Everytime I walk from my house to the garage and back(to get something) I'm afraid of the sound of cars because I'm terrified that this will finally be the car that drives by shooting and kills me...or when I am on the road I am always afraid a car is going to speed up, swerve over and take me out...I think I have a phobia of cars...I refused to get my licence because of environmental reasons but I'm also certain i'll be killed in a car or by a car and that contributes to my reasoning, and if I'm driving I could also hurt someone else, that's even worst...Sometimes I hear moters and my heart starts to pound ...THey are so big, heavy, and fast...eek! Any one else afraid of cars or what they would bring or do?
well, maybe you do have a fear of them. i don't know what you could do about it though. I always had a fear that every time during the night i have to go outside to get something from my car, that a hand will reach out from underneath it, or someone is hiding in the back seat...it doesn't matter whether i'm alone or not, i still think this
I definately have a phobia of driving. I have my liscense and I've been through drivers ed and all that, but I never drive. I feel like I'm in a war zone everytime I get behind the wheel. It's like, most people get road rage at the other drivers. I get road rage towards the other drivers, the other cars, my own car, myself, pedestrians (especially pedestrians) trees on the side of the road, you name it. I don't really drive at all anymore. Especially on the freeway. The freeway's the worst. Everyone's saying it's going to disable me, but I plan on either living in a big city with really good public transportation, or I'll live out in the country where there's not so much traffic. I also would NEVER want to own a car because of what a money-sucker they are. They're really a needless, pain-in-the-ass responsibility that I don't want. I also tense up whenever a car passes. -Kate
occasionally I used to have these random paranoid thoughts that as I am driving my car that it is going to overheat and blow up with me in it or something like that. I know that is just ridiculous so I manage to tell myself how stupid that thought is when it comes up....but it does freak me out sometimes. I suppose it is just a fear I have about electrical fires starting beyond my control. I get panicky about all the appliances in my house blowing up or catching fire also.
