Hello, everyone!
My name is Mario.
Part I – My story
I'm an ordinary
guy doing my ordinary everyday stuff. Although with a BIG problem (in my past).
So the story I want to share with you today is all about my fear of driving and
how I got over it. It may take one or two posts, but I will try to cover everything
I can, so you can get the whole picture.
Long time ago (not really... about six months ago) I used to suffer from fear of driving. Everything that had a steering wheel made me feel absolutely terrified. And this made all social and work activities so hard to do on a regular basis. I couldn’t get myself to drive my car to the university nor to my date. All the other guys drove their girlfriends/family/friends everywhere with their car and that was killing me.
You know that feeling, right? And the “funny” part was that I bought a car despite my fear and it stayed in front of the flat for so long. Every time I got into the car I felt like I would die, or cause an accident or something like that. My breathing would become shallow and fast, and I would start to sweat like a pig. Family and friends were not there for me at all in those moments. They would get frustrated and even mad at me, because I would be sweating and shaking and driving carefully. Some of them would not even ride with me ever again – some friends, eh? I couldn't force myself to drive further than my street and anything more felt like suicide or out of my control. As I was driving a space shuttle and had no control of it, although I was driving very good and obeying all the traffic lights and rules. All this sounds familiar to you too? Really? Welcome to the “Too stressed to impress driving club”. Don’t worry, my friend I am here for you, and I will share in my next posts how I got over this fear without any consultations from psychologists and other people as a whole. Everything was trial and error, I went through all that so you don’t have to – I will be sharing with you what exactly helped me to overcome this fear and drive my car with passion and determination.
