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| | Freeway Phobia, Southern California Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Although few phobic drivers have actually had life-threatening lapses of control, gone psychotic, or been injured on the road, once their anxiety is triggered they develop acute fears of madness, bodily injury, or death. |
 | | What actually occurs at such awful, phobic moments is typically that the motorist feels petrified, slows way down, drives with her right-turn signal on, exits the freeway ASAP, and drives home on city streets while calling for help on the cell phone. |
 | | Freeway phobia can be relieved or cured through self-help, therapy for anxiety disorders, and/or anti-anxiety medication. |
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