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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Driving Anxiety and Driving Exposure | EP 315

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Navigating driving anxiety with exposure therapy—but not how you might think. In this episode, Drew Linsalata (therapist, author, and former anxiety sufferer) challenges common misconceptions about addressing driving anxiety. Learn why the feeling is the exposure, not the driving itself, and discover how interoceptive and imaginal exposures can help without ever starting your car. Drew explains why pulling over or listening to music isn't avoidance if you're still experienci...

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0:00.0

What if you panic while you drive?

0:03.6

What if you're so anxious about driving or so anxious while in the car that you've stopped

0:08.2

driving because you've developed the fear of doing that?

0:11.0

And what if it's sort of restricting or even sort of ruining your life?

0:14.6

Well, this is a topic that's near and dear to many hearts among listeners of the anxious

0:18.9

truth.

0:19.7

So this week we're going to talk about driving anxiety and approaching driving anxiety using exposure methods. So let's get to it.

0:32.5

Hello everybody. Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is episode 316. Nope, this is episode 315 of the podcast. We are recording in April of 2025 in case you are listening from the future. The Anxious Truth is the podcast and YouTube channel that talks about all things anxiety, anxiety, anxiety, recovery. If you have just stumbled upon the podcast or the YouTube channel today, welcome. I hope you find this helpful.

0:55.3

And of course, if you are a returning listener or viewer, welcome back.

0:59.0

Glad you here.

0:59.8

Thanks for spending some time with me.

1:01.7

I am Drew Linzalata.

1:02.7

I am the creator and host of The Anxious Truth.

1:04.5

I'm also a therapist practicing in the area of anxiety and anxiety disorders in New York in the US of A. I'm a three-time author on this topic,

1:12.3

a psychoeducator and advocate, and a former sufferer of panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD,

1:18.0

and depression for many years of my life on and off, but doing much better now and actually

1:22.5

for many years. So today we're going to talk about driving anxiety and exposure for driving anxiety.

1:29.5

Before we do, just a quick reminder that there are more goodies beyond just this podcast

1:33.3

episode or YouTube video on my website at theanxioustruth.com, most of which is free.

1:39.4

Anything that does carry a cost is like a book which is really inexpensive or maybe a workshop

1:43.9

that's very inexpensive

1:44.7

anyway go check it out follow along with all the other podcast episodes following on social media

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