I posted the other week about an upcoming trip which was going to involve 3 days of driving. Well, I did it and barely even struggled. 

Day one was the worst, woke up early to finish packing my suitcase and empty the apartment. Had zero appetite, just drank some water but my mouth kept drying out. Felt a bit light headed and tired. As soon as we started driving, I felt a bit nauseas and anxious, but I very slowly ate some food. Started to feel better after an hour or so of driving. The rest of the drive was fine. Got to the hotel, had some food and fell asleep early.

Day two, no problems really. Weather was great, only complaint was I felt really warm because of the low sun and thought I had a fever (thanks brain), but I managed to ignore that. Eventually got to the second hotel, ordered some food to the room and went to sleep. 

Day 3, got up early for breakfast and so we could leave early that day. We decided to cut our 4 day trip into 3 days by leaving early. This meant 7 or 8 hours of driving in one day which slightly terrified me but to be honest, the first 5 or 6 hours went fine. It was only the final 1 or 2 hours I started to feel quite bloated and nauseas, but I think that was just from my digestive system being so out of whack with the early mornings and random meal times. Other than that minor inconvenience, I was fine.

So yeah, I did what I thought would be difficult! Obviously, it is a terrible time to travel, which is a big reason why I was anxious about it. But we limited contact with other people, so it was pretty safe. We didn't want to travel right now, but we were moving home, so we had no choice.

It gives me a bit more motivation for future travelling. I always worry about feeling sick when I am in the car because early on in my anxiety journey, I would get nauseas within seconds of being in the car. I literally couldn't go anywhere for a long time out of fear of the nausea. But I completed like 20 hours of driving in 3 days, I am impressed with myself! I also did it without constantly being on the verge of a panic attack. It feels good to be a little more back to my "normal" self. I have completed quite a lot of long car/train/plane journeys in the past few years and I hope I am overcoming my fear of travelling.