I’m currently 22, don’t have my drivers’ license.

People around me are pressuring me (mainly family) to get it, and obviously it would be for the best if I do, for many reasons, jobs, girls, etc.

However I have extreme anxiety behind the wheel, I simply do not trust myself to drive a 2 tonne death machine on a busy road. In fact, I find it crazy that it’s a societal norm and generally accepted fact that we all do. I struggle to keep it together on an empty parking lot and I’m yet to drive on a quiet estate let alone a road because anywhere with cars driving around spooks me. I get nervous whenever I even think about it, I feel like it’s an innate fear I have and I can’t seem to get over it.

Did anybody else have this and how do you overcome it?

Does anyone else not have a license and how does it affect them? So far it’s been fine for me because I’m only 22 but I feel like I’m the future it’s going to become a problem.