Driving Anxiety So many people think they’re bad at driving. But what’s really happening is that their nervous system has learned to treat driving as a threat. That can start after one stressful drive, a moment of feeling overwhelmed, or months of worrying about what might go wrong. Once that link is there, your body reacts automatically a racing heart, tightness, that urge to get out of the situation. That’s why logic doesn’t fix it. You can know you’re safe… and still feel anxious. And that’s