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How to overcome panic while driving

2022-07-03T17:22:18.781Z


OUR ADVICE - Seized by irrational fears, some people stop driving or force themselves to take very impractical detours. At the cost of a real impact on their daily lives.


"It's been quite a few years since I've driven, out of

fear

.

I do not know how to explain it.

Sunday, I have to accompany my darling because he is taking the plane and I will have to drive alone on the way back with my son and the rain.

I stress a max”

, writes Marine (1).

“For me, no highway, bridge or viaduct.

I'm afraid of losing control and causing an accident, especially on the straights”

, reveals Léa.

On online self-help groups, testimonials are often cries for help: how to overcome this irrational fear of driving?

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A difficulty far from being isolated: the largest study to date was carried out in 2005 by a psychologist commissioned by the Spanish insurance company Mapfre on a sample of 1,502 people;

27.3% of them said they were afraid to drive in certain circumstances and 6% felt a paralyzing fear preventing them from driving, also called “amaxophobia”.

That is a total of 33.3% of the population...

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Source: lefigaro

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