How to cure fear(fobia) of driving car?
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You need to first find out what is it about driving that bothers you the most. Is it getting in the car? Is it driving on the highway? Or just driving period? If you can tolerate driving back and forth in your driveway start there. Something small that causes some anxiety but you can tolerate it. Keep doing it until you feel no more anxiety. Then move up a level like going around the block. Do that until you feel no anxiety. Eventually you will be able to drive again with no discomfort. The process can be uncomfortable but it works. It depends on how ambitious you are. Repetition like driving up and down your driveway until you feel no anxiety will slowly show you there is nothing to be afraid of. it is true with every level. The last level, graduation, is doing the thing you can't do, say driving on the highway. By this time you will have lessened your fear and anxiety. You will have to experience some anxiety in order to get rid of your phobia that is why you start off with something uncomfortable but tolerable.
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YOu need to consciously retrain your internal voice that talks to you in your brain. For instance you get nervous on the freeway. Instead of thinking about horrible accedents, Put positive words in your mind like....'"I am a good driver, I drive defensivly, I haven't ever been in an accident. I make good choices when I drive here. I have driven on this freeway for years and nothing has happeded and if it does I trust my driving abiliitirs"\n\nYou gotta change your internal dialog and give yourself a break. Eventually you will drive the freeway, carfully and not with such fear.\n\nThe greatest thing in fear is fear itself.\n\nYou have the ability to change yourself and your attitude about things.
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ALWAYS check your blindspts.\nBe patient.\nTry not to stress too much.\nPractice the day earlier.\nWhen you stop, make sure the car is mobilized.\n\nThat's all I can think of for now.
426831
GO SWIN IN THE OCEAN! best way to remove ur fear is to face it!
602356
try being afraid to walk out of your house to your car because you are afraid of your ex killing you; push a chair against the door at night because you are afraid he will break in; be almost ran off the road by him because he was following you to a police station; looking out your window one night and seeing his truck parked across the street, him running around in neighbors yard, you call the cops, they catch him and you find out he had a homemade bomb in his truck.\nScary enough for ya?
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Learn to play golf! No, serously, go out to a golf course and drive a golf cart around for about an hour. It goes slow enough that you can get in practice, and not die in a crash. Just getting behind the wheel were you dont have high speeds will help ease your nerves. \n\nAnother way might be to go out and drive on an abandonded drit road in the country where there isn't a lot of traffic. Take it slow and take someone with you whom you trust incase you can't do it. they can talk to you and encourage you.
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Sure, I'm afraid of getting into a serious car accident and wake up not knowing who I am.  When I was in the military, I was more afraid of coming home in a body bag and having my wife and family mourn for me.  Afraid for my buddies more than for myself.
70253
Its easy to overcome fear by BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION technique.\n\nIf u ask your Psychiatrist he can give you more information these methods.\n\nIt really works.
1001400
Drive more often. Work on your jumper... Drive more often.
584356
I just have to be blunt. Past life regression is BS. So is hypnosis. The best way to cure a phobia is to decide that you are not going to let it control you! You conquer IT! If you have a fear of flying, for example, ask yourself why. Do you fear for the rest of the people on the airplane? Or do you think that it would only crash if you were on it? I used to feel this way - but then I realized that if God would be on the scene to keep the other passengers safe, then He would keep me safe as well. Fly! Scared of heights? Well, I would be scared to walk on a catwalk building a skyscraper - and who says I am required to ever do that anyway? But if I had a fear of heights, I would gradually climb higher, inch by inch, realizing that every inch of the way, I was only one inch higher than I had been before and it's no big deal. Those are just a couple of examples. In summary: face your fears. That is the only way to conquer them. And you will!
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See a counsellor who knows how to help you become desensitized to your fear of flying.   A good counsellor will know how to work with you.   Phobias are really quite common and can be cured without medication or booze.  When you are looking for a counselor, ask what is their experience with helping people get rid of phobias.  It will probably take about three sessions.  Then go and enjoy your trip.
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do what I do.  Put so much stuff in your car, it is impossible for anyone to get into it besides yourself.  Old newspapers, bags of empty soda cans, clean and dirty laundry.\n\nAlternatively, you could drive a chick around as well and make him sit in the back seat.  Whenever you come to a stop sign or traffic light.  Start making out with the girl across the emergency brake.  If you do it right, eventually he will become uncomfortable and annoyed at the free show/long car ride.\n\nStart listening to music he absolutely hates and play it very loud while singing along to the radio.  What's more, play the same song over and over again.\n\nSay, ok, but I have to run some errands, then take forever to do them.\n\ninsist that he not wear his seatbelt while you wear yours.  Drive normally.  That will mess with his head.\n\nOtherwise, just minimize the inconvenience.  Say to him, I don't mind giving you a ride if it is on the way, but it is an inconvenience to come pick you up or drop you off.  I can pick you up or drop you off at __________ , but I won't come fetch your azz.  You have to draw the line somewhere and this is very important.  You aren't being nice by letting people walk all over you.  It's a one way ticket to a high maintenance girlfriend.\n\nrock on with your bad self
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I have a suggestion:\n1) go outside at exactly midnight and place your thumb on the exact center of you left rear wheel/hubcap for exactly 32.5 seconds\n\n2) stand due North and blow into the wind at for exactly 15.7 seconds\n\nAfter doing this your car doors should open up and you will be able to retain your keys.  Good luck!!!
279606
As far as lowering your social phobia is concerned, alcohol tends to do a good job of that for most people. Plus it's available at every grocery store and won't get you killed as long as you just drink beer and don't drive drunk.
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Ohhhhh, man.  That is so hard on you.  I have anxiety about that myself but I have learned to overcome it.  Just tell yourself there is nothing to fear (doesn't always work).  My phobia about it simply involves the fact that I feel I cannot breathe because there will be no oxygen.  That is untrue, but that is how I feel.  \nAvoid any closed rooms that do not have a window.  Movie theaters are very difficult.  I have a phobia about catching a cold when I am in a movie theater, so I usually don't go.    \n\nPlease go to a licensed psychologist who can help you overcome this problem.    Best wishes to you.  I am glad you don't have agoraphobia. My friend had that and the doctor put her on medication and made her go to places she was afraid of.  Now she can go anywhere.
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I know it might sound a little extreme, but talking to a therapist might help you to understand what causes phobias and why you feel this way, which would make it a lot easier to confront. Hypnotherapy is supposed to be very good, and a therapist would probably be able to refer you to a reputable one.\n\nThe important thing to remember not to feel stupid about your phobia, everyone feels differently about things for a reason, the best thing you can do would be to work out what that reason is, and to try and confront it.\n\nHowever, you will need to take this slowly, don't just jump in a pond full of fish as some people have suggested because this will probably just make your fear worse.Maybe start by watching some fish in a friends tank? then perhaps progress to visiting an aquariam? you wouldn't have to spend all day in there, half an hour would be enough to prove that you can face your fears. \nYou could also try looking at the fish counter at your local supermarket or grocery store, and eventually progress to buying some fish.You wouldn't have to eat the first time, just having the courage to buy the fish and take it home would be a good step.Have you considered trying to eat fish in an unrecognizable form? fishfingers neither look nor taste like fish.Tuna steaks are delicious grilled, and taste meaty, not like fish at all.I hope some of these suggestions help.\n\nSorry, have just read your update and i can see that you do like tuna.This is really good, it shows that you are already one step closer to overcoming your phobia.Just remember to believe in yourself!
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Speed.  Specifically, someone else's driving.  I try to desensitize myself to it by letting other people drive, but it hasn't helped much.