Fear of driving and automatic negative thoughts
The fear of driving is often complicated, if not caused by the automatic negative thoughts of individuals. These thoughts can be frightening and irrational, such as worries about oncoming traffic or a bridge ride, or they can be central to a person's physical feelings of anxiety, such as a rapid heartbeat. heartburn or dizziness. These thoughts are often described as the most annoying symptom of fear of driving and can be the real trigger for panic attacks while driving. Controlling these thoughts is critical to success in eliminating a driving phobia.
Stop thinking
It is sometimes advised that the individual who is afraid to drive iverich, tries to stop their negative thoughts. While this is well-intentioned and the goal is sure to be to reduce the quantity of these troublesome thoughts, the technique is inherently flawed. Asking the individual to remember something inconceivable thinks he has already thought of it. She is related to telling him not to think of blue bananas. The first thing they think about is blue bananas, because the act of remembering what they don’t think requires the thought that it is meant to happen. Methods of mental visualization of a stop sign or snapping yourself with a rubber band to train the brain to stop you from having thoughts is unfortunately a frequently suggested technique that is not recommended.
Scheduled treatment time
The time of concern is to preserve specific periods of time during the day, typically in the morning and evening, to be devoted to letting these thoughts run. For example, a common thought associated with the fear of driving is to be caught and unable to escape and lose control. For this thought, the individual would force himself to shout at the thought twice a day for a predetermined period. The intention is ambiguous. First, the thinking becomes less strong because the person is not interested in it after the scenario has been mentally played repeatedly. Second, the technique teaches the person to postpone their treatment until the set time, which ultimately allows them to postpone the treatment indefinitely.
We have seen moderate success with this approach to very isolated thoughts as well as specific fears of driving. For example, if there is a particular bridge that is annoying, but not bridges in general. For the general fear of driving, there are too many anxious thoughts to use this technique effectively in the long run. Nor does it foster acceptance and understanding of the anxious thoughts and feelings that are so critical to success.
Creative visualization
The vast majority of those with irrational, compulsive, and anxious thoughts associated with fear of driving are very intelligent and creative people. Most of the disturbing thoughts they have are not based on historical evidence or fact (they probably never reacted in the way they feared, but the fear remains), and are created by their overly creative imagination. These abilities allow the phobic person to play situations in the mind in a very convincing way and this realism helps to keep the fear at bay. The Driving Fear program, which specializes in treating driving phobias and anxiety, has developed a technique that uses this creative ability to eliminate annoying thoughts instead of holding them back. It actually gives the same properties that made the fear to end the fear.
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