 17. My parents pretty much wouldn’t allow me to drive on highways when I first started driving, which I think has slightly contributed to my problem, but not much. I had no anxiety at all probably until I was about 19 years old.

There was nothing that triggered it, no accidents or anything, but I suddenly started feeling incredibly panicky while driving, mainly on the highway (my boyfriend at the time lived an hour and a half away, half of which was highway time). Then, after a while of this problem, I sometimes even felt anxious in the car as a passenger on the highway. Then this morphed into feelings of anxiety being stopped at most traffic lights. I now try to take back roads whenever possible (I usually feel perfectly fine on back roads, even at high speeds) and avoid places that require me to sit at lights… I guess that makes me feel trapped.

The feelings I get are mainly disorientation while driving, accelerated heartbeat, feeling like I’m not in control, trapped… just panic all over. I need to overcome this! Highway driving is avoidable, but I can’t avoid every major intersection. Any advice would be very greatly appreciated.

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anxietyman

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i feel the same exact way, please please contact me back asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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