Amaxophobia is a common anxiety disorder where sufferers have a fear of cars or a fear of driving in different situations.

Description of the scenario

When your patient puts on the VR headset and you start the scenario on the computer, your patient is instantly in a car on the motorway. Before you start the scenario, you can already decide whether the journey should begin on a normal stretch of road, in a tunnel or in an area of roadworks. You can also change the scenario during the journey with just one click.

The patient has the following possibilities for a high degree of realism:

• He/She takes the wheel
• Can change the lane
• Can adjust mirror
• Can set the indicator
• Can regulate the speed

The therapist can activate the following actions in this scenario:

• Slow car for overtaking appears in front of patient
• Darkness
• Rain
• Both together
• Another car makes a mistake
• Form a traffic jam
• Speed

>> Here you can find our article with a video on this scenario.