Hello and welcome to another video lots of people get nervous they get stressed
and some even get anxiety before the driving test when when you get anxiety
your muscles tense up in your body which means that you will end up holding the
steering wheel really firmly tightly this will make it harder for you to
control the car harder for you to stay as smoothly because your muscles are all
tensed up it'll give you jerky gear changes it'll make your stopping
uncomfortable jerky and make him moving off rough when person is anxious the
brain takes longer to process hazards if the brain is taking longer to process
hazards you will obviously take longer to react to them and end up making far
more mistakes than you would if you are relaxed it becomes a vicious circle so
what is the solution well in order to find the solution firstly we need to
analyze why a person gets nervous before the driving test
there are several reasons why you may feel nervous why you may feel stressed
or even why you may feel anxious before the test it could be that you just want
to be the perfect driver or it could be that you've been criticized
a lot about your driving in the past or it could be something simple that you
just bring stress from other parts of your life into your driving so before we
can find the solution we need to analyze you need to analyze and you need to be
honest with yourself as to why you are really nervous why you are really
stressed or why why you even feel sometimes anxiety just thinking about
the test itself let us take the first scenario let's assume that you are one
of these people who want to drive perfectly well the first thing I'm going
to say to you is on the very first page of the DVS a driving manual it says that
there is no such a thing as a perfect driver so don't even try to drive
perfectly just try your best try to drive safely I've been driving since
1987 and I still make mistakes when I'm driving when you go for the driving test
you are allowed to make mistakes the driving examiner in fact will allow you
to make up to 15 minor mistakes and still pass the driving test as long as
you drive safely as long as you show competence you will pass your driving
test let's take another scenario let's assume that you've been criticized about
your driving maybe you're taking driving lessons from a friend from
family member who criticises she took every opportunity not because they're
for something against you only because they haven't been taught on how to teach
they're not professional driving instructors if this is your case then
you need to think carefully whether you want to continue taking private driving
lessons with that particular person the person may be offering you free lessons
but they are zapping away your confidence
they are demoralizing you if you are taking lessons from a qualified
instructor that instructor should teach you to be confident and if you are with
an instructor who ends up shouting at you and demoralizing you you should not
be paying him it's about time that you found yourself another instructor it's
as simple as that
when you pay for a service you should enjoy that service they say the customer
is the king now let's take the third scenario let's assume you are stressed
about other aspects of your life for example your work why not consider why
not consider swapping your shift with one of your colleagues just take the day
off switch off your phone don't answer
emails until after the driving test you'll be surprised of the difference it
makes that for your test maybe the stress is because you've got to get up
early in the morning you've got to get the children ready for school
we'll make sure they're arriving school on time cetera cetera why not consider
booking a driving test in the afternoon so you can take your time getting the
children ready for school you can come home even relax a little bit have a cup
of tea and then winning a relaxed frame of mind then you go for the driving test
or why not arrange wanted arrange for a babysitter so you don't even have to
have the stress on that day of thinking about the children as I said earlier in
the video there is a combination of things that you can do to reduce stress
that you can do to reduce your nerves and even anxiety so please make sure
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