nomorepanic
18-09-04, 19:17
Hi all
Well I am back from my trip to Bristol and have some great news[^]
For those of you that don't know my problems then it is mainly when driving and I have always had a problem with traffic jams and places that I feel I can't get out of easily.
Well last night I did the M25 in the most horrid conditions and I didn't PANIC once [:P]
I drove back from Bristol - took 3 hours - then set off again at 5pm with Alex to drive to my mum's house in Surrey.
I knew that it meant doing the M25 and I have to admit I was NOT looking forward to it cos I always panic on there when I get stuck in traffic.
Well we hit the traffic at the M4 junction and I even managed to venture into the second lane (normally I have to sit in the inside lane so I can pull over to the hard shoulder quickly if I need to).
Well we were sat in it from the M4 down to junction 13 on the M25 when we got off as it was getting late to get to the party!!
I sat in the most terrible traffic jams and I managed to control the panic.
Alex was a big help - he kept telling how well I was doing - and I kept at it.
There were some hairy moments through the roadworks when there was no hard shoulder and nowhere to pull off and we were stationery in traffic and I calmed myself down and kept telling myself that I could do it and no harm would come to me. At one point when the motorways merged I was sat in the 3rd lane in stationery traffic and going nowhere !
I found that if I thought about where I was or what I was doing then it got worse so I just kept saying "you are fine, you are doing great and you can do this"
It took us 3 hours to get to mums (usually takes 1.5 hours) so I did a total of 6 hours driving yesterday. I even drove back today with a hangover though the roads were quieter - thank god.
At one point Alex said to me "this is where you panic'd last time" and I remember it so well and I had a big smile when I passed that point and didn't have any panic!
It was not easy but I did it and I just kept saying "you are ok, you can do this and you don't need to get panicky".
I am so chuffed cos I put myself in the most impossible postition that I could ever be in and I DID IT!!! [Yeah!]
Nicola
Well I am back from my trip to Bristol and have some great news[^]
For those of you that don't know my problems then it is mainly when driving and I have always had a problem with traffic jams and places that I feel I can't get out of easily.
Well last night I did the M25 in the most horrid conditions and I didn't PANIC once [:P]
I drove back from Bristol - took 3 hours - then set off again at 5pm with Alex to drive to my mum's house in Surrey.
I knew that it meant doing the M25 and I have to admit I was NOT looking forward to it cos I always panic on there when I get stuck in traffic.
Well we hit the traffic at the M4 junction and I even managed to venture into the second lane (normally I have to sit in the inside lane so I can pull over to the hard shoulder quickly if I need to).
Well we were sat in it from the M4 down to junction 13 on the M25 when we got off as it was getting late to get to the party!!
I sat in the most terrible traffic jams and I managed to control the panic.
Alex was a big help - he kept telling how well I was doing - and I kept at it.
There were some hairy moments through the roadworks when there was no hard shoulder and nowhere to pull off and we were stationery in traffic and I calmed myself down and kept telling myself that I could do it and no harm would come to me. At one point when the motorways merged I was sat in the 3rd lane in stationery traffic and going nowhere !
I found that if I thought about where I was or what I was doing then it got worse so I just kept saying "you are fine, you are doing great and you can do this"
It took us 3 hours to get to mums (usually takes 1.5 hours) so I did a total of 6 hours driving yesterday. I even drove back today with a hangover though the roads were quieter - thank god.
At one point Alex said to me "this is where you panic'd last time" and I remember it so well and I had a big smile when I passed that point and didn't have any panic!
It was not easy but I did it and I just kept saying "you are ok, you can do this and you don't need to get panicky".
I am so chuffed cos I put myself in the most impossible postition that I could ever be in and I DID IT!!! [Yeah!]
Nicola