u/DrPepperEnjoyer69

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Will driving anxiety ever go away?

22 FLORIDA, just got my license last Thursday. Been driving to work (20 minutes away) and back, somedays I work til 5 and some tim 8 so I've been driving in the day and also when the sun is going down/night. I've went to my local Walmart which is less than 3 minutes away, and also mcdonalds which is right next to my Walmart. I plan my trips before I go, google maps, etc. I still get super nervous, and I know it's early on so it's normal to have anxiety, but I want to be able to go to other places and not feel scared. What helped you guys with driving anxiety as a beginner?

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 19 hours ago

just got my license and I'll be driving to work tomorrow alone for the first time. How do I feel confident and have no anxiety over it?

F22, just got my license! I'm wanting to drive to work, as I live 20 minutes out, and it's important I get used to driving there. What's the best tips on how to feel safe/confident driving alone for the first time?

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 6 days ago

I take my drivers test again today. I'm having anxiety with the forward parking part.

How do I ease my anxiety? I can do the 3 point turn, just this forward parking between cones is stressing me out.

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 7 days ago

F22, Florida. Need to be able to forward park on the test. I was struggling so much with it, failed twice due to it even cause the cones. I could NOT figure out how to do it properly each time. Tonight I just winged it and did it perfectly EACH time and I think I realized why, and let me know if you guys think the same lol.

When I started, I would line my mirror to the first cone, STOP and turn my wheel. I would make it half the time. Very inconsistent and I would get upset over it because I could not figure out what was causing half of the times to fail.

This time, I slowly lined my mirror to the cone like before, but I didn't stop, I gradually turned my wheel and was able to fit in EACH time.

Can someone explain why this is? Or is this just in my head???

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 14 days ago

I have my permit, been driving 20-30 minutes out with my friend in the car (shes 22 also, has license). She thinks my only flaw is parking straight-in. How would I get better at this consistently? I struggle with the cones as I don't know when I should be turning? I go farther out, and I thought you line up the first white line to your side mirror and then turn? Sometimes it would work, sometimes not. That's the only thing I struggle with and I know that's what they'll test me on on the physical test, what helped you guys get it consistently "perfect"?

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 20 days ago

F22, I've been having coughing issues for a week now. Went to urgent care and they checked my vitals and noticed some wheezing (I have asthma) but it's never been bad, till now. I now have cough attacks at work, can't have a conversation without taking multiple breaths at a time and even then I can barely talk. My chest has spasms from trying to cough, they said it was an acute upper respatory infection. I've have upper raspatory infections multiple times before and it's always affected by sinuses, this hasn't. This is just a cough that refuses to go away, a scratchy feeling in my throat and chest spasms from the coughing nonstop. It's worse at night to the point I'm waking up multiple times within hours having to get up and choke basically. phlegm was coming out but now it's just saliva. Someone please tell me this is temporary, I'm EXHAUSTED. They gave me an inhaler, which doesn't work. They prescribed me an antibiotic and a zpack, which I'm on the last day of and still not much has changed, no more headache, no more hot flashes, but the cough and everything else has really stayed. I'm going back today, but I just want this over. This has never happened to me before. It's even worse when I go home, my roommate doesn't believe in AC and the second I walk through the door I start having cough attacks to the point I'm drooling and watery eyes trying to catch my breath. Is there anything I can get to help this?

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u/DrPepperEnjoyer69 — 20 days ago