I am a decent driver, have known how to drive for the last 10 years and have been driving on and off. I broke my leg around 3 years back so did not drive for a year after that happened but I have been getting back to it in the last 2 years.
I have never particularly liked driving but understand its an important skill which I need to have
Around 6 years back I got into a car accident, I wasnt driving but was sitting behind in the passenger seat. Had no injury and it wasnt that serious of an accident.
Since then, I feel anxious whenever the thought of driving comes to mind (even though I wasnt driving!!!)
I have done a few long distance drives (over 2.5 hrs) and always drove well and never had any incidents. I am just not very good at parking, I can park but it just takes some time or help from someone on the outside if the car doesnt have parking sensors and cameras.
I have family visiting me in a couple of weeks and we are planning to do a road trip of around 5 days. We would probably be driving like 3-4 hours every day.
I feel anxious as the days come closer and every day at some point during the day I get bad trips.
Can you give me some advice ? A routine I could follow every day, that calms me down, prevents the bad thoughts and allow me to actually start enjoy driving ?
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