Ok, pretty obvious from the title but I'll give some details of my background in driving.
I passed my test first time with 9 minors aged 19. My parents wanted me to get it out of the way before uni which made sense. However, due to not having the funds and saving for uni I didn't get a car for a while. Then in my first year at uni (aged 21) my parents bought me a car. This was around Christmas time and I couldn't take it to uni so I drove it in the holidays. However, apart from a couple trips to the supermarket and picking my mum up from work, I didn't drive on any unfamiliar roads and it was only when I really had to drive. Plus I didn't like having anyone else in the car because I felt embarrassed. After the summer 2015 I gave the car up as I wasn't really driving it and it had a few problems anyway. To be honest I was relieved.
In my second year at uni I got a work placement which meant a car would be useful. I had to take a friend on my first journey there to help me make decisions about the road. I remember having to pull over for an ambulance and I just freaked and let him do it. I made that journey once more by myself and hated it, nearly hit the car in front of me so from then on I got the train. I didn't drive that car so much that the battery ran dead and we eventually sold that too.
That was the last time I drove and I'm now 24. I've finished uni and not having a car is hampering my ability to get a job. If I can't get a bus, I can't have the job. My dream job has come up and I want to go for it but it requires driving. I am so embarrassed to ask about the driving aspect because I feel stupid about being scared of the roads. Other people just hop in the car and think nothing of it!
In feel like I don't have the decision making capacity, or the spatial awareness that is required to drive. I have literally cried at the wheel before because I am just that pathetic.
Anyone else felt like this? or overcome it?