RVP
07-02-22, 20:21
Hi all,
To keep it short I suffered a really bad panic attack whilst on the dual carriageway (it was also night) roughly 2 months ago and ever since then my anxiety and panic attacks have been terrible. I'm OK (most of the time) driving the car during the day and I've also made a habit of continuing to drive because I love driving and it's my freedom. However, when I drive at night or go on a slightly longer stretch I start to panic uncontrollably, to the point where I've had to stop on the side of the motorway (I wasn't even driving this particular time).
If anyone please has some tips to stop racing heart or silly thoughts whilst driving then please let me know. It's my nephews birthday this weekend and it's a 2 hour drive. I don't want to miss it due to anxiety but I already keep playing it in my head like "am I going to have an anxiety attack" "will I get there okay?" etc etc it's horrible.
It's also not even just driving, it's work meetings, going to the hairdressers, going out or even just being outside at shops I go through these scenarios in my head and that obviously makes my anxiety worse because it's almost as if my mind is saying "okay you're now in this situation start to panic" or I start have irrational thoughts that make me panic such as "the world is falling in the universe" and just having that thought messes with my head and I start to panic.
To keep it short I suffered a really bad panic attack whilst on the dual carriageway (it was also night) roughly 2 months ago and ever since then my anxiety and panic attacks have been terrible. I'm OK (most of the time) driving the car during the day and I've also made a habit of continuing to drive because I love driving and it's my freedom. However, when I drive at night or go on a slightly longer stretch I start to panic uncontrollably, to the point where I've had to stop on the side of the motorway (I wasn't even driving this particular time).
If anyone please has some tips to stop racing heart or silly thoughts whilst driving then please let me know. It's my nephews birthday this weekend and it's a 2 hour drive. I don't want to miss it due to anxiety but I already keep playing it in my head like "am I going to have an anxiety attack" "will I get there okay?" etc etc it's horrible.
It's also not even just driving, it's work meetings, going to the hairdressers, going out or even just being outside at shops I go through these scenarios in my head and that obviously makes my anxiety worse because it's almost as if my mind is saying "okay you're now in this situation start to panic" or I start have irrational thoughts that make me panic such as "the world is falling in the universe" and just having that thought messes with my head and I start to panic.