Driving can be a pleasurable experience. But unfortunately, many people make themselves anxious about driving.

The First Principle of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is: It's never situations themselves, but rather our view of situations, that causes our emotions. The good news is if you make yourself anxious about driving, you don't have to.

Which of the following Irrational beliefs related to driving have you experienced:

A major problem with thinking in the above ways is the tendency to cause anxiety, to make you feel bad, and degrade your driving ability.

If this is the case, what can you do to overcome your driving anxiety?

The answer involves changing your thinking.

Suppose you tend to worry about running out of gas during a trip. This can be addressed by confronting, challenging, and contradicting your demand in writing and in your head again, and again, and again. You can use this structure to help you accomplish this:

Take-home message: Practice this thinking on a regular basis to avoid making yourself a victim of driving anxiety, Change your thinking to become a safer, more calm driver.

References

Edelstein, MR & Steele, DR (2019). Three Minute Therapy. San Francisco, CA: Gallatin House.

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Driving can be a pleasurable experience. But unfortunately, many people make themselves anxious about driving.

The First Principle of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is: It's never situations themselves, but rather our view of situations, that causes our emotions. The good news is if you make........

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