Bria Lou Reviews

Hey Guys x Sorry for the lack of posts this month! I've been busy and uninspired, which is never a good combination! But I'm back with a few ideas for some posts that I'm really excited to write! Back in January 2015, I wrote a post about my anxiety surrounding driving. At the time, I was in the middle of lessons, and I don't think I ever did a follow-up post, or even said how everything ended. So I thought I'd write this post, over two years later, to talk about how I stand with driving right now. With those lessons before, I had pre-booked about 10 lessons, and was gonna do more depending on how I felt. However, once I finished my tenth lesson, a huge weight lifted off of me. I was so happy to think that I had a few weeks without having to get in the drivers seat. So I didn't book more. I told myself I'd give it a few weeks, then book more lessons with a different instructor (because I was never that keen on my instructor. He wasn't awful,...

I received driving lessons for my 18th birthday in December, and since then I have had 4/5 2 hour lessons. And what I've learnt from this, is that driving completely terrifies me! I have massive amounts of anxiety anyway, so I always knew that I would be a bit anxious the first few times I got into the car. But this is like the worst anxiety that I've ever had! I think the main problem is the control. I know most people have panic attacks of anxiety problems when they fear that they have no control over something. But for me, the prospect of having full control over this car is the most scary thing. It probably sounds stupid, but like, when I touch the accelerator and the car moves, I just find it incredible weird. I have never had that kind of control before and having it for the first time was too much for me. Even thinking about an upcoming lesson makes me really anxious because I'm scared of losing control of the car and, maybe, causing an accident or som...