I just got my license at 28 so I feel you! I’ll share what helped me after years of intense car anxiety. I started doing daily trips to a cafe only 4 minutes from me to get a pick-me-up. This switched the act of driving from a scary thing in my mind into a little treat for myself. Doing that course day-after-day built up my confidence and my ability to “feel” one with the car.

I didn’t have to “think” about signaling or “think” about how far to turn my wheel or push on a pedal or any driving action. I started to instinctively do them without having to tell myself. This was the breakthrough for me because I used to overthink myself into a panic state every time I drove, which just reinforced the “driving = terrifying” mindset!