beach within driving distance that does not require driving over a bridge

[Anonymous]

Hugs, OP. I’m in recovery from panic/anxiety and agoraphobia.

I’ll very kindly suggest a specific therapy that was extremely helpful to me in the midst of multiple panic triggers- EMDR therapy. Read about it but helpful to know that it’s had great success with combat zone soldiers dealing with PTSD (also another thing I was diagnosed with) and generally is well-tolerated with few side effects. Just suggesting this before panic or fear of having a panic attack subsumes your
daily life. It’s not hypnosis and you typically have some standard CBT sessions to determine triggers and relevant events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh yeah I feel ya. I have my first bridge panic attack on the Bay Bridge after growing up near NYC so having crossed tons of bridges. I was driving and ended up in the west bound lane like they do when it’s busy going east and I just about died. That plus the complete loss of horizon really threw me. Now, I love going to the beach so I vowed not to let my fear prevent me from going but dang when your hands are sweating and you’re the driver, and you have precious cargo….it’s hard. I have now successfully white knuckled it enough that I no longer panic when I see it, my heart rate didn’t even increase the last time. I’ve been over and back from eight or nine times now.

The loss of horizon really freaked me out. I felt like my car was going to launch into sky! If I ever had to drive over this bridge again - I would hire someone to do the driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chesapeake beach, or go further to Va beach

Not OP but the bridges on 64 and 664 are comparable to the Bay Bridge.

They aren't quite as bad as the Bay Bridge, but they aren't great.