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anyone else have major trip/driving anxiety? (self.anxiety)

submitted 8 months ago by pugsnroses77 to c/[email protected]

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I have a 14 hour road trip coming up next month that I have been nausetingly nervous about an entire month out. I'm even trying to seek out a counselor for a bit beforehand because near daily I get sick to my stomach thinking about it. I have bad driving anxiety and I know thats the core of it, but I'm also nervouse since I dont know the people I'm going with super super well, which adds to the driving anxiety component as well as just general anxiety. I'm also super nervous about being tired/feeling sick during the trip and terrified of being away from home/my partner for the week, and dreading the exhaustion upon returning and attempting to finish the work week. my work is also offering to send me to a conference a few days after I get back but the fear of exhaustion + another two hour drive so soon just adds even more anxiety. any advice??

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A really, really good audiobook. Like, the most engaging, engrossing, entertaining, page-turning-if-it-wasn't-audio thing you can possibly get your hands on, in whatever your absolutely favorite genre is.

Maybe even just your all-time favorite book, in audiobook format, narrated by someone new.

[–] pugsnroses77 1 points 8 months ago

this sounds like a great idea when we're out of conversation topics a few hours in