Traumatic Travel

Aged 7, I was on a coach on a school trip. Returning from a day out, there was no toilet on board, so went to the front of the coach and asked a teacher if they would stop because I needed to pee.

Instead of stopping, they forced me to pee into a bucket in front of the other kids.

This single event amplified into issues I already had travelling on public transport.

Today, after 10 years of London living and since moving to the coast, I still struggle to even step on to a bus. Trains offer a similarly difficult proposition.

I was wondering what issues you found with travel and if you had ways of overcoming them that I may learn from?