Extreme Car Anxiety
This all started after the birth of my son 5 months ago. Before he was born, I was fairly content in the car and could ride as a passenger just fine. I got a little mild anxiety on really curvy roads, but I was okay. (For the record I live in a place with lots of mountains and curves.) Now, things are completely different and my fiance is getting annoyed with me. I get so scared and panicky as we are approaching a curve, especially if the curve is on a hill. I always feel like we are going too fast and we are going to just fly off the road. I have so much anxiety over it, I have yelled at him to slow down and even braced myself and closed my eyes through the curve. He's not a bad driver, he's going the speed limit, it's just me that feels like our truck is out of control. Something about me has changed. It's not just that, my anxiety in general has gotten worse, but the car situation is where my anxiety is most extreme. I have gotten to the point where I just close my eyes when I start to feel scared because he's so frustrated with me "being dramatic" and yelling at him to slow down. I'm fine when I drive, but he won't let me drive his truck, so when we take his truck somewhere hes the one that drives. What can I do? Why am I like this all of a sudden?
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