yesterday a very bad day
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::My dear family; :: ::Yesterday I had a very bad day, ::I was driving in the car and I had a P/A, I could not drive anymore. ::My GOD it was terrible. ::And it is still there,it’s not over. ::The worst thing was that I could not drive anymore, and it was on the ::highway. ::Today I had to go with the car, but I didn’t. ::It;s fine by me I stay at home. Dear Diana, I’m so sorry about your panic attack. Healing thoughts being sent your way. (((((Diana))))) Jackie ~*~I’m not trying to change the world. I’m trying to stop the world from changing me~*~ ~ Ammon Hennacy ~ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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My dear family; Yesterday I had a very bad day, I was driving in the car and I had a P/A, I could not drive anymore. My GOD it was terrible. And it is still there,it’s not over. The worst thing was that I could not drive anymore, and it was on the highway. Today I had to go with the car, but I didn’t. It;s fine by me I stay at home. Love Diana. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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My dear family; Yesterday I had a very bad day, I was driving in the car and I had a P/A, I could not drive anymore. My GOD it was terrible. And it is still there,it’s not over. The worst thing was that I could not drive anymore, and it was on the highway. Today I had to go with the car, but I didn’t. It;s fine by me I stay at home.
Dear Diana, Its so disappointing and annoying when that happens. At least you must have managed to get off the highway safely, so that part was good. Perhaps for now, you can just drive on city streets and not on the highway. I had a bad driving phobia 4.5 years ago when I had severe vertigo while driving, and couldn’t drive for a few weeks, but very gradually I drove further and further each time I drove.I do not have panic attacks, but did have severe anxiety when driving and was sure I would faint and be dizzy, but I kept driving even if it was just to the end of my street and back. It was very hard, but I felt I could not give up my independence unless absolutely essential. My need to be independent pushed me. Sometimes the driving phobia comes back, but its not so severe and I am much better than I was 4.5 years ago. I don’t go on the highway near whre I live. Its very busy and its safer for me and others that I do not go on the highway. And I think so what if I can’t go on the highway. I stick to city streets and thats fine with me. Just because this happened to you today, does not mean you cannot drive again. Drive again when you feel not so anxious and start slow by not driving too far, but keep driving a little further every time you drive. Don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself to do things you don’t feel it is safe to do.Just my opinion. 
Mary — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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days ahead. Love, Di
My dear family; Yesterday I had a very bad day, I was driving in the car and I had a P/A, I could not drive anymore. My GOD it was terrible. And it is still there,it’s not over. The worst thing was that I could not drive anymore, and it was on the highway. Today I had to go with the car, but I didn’t. It;s fine by me I stay at home. Love Diana.
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Hi Diana- First, thank you Mary for your post! I suffer with a driving phobia and have for the past 5 years. I am working on it and I am SLOWLY progressing but PLEASE Diana don’t let this get you. Mary is right, you had the wits about you to get off the side of the road and didn’t harm yourself or anyone else. I know how horrible it is, we all do here but please dont give up driving. You know if you do give up now how hard it will be to go back to it when the time comes. You know as well as I do you cant stay home forever although we’d like to. Please keep your head up and keep tallking to us! Kellie — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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Hi, Diana, I’m sorry you had a bad experience while driving. Please don’t let this stop you from trying again. smiles, Elise
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– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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My dear family; Yesterday I had a very bad day, I was driving in the car and I had a P/A, I could not drive anymore. My GOD it was terrible. And it is still there,it’s not over. The worst thing was that I could not drive anymore, and it was on the highway. Today I had to go with the car, but I didn’t. It;s fine by me I stay at home. Love Diana.
Sorry to hear that. I’ve been struggling with the same kind of P/As for over 5 months. Just started out of the blue. Been trying to manage it with Klonopin and sheer will power. Glad to hear you came out of it okay. It was just a setback. Don’t let it get you down. Joe — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
