Fear Is Not A Stop Sign

Keep away from that vacuum cleaner!

 

You said it best yourself, " Fear is not a stop sign " We all have our fears, and we just deal with em' best we can.

 

Pray and ask God to help you.

 

I can understand your fear as my wife has been in 6 wreaks, two of which they had to use the jaws of life to cut her out of the car and she walked away from all of them the other 4 she has been rear ended while sitting at stop lights the last one really did a number on her, she was not hurt but it was the first time she had a passenger with her during a wreak and it was are 13 year old daughter who got her nose broken by the air bag. Now none of these accidents were her fault but after my daughter got hurt my wife gets "nervous" in traffic and she has pulled off the road into rest areas or stops for coffee what ever she needs to do. It's been 4 years since that wreak and things have gotta better she no longer avoids driving but still has her days where it just does not feel right and she works from home.
She sold her motorcycle as she can no longer enjoy riding it even though she had never been in a bike wreak but she is totally relaxed riding on the back of mine or riding in car/truck with me. It's one of them thing that takes time

 

The absolute without a doubt BEST thing you can do!
I'll even get it started by saying one for you tonight!

 

there are pills you can take for this. go see a doctor.

 

Get back on the HORSE--Pull tight on the reins and show him who's boss! You can overcome this--just keep at it! Most of all RELAX!
Good luck

 

I was in a wreck in 2000, a women turned in front of us and we hit her about where her back axle was located. Totaled both cars, ours was a 87 celebrity and hers was a fairly new Toyota. I was terrified too to drive, don't know exactly when it finally was over?? but I still do have those twinges when cars don't do right, or if I get too close to a car.

Praying is good advice, put yourself in God's hands to protect and guide you. This is a disease just like any other and you cannot let it control all of your life. Maybe some relaxation techniques would help such as deep breathing as you drive along.

If your husband is trucking you will have to trust that he does it to the best of of his ability and does the things he needs to do to keep himself safe, ie wearing a seatbelt. I know years ago we traveled all the time with no seatbelts and thought people were crazy who were promoting it, but now it is the first thing we do put on. If the Denver area and going west is that bad with ice, snow, and wind, I believe most companies prefer that you wait till the squall clears.

Perhaps you could go with your husband in the future, that is if you don't have kids at home still, and enjoy the road with him some. I was with my husband a year and it was great getting to see so many areas (you can't go out sightseeing or stopping). I forgot how beautiful fall was in WI, even more so than IN because WI has some hills and the color of trees go from the top down. We have lived in the south since 1983 so we do not have the pretty fall colors as much (difference in the trees grown also). You just have to learn to live a truckers life and schedule (sleep when down no matter what time it is).

Prayers for you and your hubby.

 

well you know, I think we all get those stabbing chest pains now and then. OK, maybe not everyone. I'm in good shape, BP is good, I'm active.

But if I ever start feeling funky like that, I just go in the back yard and sprint. It always goes away. Kind of a homegrown stress test, lol. But if it's ever something serious, then I'll probably never know what happened and I'll never need to worry about what to do about it

It's kind of like, OK .. let's go and see what this is all about. It's either going to kill me or make me feel better