Phobia - Diane

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I will suggest that you continue to do what you are apparently doing Diane and

that is to get out there on the freeway and to " go with the flow " of traffic. Go

on the lanes you are OK with. Parental programs can be difficult to over come

but they CAN be overcome.

 

Make your lane changes using your signals and do your best to be aware of your

sight lines on either side of the vehicle. Do these as very quick glances over

the shoulder and in tandem with your mirrors, not staring, but quick and only as

much as is needed for safety. Keep your distances from the vehicles ahead of

you.

 

This will be unlike most of the other drivers around you in L.A. but some do

keep their distances. Be one of those people. Drive on the freeways as much as

you possibly can. Go out of your way to show your inner child that father was

mistaken on this one. And he was. I have driven professionally and the

statistics are that as we drive on freeways " without " cross traffic we are

indeed safer. No one is running red lights and there are no pedestrians (for the

most part) As you do this you will see that there is nothing to fear. Fear

itself can become the source of that which you are concerned about by causing a

person to respond through anxiety.

 

I will suggest that you use this as a primer towards the balancing of other

fears you may harbor. - blessings and see you on the I-10! - chrism

 

, Diane Baugh

<cdgbdronningen wrote:

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I have a freeway phobia.