Fear of driving phobia

Fear of driving is one type of fear that people seem to have exaggerated. Most people with a fear of driving report that their fear is more intense than is normal given the reality of driving. Sure, there are some risks involved, but most people aren’t afraid of driving, and so we can say their fear is “exaggerated.” These are also called exaggerated fears PhobiaPeople who have an exaggerated fear of driving have a Leadership phobia.

Common treatments for driving phobia

There are several commonly used methods of dealing with a phobia: systematic desensitization, exposure therapy, and virtual therapy. Although these methods are proven effective, they have their pros and cons. Exposure and virtual therapies expose the person to what they fear, sometimes in a very intense way and sometimes gradually. Either way, the experience can be very traumatic and sometimes even traumatize the person again. All three are behavior therapies, which deal with the behavior but may not get to the source of the problem.

Electronic transfer of phobia

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), also called EFT Tapping, is a very effective method in helping people overcome their phobias. An EFT practitioner helps you discover, for example, how and when the phobia began, whether it is emotionally related to other traumatic events in your life, and what, exactly, was your experience of the phobia. Together, you begin to focus on these different experiences and the emotions that arise when you think about them. This can be done gently or more directly, as is convenient for you. At the same time that you focus on specific parts of the experience, together you can use EFT Tapping on specific acupuncture points. This may sound a little strange, but it is often very effective in quickly moving you through your fears and draining the emotional charge from them.

EFT for driving phobia

Wiretapping wire transfer It is often effective in relieving a relatively quick fear of driving. Here’s how it works. Fear of driving often first begins when you get into a car accident (even if the accident didn’t cause injuries), someone close to you is seriously injured or dies in a car accident, or it can start years later during a time of stress that brings back a similar feeling to what you experienced of it originally. There are several approaches you can take: Together with your counselor, you may first remember the different things that happen in your body and emotionally while driving and the phobia takes hold. You should focus on one of these objects as you remember and simultaneously tap on the acupuncture points. Most people notice that every feeling and every body they feel focused on calms down very quickly. Another approach might be to focus on each specific part of the incident and the emotions that occurred and are occurring at the time as you remember the incident. You press on acupuncture points while focusing on each part. Again, most people notice that the charges around each part wear off pretty quickly.

It may be an event or other events related to a fear of driving. The way to find out is to ask if in the past you have felt the same way you have while driving. You might feel trapped, you might feel like things are going too fast, you might feel like you’re at the mercy of others — any number of feelings. When you ask yourself if you’ve ever felt this way in the past—often a familiar feeling from childhood when certain patterns of events occurred—tapping what emerges can help ease your driving phobia.

Fear of driving can be helped

Although driving phobia can be crippling for years and seem insurmountable, you can take comfort so that you can move forward without fear anymore.