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Driving Lessons/Test

BassFace

Hello,

I have a bad relationship with learning to drive.

I started to learn when I was 17, now I'm 21 and I still don't have a license.

I have tried 3 different instructors. Twice I have been nearly test-ready and then the instructor organised a 'practice test' and both times I just got so anxious that I couldn't think clearly and did a load of dangerous stuff that I'd never ever do normally and had an anxiety attack even though it was only a practice.

I'm not that anxious about driving usually, but (even in a practice) the test anxiety plus having a weird stranger so close to me in the passenger seat makes it way too overwhelming.

Every time it goes wrong I feel extremely humiliated and lose all my confidence and then it takes months to build up to trying again.

I've decided to try again this summer, before my theory test expires for the second time.

Does anyone have any tips for how to approach it and not get overwhelmed so I can finally get a license and have some independence?

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  • Oh my god, not tips but I completely understand what you mean. When I'm in the car driving with my mum or dad I'm quite calm and confident and I have fully control of my car, and I was always fine with my instructor Mike, but then when it came to tests I'd be nervous as hell and I'd barely say a word for the whole test. When I've done a test I've usually done well up to a point and then I panic with something and make a silly mistake and end up failing the test. Would you believe I've taken 7 driving tests and I still haven't passed, yet I know people who have passed first time. I'm 22 btw so nearly your age

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  • Oh my god, not tips but I completely understand what you mean. When I'm in the car driving with my mum or dad I'm quite calm and confident and I have fully control of my car, and I was always fine with my instructor Mike, but then when it came to tests I'd be nervous as hell and I'd barely say a word for the whole test. When I've done a test I've usually done well up to a point and then I panic with something and make a silly mistake and end up failing the test. Would you believe I've taken 7 driving tests and I still haven't passed, yet I know people who have passed first time. I'm 22 btw so nearly your age

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