Hello lovely people,
I was wondering on how yall learned to drive. I have been struggling with it and been getting quite discouraged. It seems all so overwhelming. I also feel pressure since the car I drive was a gift from a family member that I don’t wanna disappoint. Im 20 and I feel like if I don’t learn this I’ll never be able to get any further in life
Oh god. Driving was the bane of my existence for YEARS. Any attempt to learn was met with panic attacks, hyperventilating and tunnel vison. What I did was develop a desensitization program for myself, based on desensitization programs for animals. Specifically dogs and horses.
First I would sit behind the wheel. Not turn the key, just sit there. Once that wasn’t scary I would turn the car on. Then the next step was putting the car into diffrent gears. Finally I was able to pull forwards and backwards. I continued working through each step until I was finally able to drive around the block. The key was making sure that each step was throughly completed, as in I felt no fear doing the action.
If I freaked out I would go back to the previous step and do it again. This took over a month. I practiced parrell parking so many times I could practically do it with my eyes closed. Finally I was able to take my drivers test and I passed it first try!