My daughter is a fairly new driver, and there is an intersection in her college town that is so bad it gets meme’d about being dangerous and causing anxiety in drivers.
She said every time she uses navigation and it wants to take her through there she starts to panic. So I am wondering if it is possible to create a rule in maps and add a no go zone there for her.
I agree about not avoiding and giving it power.
I have an irrational fear of heights. I don’t let myself avoid triggering situations with common locations. Sure, I would allow myself not to step to the edge of a tall building cause how often does that happen. But I won’t allow myself to avoid a bridge over a busy road in my own neighborhood on a walk.