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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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  • Good luck~
    im 19 also trying to get my license, its took me this long because of the cost, but the cost lowers as you get older so im hoping to get behind the wheel soon, not just the written test and practice.

    my advise for most test anxiety is to just say “screw it”

    but i think behind the wheel of a 2 ton metal box, that attitude may not be the right approach

    the only other thing i could think to do in this kind of situation is just day dream about the test as much as you can, day dream every successful scenario, day dream every failing scenario, day dream the reaction of your instructor, until its all so familiar that you cant really feel caught off guard or embarrassed by any of it. Like mental preparation. Not sure if it will work in this kind of situation but it has helped me before.

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  • Good luck~
    im 19 also trying to get my license, its took me this long because of the cost, but the cost lowers as you get older so im hoping to get behind the wheel soon, not just the written test and practice.

    my advise for most test anxiety is to just say “screw it”

    but i think behind the wheel of a 2 ton metal box, that attitude may not be the right approach

    the only other thing i could think to do in this kind of situation is just day dream about the test as much as you can, day dream every successful scenario, day dream every failing scenario, day dream the reaction of your instructor, until its all so familiar that you cant really feel caught off guard or embarrassed by any of it. Like mental preparation. Not sure if it will work in this kind of situation but it has helped me before.

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