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I began to be afraid of cars after a friend of mine died in a car wreck, after that I began phobic of cars, I could drive myself, or be in a car for more than 15 minutes at a time.
A few months ago I was in a car accident after school while driving home with a childhood friend.
This has only seemed to reinforce my fear, making it so unbarable I feel like I'm going to die and get terribly close to crying when I'm in the car.
This fear, is so intense, I feel like my heart is going to explode and every car in front of us, I have flashes of it slamming on its breaks and us slamming into it, which is what happened when I got into the car accident.
I don't know what to do anymore, my boyfriend gets so angry at me because I'm always telling him to slow down, or too watch out for that car.
My mom doesn't seem to understand, she just gets mad at me and thinks I'm being difficult.
I don't beleive this is an irrational fear because car's are dangerous!
My psychiatrist diagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and gave me some medication that my mom won't allow me to take.
I don't know how to deal with this anymore, It's driving me crazy because I'm missing out on just about everything because I can't go anywhere further than 15 minutes! Does anybody have any advice?
(Please don't give me the 'you have to face your fears' or 'let your boyfriend/mom blindfold and gag you during car rides' I don't know why you expect this to work, but I would be having panic attacks left and right, that won't help.)
A few months ago I was in a car accident after school while driving home with a childhood friend.
This has only seemed to reinforce my fear, making it so unbarable I feel like I'm going to die and get terribly close to crying when I'm in the car.
This fear, is so intense, I feel like my heart is going to explode and every car in front of us, I have flashes of it slamming on its breaks and us slamming into it, which is what happened when I got into the car accident.
I don't know what to do anymore, my boyfriend gets so angry at me because I'm always telling him to slow down, or too watch out for that car.
My mom doesn't seem to understand, she just gets mad at me and thinks I'm being difficult.
I don't beleive this is an irrational fear because car's are dangerous!
My psychiatrist diagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and gave me some medication that my mom won't allow me to take.
I don't know how to deal with this anymore, It's driving me crazy because I'm missing out on just about everything because I can't go anywhere further than 15 minutes! Does anybody have any advice?
(Please don't give me the 'you have to face your fears' or 'let your boyfriend/mom blindfold and gag you during car rides' I don't know why you expect this to work, but I would be having panic attacks left and right, that won't help.)