Amaxophobia: Restoring Confidence Behind the Wheel

Amaxophobia affects nearly 5% of adults, particularly those aged 20 to 40. Women are more affected than men. The fear can occur behind the wheel or as a passenger, and treatment helps patients regain autonomy and confidence.

C2Care's environments reproduce highway, tunnel, city, bridge, and mountain driving. Each scenario targets a specific anxiety trigger, from enclosed spaces to heights, so the practitioner can adapt exposure to the patient's fear.

Yes. Practitioners can adjust vehicle type (cars, vans, trucks, buses, motorcycles), add obstacles such as accidents or construction zones, and change weather conditions like rain, fog, or night driving to match each patient's specific anxiety.

Camille acts as a trusted companion, supporting the patient throughout the exposure without judgment. Virtual characters within the scenes also replicate real-life social behaviors, such as pedestrians or other drivers, to reinforce the sense of presence.

Treatment combines immersion in anxiety-inducing environments, cognitive restructuring to replace catastrophic thoughts, repeated exposures, and a gradual increase in difficulty. This progressive approach, personalized with artificial intelligence, helps the patient regain confidence behind the wheel.

Yes. The tunnel environment lets the patient face configurations from short to long, with or without traffic, to work on the fear of enclosed spaces. The bridge environment recreates different crossing lengths and weather conditions to reduce fear linked to heights.

C2Care's virtual reality environments are used to treat anxiety disorders, phobias such as amaxophobia, addictions, and cognitive disorders, always under a practitioner's supervision.

It can happen, and it's called cybersickness, a phenomenon well known to scientists that affects a portion of the population. It is reversible: starting with fairly static environments, then slight head movements, and gradually moving on to slower movements helps the body adapt.

Virtual reality exposure therapy is delivered by trained practitioners such as psychologists and psychiatrists, in liberal practice as well as in hospitals, clinics, and CHUs.

Virtual reality exposure therapy shows real therapeutic benefits across a wide age range. In adolescents, it increases therapeutic engagement, and in elderly patients, it supports cognitive stimulation and helps manage behavioral disorders and anxiety. It is not recommended for people with epilepsy or for pregnant individuals.

• Professional differentiation: integrating virtual reality sets a practice apart from traditional treatment options.
• Scientific validation: virtual reality exposure therapy is backed by extensive research.
• Improved patient engagement: the interactive nature of virtual reality fosters greater involvement in therapy.
• Time-saving: practitioners gain direct access to a range of exposure environments without external logistics.

Access depends on the subscription and equipment chosen. Contact C2Care to determine which driving environments are included in your plan.

C2Care's technical support team can be reached via live chat from your control panel. If an issue affects your headset, the team will help diagnose the problem and, if necessary, provide a return label and replace the defective equipment within 48 hours.

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