Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

A million percent.

A million percent.

Well, the sadness is that I really want to have more freedom and be less dependent on other people to drive.

Well, the sadness is that I really want to have more freedom and be less dependent on other people to drive.

Well, I don't want to cause anyone, I don't want to create an accident. I don't want to kill anyone. I don't want to feel the I don't want to experience the pain or the discomfort. I want to be safe. I want to be cautious. I don't want to do anything that causes another driver to lose their control.

Well, I don't want to cause anyone, I don't want to create an accident. I don't want to kill anyone. I don't want to feel the I don't want to experience the pain or the discomfort. I want to be safe. I want to be cautious. I don't want to do anything that causes another driver to lose their control.

Um, because they're, they're really limiting. It's limiting my life. I have friends who live farther away from where I live that I don't go visit because I'm, I'm too afraid to drive. I have too afraid to drive there. And, um, you know, Michael's getting tired of driving all the time and he needs a break and it's limited my life.

Um, because they're, they're really limiting. It's limiting my life. I have friends who live farther away from where I live that I don't go visit because I'm, I'm too afraid to drive. I have too afraid to drive there. And, um, you know, Michael's getting tired of driving all the time and he needs a break and it's limited my life.

And I want to work on overcoming that and having more freedom and control.

And I want to work on overcoming that and having more freedom and control.

Yeah, I don't want it too low, but I don't want it too high.

Yeah, I don't want it too low, but I don't want it too high.

No, I want to do it. I want, I'm a hundred percent in.

No, I want to do it. I want, I'm a hundred percent in.

I actually love this method because it just goes to see, you can see how invalid the thought is. I was labeling myself dumb. It was all or nothing thinking that it's, you know, I'm either always, you know, I'm all dumb or I'm not, you know, there was no shades of gray within it. Overgeneralizing, like from one feared moment to all moments are going to be fearful. And one time I was,

I actually love this method because it just goes to see, you can see how invalid the thought is. I was labeling myself dumb. It was all or nothing thinking that it's, you know, I'm either always, you know, I'm all dumb or I'm not, you know, there was no shades of gray within it. Overgeneralizing, like from one feared moment to all moments are going to be fearful. And one time I was,

challenge that all the time I'm going to be dumb because I'm challenged. It was, it was mental filter. I was ignoring, um, all of the positives. I was just thinking about all this, the negatives and the scary part of it. I was discounting the positives. I was insisting that whatever I did correctly about driving didn't matter. Um,

challenge that all the time I'm going to be dumb because I'm challenged. It was, it was mental filter. I was ignoring, um, all of the positives. I was just thinking about all this, the negatives and the scary part of it. I was discounting the positives. I was insisting that whatever I did correctly about driving didn't matter. Um,

It was mind reading because I was assuming that other people around me were reacting negatively to me as I was driving. It was magnification and minimization. I was magnifying the problems that could occur and I was minimizing my actually driving skills. It was emotional reasoning because I was feeling scared.

It was mind reading because I was assuming that other people around me were reacting negatively to me as I was driving. It was magnification and minimization. I was magnifying the problems that could occur and I was minimizing my actually driving skills. It was emotional reasoning because I was feeling scared.