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upnowapp · 6 months ago

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What is Driving Anxiety? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

Driving anxiety can significantly impact daily life, causing serious mental health challenges. Various factors, including past traumatic experiences, visual impairment, accidents, aging, and specific phobias, can trigger this anxiety. Symptoms range from physical manifestations like sweating and increased heart rate to psychological issues such as fear of driving and panic attacks.

Effective treatments include setting realistic goals, understanding your anxiety, practicing relaxation techniques, and seeking therapy. Hypnotherapy and virtual exposure therapy can also be beneficial in managing and overcoming driving anxiety.

For more information on the causes, symptoms, and treatments of driving anxiety, click here.

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angelpuns · 3 months ago

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Suddenly wishing my parents could read my mind/see inside my head so they understood I actually CAN'T do the things I say I can't do. Its not that I don't want to its that I literally cannot do them :)

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mollymarymarie · 3 months ago

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When I read about the "great purge" of 2002 or 2012 (I wasn't on Tumblr or FF. net during this time, I was literally just EMAILING my fanfic out to my friends lol), it always blows my mind how they say so many fics were just... lost.

I get that some of those were "orphaned" fics where the author wasn't available anymore or wasn't going to bother uploading anywhere else. But. Otherwise. Like. what.

What do you mean you don't have backups of backups saved on illegally downloaded word processors. What do you mean you wrote the whole fic on a browser and didn't save it anywhere else. What do you mean.

#This is my anxiety talking #I could not. Do this.#Currently #On my two WIPs #I have them saved in like 4 different places #I use Word cause I got it free as a student once and never had to renew it somehow lol #But I also have everything on Google docs #Saved to my computer #Saved to Dropbox #Saved to Google drive #I think I need to see a therapist about this #I know I'm surely missing critical info #But people still write their fics on AO3 directly!!!#And that makes me physically ill #What if something happens to it!!!#All your work is lost!!!!#O #I have to stop thinking about this.#I am getting so stressed lol

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padawansuggest · 5 months ago

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Okay so once more, I ask of assistance. Not like… required but I’m not gonna lie, this could improve my life to such a significant degree that I’m asking anyways.

So. I have a lot of disabilities that make it hard to get around, but what I’m asking for is help with getting a bike… not really, I need a trike… I know that’s to embarrassing to say as an adult but with my instability I don’t have the ability to keep upright on a bike. I need a trike.

I live in a VERY bike friendly town. It’s small (tho I’m still limited to very small parts of the town because I can only walk for so long and in this heat that’s a very short amount of time) and we actually have dedicated bike lanes here. We even have started construction on multiple bike lanes with center dividers to keep cars out of them, that’s how much this town is friendly to bikes.

And frankly the price isn’t that high either. Like 280$ or so, and I can order one on Amazon (no I cannot buy a trike in this town) and they have them with the giant baskets in the back for groceries and I can get a personal shopping basket for the front of the cart and that would bet. Awesome.

So. Ultimately, I would like a better quality of life and being restricted to a very small part of town because of mobility is kind of sad… I will accept any help you guys wanna give and drop into my PayPal in the bio.

#I can’t go to grocery stores across town or even regularly go to my pharmacy #there are a lot of places I can’t go #because I know it’ll take too long to walk there and it might make me sick to try #I want to go shopping with dad #I want to go to the farmers market #I want to go to random town events without planning weeks in advance #only for me to know that if I try I’ll be super sick when I get there #I can’t leave my house because I can only go so far #driving isn’t an option with my nerve tremors either #I went to the store entirely for some meds an a few snacks and it gave me so much anxiety cause I hadn’t planned it #I’ve actually started scheduling my doctors appointments less because I won’t be able to go as often #I’ve waited till the last day to get my meds and still had to ask dad to get them for me cause it was too much for me #it’s tough and i desperately want a live where I can just leave my house #that’s why I’m asking I’m so tired of being stuck in one room all my life

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semiotomatics · 2 years ago

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i have a ~dream question~

#this has been an original post #my pollies #polls #dreams #driving #i realized today that while im obvs not the driver in my dreams im also not specifically on public transit most of the time #im just. a passenger #no concept of other passengers or a driver or even what kind of vehicle it is #my dream logic is very much ''if its not relevant to the situation who cares''#also ''why generate actual human beings when you can just have the vague sense that a place is populated''#idk why im thinking abt this this morning specifically since last nights dreams didnt even involve being in a vehicle #not the ones i remember anyway #i was just thinking abt patterns in my dreams in general #cause my brain does this weird thing where in all my anxiety dreams im living in the apt i lived in through elementary + part of high school #like yes its the place ive spent the most time in but also. i havent lived there in TWELVE YEARS #and i mean i did hate that place but its not like ALL my trauma was experienced there #its just weird #dreams are weird #clouds dreams

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itspileofgoodthings · 2 months ago

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I mean I’m obsessed with crash landing on you because it’s like if a hallmark movie was good and that is fascinating to my brain and healing to my heart.

#I didn’t think such a thing was possible #I’ve been living very much in a world of extremes lately re: Art #like. on the one hand all the great works I teach just taking OVER my brain #and my knowledge of them deepening at a very rapid pace #(sometimes in a too terrifying way so I feel like I’m hurtling down a hill. it’s actually really hard sometimes and I think part of how)#(my anxiety is manifesting itself. like. I just. I don’t feel like I’ve taken a deep breath in a year)#(I’ve just been in. motion.)#and then on the other hand finding new ways to find shows like Bridgerton dead #and Bridgerton helps with that because it is emotionally hollow. because it is fundamentally embarrassing #because Anthony snarling at Kate about how his honor is hanging by a thread isn’t sexy at all #so my mind has kind of just been living in those two extremes and there hasn’t been a lot of room for gentleness or nuance #but cloy is very healing 😭 and it just doesn’t #push the buttons in my brain that immediately need to analyze and #to some extent—destroy! tear apart! with fierce and savage energy.#it just lets my brain and heart exist.#and also there is something so sweet and pure and real about so much of it #I think it’s cause it’s true love 😭 and it’s that simple.#(I’ve also outgrown/moved on from some of the more mediocre things I used to love. Like I just needed something new) but yeah.#it has been very hard in my brain lately even though it’s also been very good #like. teaching is just a lot these days. because it takes sooooooo much effort and work to get the kids going intellectually speaking #and one of the only ways I know how to reach them. or at least the lane I’m really driving in right now #(I know there are more ways)#is simply speaking to them above their heads. with passion and energy and a certain degree of expertise #and it’s WORKING #because it wakes them up and makes them want to engage #but I am also moving so fast and so vulnerably for all of my certainty. that it’s just hard.#I need to relax but I can’t. I feel like the devil is behind me every second #this is dramatic. and as Lewis said in surprised by joy it’s only one layer of what’s happening #but it is what happening #a lot of things are unfolding/growing and also the anxiety is terrible

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lilowoof · 4 months ago

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ngl gamers, I think I'm gonna inevitably lose to the hormones and depression in the near future XD

Can't bring myself to be active cause I'm using a lot of energy to not vent post all the time. But fuck it, into the tags I go!

#I want NO MESSAGES regarding this. let me just be upset and alone #you spend most of your life trying to not succumb to sick brain but honestly I don't think it's worth it in the long run #my life is for better or worse....decent. but I've lost the drive and happiness to really DO anything a long time ago. like whats the point #the only reason I havent killed myself yet is cause Im too lazy (and dont have access to a gun for a quick getaway)#and I'm saying all this DESPITE having stuff to look forward to in the near future. it's like AUGH whats the POINT IM always gonna suffer #why does mental health take such a toll on ppl. this shit sucks ass. and I still feel excited for things in the future too? somehow?#but I also really want to die so. idk man. idk. maybe if I fall in love with someone then I can be distracted but all my walls are up #what's the point in anything anymore. *I* have to take the steps to improve myself and my situation #and I'd rather die. anyways who wants to make a pact that once we reach 40 we will marry each other #that might be fun #also my brain has gotten so bad that I am literally considering joining a hiking club to get out more and I FUCKING HATE HIKING #but I should probably do something out of my comfort zone to push myself and who knows maybe I will find a new passion #but let me tell you about the anxiety - oh BOY it's starting to act up again. hahahha #ah well sometimes you just need to scream your feelings out in the tags to get a lil clarity from the brain fog #one day I will fucking die/kill myself but for now I'll just try to make the best out of. whatever the hell this stupid life is. *shrug*#(but hey if any professional hitmen are reading this. feel free to. heh. you know ;) )#also I need to get back to art #gotta do my paid work and that one pic I lined months ago. and clay stuff *continues to bed rot another week because hahahahahahaha*#ah I wish I didn't fail all those years ago. then I would be free. I wish I was free #ok goodnight I promised myself that I would do paid work when I wake up tomorrow so hopefully no more migraines -pray emoji-

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zappedbyzabka · 1 year ago

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Karate kid: finding out through extreme measures that you like getting power bottomed and have a preference for blondes

Cobra Kai: going from a prissy bully boy to a scraggly stray cat with a drinking problem that your rival decides to pick up and domesticate decades years later with anal and food

#Daniel buying stuff for him is just *chefs kiss* He deserves ass for it ok.#Thoughts as I watch TKK in the car (cause thankfully I didn’t have to drive yeah boyyyyy)#Also anons….Im not ignoring you. I have a block and anxiety is all<3 I’ve honestly been on nothing but the for you page today #lawrusso #nsft #cobra kai #safety first #Does he want Johnny to slap him and kick him then ride him in a skelton costume? Yes. So bad.#trauma is a hell of a thing and they’ve both got it

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milo-is-rambling · 8 months ago

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I can’t even imagine living without anxiety. Like. How. What?

#I mean if I woke up tomorrow with a normal amount of anxiety it would be a shocking difference to my daily life. and I am medicated!!! like.#what? am I missing something here?#my mom tells me that meds can only do so much and that they’re really just meant to make it so you can get out of bed every day #but now I’m wondering like is that true or is that my mom is on the wrong dose herself and something could be done to help us both #gahhhhh idk I just feel helpless bc I’m scared of making big changes and the big changes have to make are scary and large and I need a #bulleted list made of things I can do (and break down into very small steps) to actually progress in a positive way in my life instead of #being SO afraid and SO stagnant. it’s been six months since (ptsd diagnosis causing thing) and I don’t feel like I’ve made any progress even #with a therapist. I’m working towards a more intensive program but I feel like it’s almost making me feel more alienated bc I’d have to like #go be surrounded by other mentally ill people and medical people which brings dad dying trauma and like I know I’m running from it bc I’m #afraid to face the changes I need to make and the feelings that are going to come up but fuck man can’t I get some fucking meds that make #this easier to deal with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grief and ptsd and long term isolation and anxiety and chronic pain like fuck it’s #so exhausting!!!! I feel like I’m fucking fighting thru life and then from the outside it’s like I’m doing nothing cause I stay in my room #and get stoned and play animal crossing and watch tv and cry and over eat and sometimes I drive around in circles so I can scream sing until #my throat burns and I get a headache and everything finally quiets down in my head for a second. I know I look like I’m doing nothing and #that’s because I am doing nothing but waiting for the next time a mental health professional will talk to me for an hour like it’s so sad #anyways. you ever take a big dab and then start crying and type all of this like it’s an epiphany even tho it’s things you already know.#honestly crying in front of the air conditioner is so slay slight breeze over my face cooling the tears the white noise calming me down

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bredforloyalty · 16 days ago

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apropos prezzy on writing anxiety. all the advice was hitting like, waow if i think about fanfic this could be useful

#cause it was essentially like if you get better at writing and believe you can do it you won't have anxiety no more.#which is like.. not my problem with the research there are external sources for the anxiety and the educational system is not merciful and #just had writer's block yadda yadda #it is so separate in my mind. obviously research is a chore and there is no magic trick to make me like it #while for yaoi i'd do anything. i'll establish routine. i'll become a better version of myself #i can't wait to get home from work at 10:30 and sit down to spend time on what really matters: incest fanfic #it's about commitment. it's about finding a space to carve out for yourself and practicing commitment/routine there because lord knows you #can't do it anywhere else for the life of you. it's about drive. it's about power. we stay hungry we dhxsgvsfxy #writing tag

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baycitystygian · 4 months ago

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I know I generally embrace being autistic but today the hardest parts of it were really in the foreground for the entire fucking exhausting day… having auditory issues on a VERY important phone call that I needed to make and fighting for my life to understand what the poor sweet insurance lady was saying because the audio was so distorted… having a way-too-long discussion with my sister where I (1) promised to “castrate [her baby daddy] like a hog” for ghosting her and genuinely meant it (thinking about stuffing his nards as a wall trophy tbh, if he doesn’t wanna be a dad so badly then surely it’s no loss to him!) and (2) argued with her about laws that are stupid and shouldn’t apply to her situation (that’s a long story)… which probably did not make her feel any bit better and honestly I think both of us are much more stressed out afterwards. like some situations get me so outrageously mad that I literally cannot handle it and I need to remove myself from the conversation because the other person isn’t budging because it’s something they have zero influence over and they are just trying to explain the damn thing but it’s Wrong in my eyes so I feel the need to argue my case and how the fuck does anyone put up with me

like I know I don’t go into much detail about personal issues on here (or much of anything re: IRL me) but uh. that’s a huge thing I struggle with and I have no clue how to change it. It’s like, does no one else have common sense? Why can’t anyone else see this? and it feels like screaming into the void and it makes me feel terrible and it only stresses out the other person who is Not Getting Paid Enough (well, at ALL) to deal with Whatever This Is

#the hyperfixations are fun and there’s a lot about being autistic/ND that I am grateful for #but when I’m driving the struggle bus it is HARD #I still wouldn’t change my situation because neurotypicals have problems too and from the sound of it? their problems are stupider #autistic problems are like. I Am Irrationally Angry At Bad Person Doing Bad Thing Because I Can’t Achieve Justice Here #or the classic My Senses Are Overwhelmed And I Am By Definition Not Equipped To Handle This #whereas NT’s just seem like they all came straight out of the Are The Straights Okay subreddit- but instead it’s Are The NT’s Okay #and they’re not #sorry I just had to ramble. rough week. rough day. getting better. still stressful.#I’ve had other problems today but those two specifically were exacerbated if not directly caused by My Brain Being My Brain and like.#no fucking wonder I’m on anxiety meds. No fucking wonder they help a little but only scratch the surface #it’s baked into my DNA to be stressed or upset or all of the above about basic life situations #I would never say that it’s a bad thing to have a strong sense of human justice but oh lord is mine CONCENTRATED #to the point where I have to exit conversations just because I get so mad over literally just. Information itself if it sucks that hard #guys my autism made me into a chihuahua help

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s1utlvr · 10 months ago

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The older I get the more I realize how fucking scary driving is

#probably due to my worsening anxiety but GOD DAMN #Highways? NUH UH #I’m literally never getting my license cause people in the south can’t fucking drive #luv aubrey <33

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wow-an-unfunny-joke · 1 year ago

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I like hermitcraft fandom but im really struggling to get through the series itself, it's truly ruining me

#im switching between grian's playthorugh and this 900+ video long playlist #apparently it's like ALL of hermit craft #the real problem is im weird about fandom and if thees stuff im not caught up on it drives me crazy #so i can just watch grian and maybe a few others and call it a day #btu then there will be perspectives i dont know #references i wont get #and things that i will just be missing out on #so without know who all is in it #as well as just not having the time on my hands to watch the same series from different perspectives #i mostly have it playing in the background #but things like this genuinely cause me stress #like serious actual fucking anxiety over this #same thing with fnaf #or any smp #but ive been reading some of the fanfic and seeing some fanart #and its just making me more curious #i love this sm #hermitcraft #grian #hermitcraft grian #grianmc #hermitblr #minecraft #mcyt #mcytblr #life smp #secret life smp #minecraft smp

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itshomobirb · 4 months ago

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my pots has been flaring up lately and ive been spending the time looking at med options. awhile back my pots dr suggested we swap my metoprolol (beta blocker) for another more cardioselective one. at the time i declined bc metoprolol helps both with the tachycardia AND the adrenaline (the latter of which was basically giving me constant low-level anxiety/feeling always on the edge of panic, so metoprolol just overall massively calmed me down).

anyway, did some looking and there's this one cardioselective beta blocker that's newer & it's supposed to also not have as many side effects & it has a downstream effect, something something in the blood, and basically it um can kinda have a similar effect to cialis. on top of working as a beta blocker & controlling my tachycardia. only con is that it's not as good at controlling adrenaline, so there's the possibility that even if i switched and it did help me out with my sex drive, it might not control my anxiety as well as metoprolol.

#borbtalks #and metoprolol can cause ED so it's like. which is more important: controlling anxiety or my sex drive?#(also im already on an SSRI. the anxiety in this case is purely physical in nature.#it's just a bit hard to stay calm when ur body is pumped full of adrenaline & keeping u in fight or flight)#(which i can confidently say is just a shitty symptom of pots)

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naivety · 4 months ago

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normalize getting so mad in utter silence you feel like you're gonna throw up

#j.txt #god said u asked for shadow work. even Worse anger issues in 2024 be upon ye #and anxiety also. can pure rage trigger anxiety attacks. cause i wanna say yes #family is driving me fucking crazy. this is why unwell sibling media is 90% of my tv experience #tv experience..... like it's on a job application. Yeah

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kimtaegis · 4 months ago

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this weekend was…absurdly miserable lmao

#yes I’m being negative again but in a much more general way than usual!#it was foreseeable since I spent the past like 4 weeks at my parents’ house with my sister and yuki #and always had someone around me #so naturally being back at my own flat in the city I don’t know anyone in has been shit #but I also didn’t even do ANYTHING to at least try to keep my mind busy 😭#no giffing no reading no workout no replying to messages and asks #just. laying in my bed and discovering I actually developed a widow’s hump from looking at my phone a lot and stuff #like 😭😭😭😭 that’s the high life my friends. my twenties have been glorious #and let’s not forget the crippling anxiety on top cause my very close future is still written in the stars and I’m coping so well!#someone save me bro #anyway I’ll drive to the library tomorrow and Tuesday and try to get some writing done wish me luck #Wednesday's gonna be so fucking exhausting as well work-wise I can't wait for the coming week :)))

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