Driving anxiety from fear of failure:
Driving anxiety can be both positive and negative. With positive fear of failure one performs extra well when they are stressed. While with negative fear of failure stress level is too high to even be able to perform. Furthermore you can divide fear of failure into 3 groups:
- Cognitive: because one is too nervous they cannot go back to the knowledge and skills that they have acquired;
- Social: what will others think?
- Motor: blocking of practical skills.
Unfortunately, fear of failure and perfectionism go hand in hand. This group wants to drive as it should and expects that others also keep themselves to the (traffic) rules. If it does not happen and they cannot run as it should, does it make insecure and anxious and may lead to driving anxiety.
When do you have fear of failure for the driving exam?
Almost everyone is nervous for a (driving) exam. That is normal. It may just encourage you to do well. You are sharp by the adrenalin. Some people are extremely nervous. But that doesn’t need to be fear of failure. You speak of fear of failure to pass the driving exam if you are under pressure for one hour and collapse. For example, by a blackout, or by errors that during your lessons never took place.
There is no driving exam fear if you're nervous because you're not quite ready for the exam. For example, because you really have not had enough lessons. Or because you did not had a click with your driving instructor. Therefore pay enough attention to find a good driving school and driving instructor. Tips about this you get on this website and through www.rijschoolgegevens.nl.
There is also no fear of failure for the driving test if you suffer from anxiety as trait / personality. On the Internet you can find a lot information about this, among other www.faalangst.nl. There you will find a test that measures whether you suffer from it, and what you can do about it.
Naturally, our instructors have other tests to work with to find out whether you're anxious failure.
