Travel anxiety-anyone else have this?

Hi,

Am curious to know if anyone here suffers from travel anxiety? When I was little occasionally I used to suffer from bad anxiety when we had to travel than the few miles into our town, but the 45 miles to where my grandparents live was too much and resulted in anxiety and attacks leading up to the day in question. Then on the day of travel, we would take my dads car, if I went nine times out of ten I'd have a panic attack and end up sick along the way.

I'm a bit older now but my travel anxiety is even worse now. Any journey even the short ones into town make me so anxious and give me anxiety symptoms leading up to it and on the day.

I never go anywhere now. No job, no friends just extreme anxiety. Also another form of this is that when I'm in the car and travelling I need the toilet and need to wee literally within five minutes of the journey starting. And on hour long journeys it becomes so difficult, especially as most public toilets are closed here now.

This morning I was meant to go with my dad to see my grandma but the anxiety was severe and I backed out and now I feel so guilty and bad.

I know that the logical thing to do is to go to the doctors but I get severe panic attacks when I go so I don't go.
But I realize that this is becoming really bad for me.

Parents
  • I get major travel anxiety up until I’m at the airport - once I’m through TSA I’m fine. But 48 hours before I’m stressed, making sure the house is clean, all our laundry is done, all the bed sheets are washed, packing and not forgetting anything. My house has to be absolutely spotless before I go on a trip so that I’m not coming home to any chores to do. I’m traveling this Tuesday and the anxiety kicked in about 7 am today.

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  • I get major travel anxiety up until I’m at the airport - once I’m through TSA I’m fine. But 48 hours before I’m stressed, making sure the house is clean, all our laundry is done, all the bed sheets are washed, packing and not forgetting anything. My house has to be absolutely spotless before I go on a trip so that I’m not coming home to any chores to do. I’m traveling this Tuesday and the anxiety kicked in about 7 am today.

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