I had the same symptoms as the OP worrying about time would I have time to do this and that it got so bad that my driving was affected and I turned right into a side road and had a very near miss I had not even noticed a car coming towards me and had he not quickly taken evasive action would have been under the side of me. I went to the Doc and wee had a long talk about it and the result was I handed in my HGV licence I was 62 and 40yrs driving had taken their toll. I got another job until I retired but to this day I still have problems and still on a tablet. My advice is firstly go to the Doc and also tell your employer as This is a No No with his insurance company as if you were to be involved in an accident the insurance company would walk away. Eddie.
seth 70:
hitch:
he needs to talk to someone…
and the boss needs to know…Yep,they have a duty of care and i im sure any good employer will understand.
If only that was true,
koikeeper:
seth 70:
hitch:
he needs to talk to someone…
and the boss needs to know…Yep,they have a duty of care and i im sure any good employer will understand.
If only that was true,
Good employer i said 
toby1234abc:
It sounds like depression or anxiety, Boots sell Kalms, a natural herbal remedy with dried lettuce and Valerian, to sooth the nerves.
Its past the kalms stage toby,you could eat a case full of them things and nowt would happen apart from having a day constantly ■■■■■■■ 
seth 70:
toby1234abc:
It sounds like depression or anxiety, Boots sell Kalms, a natural herbal remedy with dried lettuce and Valerian, to sooth the nerves.Its past the kalms stage toby,you could eat a case full of them things and nowt would happen apart from having a day constantly ■■■■■■■
I took Kalms when i was a bus driver. Worked a treat for me and don’t think i could have gone into work each day to face the public without them. Also really helped with my sleep and not lying in bed thinking about worst case scenarios that could happen at work.
I knew a driver that was heading to Europe to get a ferry out of Dover.
He got to Dover and burst in to tears and brought the lorry back to the yard.
It was some sort of panic attack.
Some people don’t like confined spaces, the ferry decks are.
Another lad witnessed a full blown shoot out in the Basque area in Spain, the Police and ETA, a terrorist group that used to bomb tourist resorts.
He said bullets were flying everywhere, not
a Mmtm story, he never did European work again.
this is often caused by somebody playing mind games with you. the only solution is to get them out of your life . then read up on the subject so you can see them early coming at you in future .
i got almost broken mentally by a mindgamer and took me almost ten years to recover
I have passed my number on to a driver that works with him to get him to call me.
Iv worked for his boss and he ain’t easy to talk to at the best of times,
We have an extremely difficult reverese down a tight arched tunnel on a busy high street, first few months banging it in first time week in and week out. Now I make a right pigs ear of it everytime, that particular store I’ve lost my confidence at, I just cannot explain it at all 
Plays on your mind when it’s on your trip sheet, I’m not sounding big headed here btw but am as good as it gets in the reversing department. But once your mind starts playing tricks on you makes you look like a bleedin amateur!!
corij:
this is often caused by somebody playing mind games with you. the only solution is to get them out of your life . then read up on the subject so you can see them early coming at you in future .
i got almost broken mentally by a mindgamer and took me almost ten years to recover
spot on had exactly the same when i worked on the railway a manager playing mind games and constantly pressurizing me lead to a full on break down and end of my career in a job i loved .
I can sympathise with the OP, This can happen to anyone so all you out there taking the Pi** out of this guy beware you could be next.
Go and see your GP they can help by prescribing Beta-Blockers to lower your heart rate and control the irrational fears you encounter
The stress levels that can be encountered by driving are higher than you realise, especially as a lot of us drive on auto -pilot. Have you driven up the say M1
and thought I don’t remember passing that part of the motorway.? Thats auto - pilot, Once the auto pilot is switched off you monitor your self and all around you
causing even more stress and anxiety raising your heart rate and blood pressure it then only needs something you think is out of the ordinary and you day goes to pieces… The symptoms include dizziness, lack of breath, Feeling like you are choking, sweating. thats enough for anyone !
I am not saying medication is a cure for all here as if its a magic solution ? tablets do not cure symptoms they divert them, they will assist for sure, but your own mind/brain is the key to curing itself in the long run. If you tell yourself you are fine you probably will be, Although this is easier said than done I know from my own personal experiences. But If you sit checking your pulse it will get higher & higher.
I suffered similar effects in 1997 and thought I was going nuts I got on with my life and it subsided, But even now when anything traumatic happens in life I do all I can to try keep feeling normal and try not to dwell on things or look back as this causes a similar reaction even now. its called “fight or flight”
Look after yourselves and relax as much as you can when you can !
St Johns Wart Natural works a treat if your stressing over things
sgt major roadworks:
I can sympathise with the OP, This can happen to anyone so all you out there taking the Pi** out of this guy beware you could be next.
No ones took the ■■■■ out the guy you absolute ■■■■… 
We all symphasise because it could happen to us… and the small matter of also being in the same job.
[apologies saw your username and had a flashback to my time in the SBS]
scaniason:
I still can’t drive worth a ■■■■, but I don’t stress about it any more
Made me chuckle (genuinely) 
yorkshire terrier:
Talking to a driver yesterday who iv known a while says he is looking to got away from driving trucks because he has “lost the edge” he said.
Basically he doesn’t have the confidence he once had.
He is only 39 and I worked with him for quite a while but he said he has started worrying about tight deliverys and going to new places and seems to lack the spirit he once had too.
Anyone else known this happen to a driver??
Age wise, 39/40 is the perfect time to get out of haulage if he’s had enough, leave it another 5 years and he’ll still be driving when he’s 65. At 40 you are still young enough to retrain, what is amazing is, you’d be surprised what you can and are capable of doing away from driving…
Good luck to him.
I have found sports massages to be relaxing, a good chiropractic clinic will do them.
Toxins build up in the muscles, in the massage, they break the tissue down to release the toxins, it hurts, but is worth the money.
Acupuncture is brilliant, I fell off my bike on a mountain in Spain and had pain in the shoulder for a year,after treatment it was gone, he said the brain was receiving dud messages to say pain, the needles blocked the messages.
Drinking lots of water helps the mood.
Lorry driving is a stressful job, the public hate us, there is congestion to deal with, traffic planners that have no clue how it is in the REAL .
When I done my DCPC, we had to do a questionnaire thing on how stressed we are when driving.
Basically, it was questions like;
Do you get anxious at an unknown delivery?
Do you worry you’re not going to make your allotted time slot?
Do you get nervous in the morning/night before work starts?
I’d finished, and glanced either side of me at the other peoples results and was really shocked. I can’t remember the actual results (I have them indoors, I’m not there now) but I had scored 25 ish and either side scored 140ish 
wtf?
Anyway, to everyone’s delight , I took it up with the Trainer. Turns out its a common thing Personally, I love going somewhere new, but I feel for these people. Just relax people.
Stress is a strange thing people who have jobs you believe should be stressful don’t seem to suffer, and people in other jobs which you think are a breeze suffer, partly it’s personality and partly control of your situation.
I personally like a bit of challenge in my work, even though it will worry me I seem to do my best work under pressure, once a job becomes mundane I end up bored,
But I’ve also had people play mind games, and when you’re not ready for it so have no defence that can be stressful in the wrong way.
I hope the op’s mate can work through the problems, and seeks the right help.
bjd:
St Johns Wart Natural works a treat if your stressing over things
I swear by these…a couple of times a year,I “get the blues” so to speak.
2 or 3 days on these,and I’m grinning like a Cheshire cat 
For a couple of quid,got to be the first port of call
I had a breakdown last month. Think it was the fuel pump.