fifi d
30-01-08, 05:58
hi am wondering if anyone can give me any words of advice.Since the birth of my kids 8yrs ago ive been terrified about driving any where outside my comfort zone.Im fine locally doing the school run etc but get me outof my home town and i hate it.
About a year ago i drove to a city a little way away and was fine until my journey home,when basically it was raining and i pulled out on a dual carriage way to overtake a lorry,visibilty was poor due to all the spray etc.
As i pulled out i felt very hot very faint and my hands were clammy,i felt this sense of detachement from myself and it really scared me.Since then Ive been too scared to overtake and often found myself sat behind lorries doing ridiculous speeds of 20 mile per hour!
At the weekend im driving to oxford for a friends birthday my husbands working so its just me and the kids.The roads are all ones i know very well,but ive been having sleepless nights about the journey-mainly that i know i will have to overtake at some point and im so scared that that faint feeling will come back-has anyone else experienced this?or does anyone have any stratergies that have helped them?or should i just not attempt the trip?I feel like i am going mad and when i was in the car with a so called friend recently she made fun of me which has kind of knocked me a bit.
About a year ago i drove to a city a little way away and was fine until my journey home,when basically it was raining and i pulled out on a dual carriage way to overtake a lorry,visibilty was poor due to all the spray etc.
As i pulled out i felt very hot very faint and my hands were clammy,i felt this sense of detachement from myself and it really scared me.Since then Ive been too scared to overtake and often found myself sat behind lorries doing ridiculous speeds of 20 mile per hour!
At the weekend im driving to oxford for a friends birthday my husbands working so its just me and the kids.The roads are all ones i know very well,but ive been having sleepless nights about the journey-mainly that i know i will have to overtake at some point and im so scared that that faint feeling will come back-has anyone else experienced this?or does anyone have any stratergies that have helped them?or should i just not attempt the trip?I feel like i am going mad and when i was in the car with a so called friend recently she made fun of me which has kind of knocked me a bit.