Hey, everyone.
So, this might sound a little stupid, but I'm absolutely terrified of driving in a car. I've been able to avoid getting my license for three years now, but my parents are starting to get on my case about it now, completely ignoring me when I tell them of my phobia of getting behind the wheel of a car. I mean seriously, cars, in the wrong hands anyway, are speeding metal death traps that can take/ruin lives in a split second. If you fuck up once while driving a car you can total another persons car and be forced to pay for repairs for months at a time. And yet, everyone raves about how great driving is and judges you intensely if your past the age of seventeen and don't have your drivers license yet.
I don't understand any of it. I mean, I kind of understand why people judge you if you can't drive. Having your license, I guess, must be like an initiation into adulthood or something. But, more to the point, how do people get over that terrifying fear that they may kill someone every time they sit down to drive to a convenient store down the street? Do any of you who drive have any tips for someone like me to help me get past my fears? I'm almost twenty-one so I feel like I should be able to drive, but whenever I go to learn I get really scared and nervous and it's very frustrating.
So, this might sound a little stupid, but I'm absolutely terrified of driving in a car. I've been able to avoid getting my license for three years now, but my parents are starting to get on my case about it now, completely ignoring me when I tell them of my phobia of getting behind the wheel of a car. I mean seriously, cars, in the wrong hands anyway, are speeding metal death traps that can take/ruin lives in a split second. If you fuck up once while driving a car you can total another persons car and be forced to pay for repairs for months at a time. And yet, everyone raves about how great driving is and judges you intensely if your past the age of seventeen and don't have your drivers license yet.
I don't understand any of it. I mean, I kind of understand why people judge you if you can't drive. Having your license, I guess, must be like an initiation into adulthood or something. But, more to the point, how do people get over that terrifying fear that they may kill someone every time they sit down to drive to a convenient store down the street? Do any of you who drive have any tips for someone like me to help me get past my fears? I'm almost twenty-one so I feel like I should be able to drive, but whenever I go to learn I get really scared and nervous and it's very frustrating.