How Do You Overcome A Driving Phobia?
• Understand how phobias arise. Phobias can be genetic in nature, although a phobia about driving is probably not likely to have this cause; however, if you’re a parent displaying this phobia, it can be easily passed on to your children.[2] Phobias are also grounded in witnessing or experiencing something traumatic and then developing an avoidance to doing or dealing with the feared object or situation. A driving phobia could develop gradually or quickly,[3] and might arise because of the following experiences or situations: • You were involved in, or witnessed, a car accident. • You were yelled at or provoked a lot when trying to learn to drive a car. • You were a victim of, or even a perpetrator of, road rage. • You find the stress of traffic build-ups unbearable.[4] • You made a dangerous or frightening journey that didn’t result in an accident but could have and caused high anxiety; for example, driving in deep snow, driving on black ice, driving through an area renowned for moose
