For many people, driving represents freedom, independence, and mobility. For others, however, getting behind the wheel can trigger intense fear, anxiety, or panic. Whether the fear involves freeways, bridges, tunnels, heavy traffic, or driving in general, driving anxiety is more common than most people realize. These fears can significantly impact daily life, limiting work opportunities, social activities, and personal freedom. Hypnotherapy offers a powerful and effective approach to helping individuals overcome driving-related fears by addressing the subconscious patterns where anxiety is rooted.

Stress isn’t just a mindset problem—it’s a nervous system pattern

In Hypnotherapy for Stress Regulation, Norman Plotkin, CHt - CEO and clinical hypnotherapist—explains why stress can’t be resolved through willpower alone and how hypnotherapy works at the level where stress actually lives: in the body, the breath, and unconscious protective patterns . 

Drawing from his clinical experience, he shows how hypnotherapy helps retrain the nervous system, soften internal stress triggers, and build real, lasting self-regulation. 

This article is written by him and reflects his grounded, practical approach to helping people move from constant bracing to genuine inner ease

Hypnosis can be seen as a waking state of awareness, in which a person’s attention is detached

from his or her immediate environment and is absorbed by inner experiences such as feelings,

cognition and imagery.

Hypnotic induction involves focusing of attention and imaginative involvement to the point

where what is being imagined feels real. By the use and acceptance of suggestions, the clinician

and patient construct a hypnotic reality.