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?
