Panic Attack While Driving

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Stop the Panic Attacks while Driving

Do you get at times lightheaded, with sweaty palms, dizzy and with your heart pumping adrenaline like an overdosed drug addict, all while driving? Most likely you have Panic Attack While Driving. This is another form of panic attack.

Panic Attack While Driving Testimonial 

Here is what a person who experienced their first panic attack while driving had to say:

"I was driving on the highway and my heart started beating fast and I began to sweat and the cars in front of me seemed to be coming at me. I was also shaking and felt an urgent need to pull over. This went on for about an 30 minutes and I just kept pulling over and finally I took 1/2 a Zanax and with in 30 minutes it had passed and I was ok.On the way home I took a pill and hour before I left and had no issues at all.I went last week to the N.Georgia mountains which is about 1 1/2 hours with about 25 miles of expressway and even after taking a pill before I also experienced another attack again . I am now terrified to drive on the freeway or even mountainous roads. I am terrified of driving over a bridge don't even go there."
(source: Panic Attack While Driving Testimonial)

Does this sound familiar to you?
And what can you do about it?

Learn how to cure a Panic Attack While Driving

Learn how you can completely cure panic attacks while driving

Panic Attacks While Driving - how can you help yourself? 

Obviously you don't want to stop driving a car for the rest of your life, to limit living your life to its fullest, so what can you do to help yourself before, or when a panic attack grips you while driving?

Here are some tips to help avoiding panic attacks while diving, and some tips on what to do when you're actually driving that car.

Avoid Panic Attacks While Driving 

# Listen to music you enjoy to help ease the stress of driving, and take your mind away from the possible stress. Also it is important because you are falling back to known ground, to what you are familiar with, and this is important when having panic attacks on the highway.

# Have some fruit or light snack around to give your body something to do besides release adrenaline into your body.

# Don't think about the action of driving the car. This is very important. Don't focus on it!
Look out the window at the scenery; look over the car directly in front of you.

# If you have a car radio, search for some interesting music channels, or put on a CD, or an audio book, to take your mind away from the thought that you're driving a car.

# Have always a cell/mobile phone with you, it will give you a sense of security and safety. It's amazing how much we got to rely on the cellphone these days. Put this to your advantage!

Deal with a Panic Attack while Driving 

So you feel the first signs of a panic attack coming. Ok, don't panic! (pun intended). Just do the following, and you should be alright:

# First thing, pull over. You will know the first signs of a panic attack, as they usually are accelerated breathing and heart beat. Get out of the car and walk around a bit, take a deep and slow breath, one at a time, slowly, until you have calmed down.
If you can't get out of the car (not optimal conditions on the road), then recline your seat, close your eyes and focus on calming yourself down.

# Have a bottle of water with you in your car. Although I am usually against it, in this case, if you feel a panic attack coming on while you are driving, you can either take some anti-anxiety medication or just drink a bit water, to calm down those rapid heart beats.

# Have soothing music in your radio, or have a CD handy with reiki, healing, soothing music, and make sure it's turned on when you feel a panic attack is on its way. Try to listen intently to the music, focus on it and just breathe deeply and slowly.

# Have a brown paper bag in your car in case you hyperventilate (for emergency breathing help)

# Don't try to fight it! Be aware that you are experiencing a panic attack, and know that it will pass.

# Take deep slow breaths. Imagine yourself going in slow motion. If you are going in slow motion (even if in your mind), you won't be hyperventilating, which just fuels your anxiety.

# Use the following affirmations:

"I am a competent driver and always arrive at my destination safely."

"I am calm, alert and in full control while driving."

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Panic Attack while Driving - and Only while Driving 

There are some cases when panic attacks come over the person only while driving. They never experience them anywhere else. An attack over an expressway, attack over a bridge, fear of traffic, these are all very real fears in the eyes of the person experiencing them.

The first step here is always to identify the fear. This way you are a step closer to overcome it.
You could go for help to a therapist who is experienced in coaching people with panic attack while driving. But this exercise would turn out to be very costly to you.

The much cheaper alternative, where you can take finally ownership of your own life, is the Easy Calm solution, a full coaching set of videos, which will take you by your hand step by step until you completely erased from your system any fear of driving.
Take those steps now, and become finally free of fear!

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