Coaching practices for How to Overcome Driving Anxiety Nhs

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• My list of no-go situations keeps quietly getting longer as the fear spreads, and the whole thing feels too overwhelming to face head-on
• I keep asking the people around me "are you sure it’s fine?" over and over
• I’ve got all these little rules that keep me okay
• I’ve got all these little things I do to get through anxious moments
• Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room

Practices that may help

1. Build an avoidance hierarchy and work through it systematically
   List all the situations you avoid because of anxiety, from least to most frightening, then work up the list.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
2. Fade reassurance-seeking
   Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
3. Drop the safety behaviors
   Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
4. Map your safety-behavior inventory
   List every action you take to prevent feared outcomes in anxiety-provoking situations.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
5. Engage with the present moment
   Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
6. Rehearse the response before you need it
   Learn and practice the four steps in low-stakes moments so they are available under pressure.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
7. Reframe from "preventing catastrophe" to "coping with discomfort"
   Shift the goal of entering feared situations from preventing disaster to practicing tolerance.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
8. Generalize exposure to naturalistic triggers
   Seek out real-world situations that naturally produce the sensations you have been practicing with.
   Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
9. Run toward the feeling
   Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
10. Use somatic tracking instead of distraction
    Observe sensations with neutral curiosity rather than distracting from them — the curiosity interrupts the threat appraisal.
    Panic Surfing

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