Getting over travel fears

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I have AS and OCD. The OCD has caused a problem with a fear of travel. I have been able to branch out to about 65miles from here (where my family lives),but want to do more. I want to be able to go out and see the world without being scared of the negative "what if's". I have successfully been able to help myself with other phobias via exposure,but this is a hurdle I can't seem to get over. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am by no means a home body and I want explore comfortably. I am one of those aspies that crave to be adventurous.

I don't have a fear of travel per se, but I am wary of traveling long distances by myself. The reason has to do with the problems Asperger's syndrome can create and then having no family member around to help out/clear up misunderstandings/whatever.

There's a lovely thread on travelling alone, posted a month or so ago, but I don't remember where... I thinik the In-Depth forum, maybe.

Are you sure it's the OCD? OCD is doing a compulsion to alleviate anxiety, and avoidance isn't always a compulsion.

I ask this for it very well might be the new environment that's making you uncomfortable; a change of structure, routine; unfamiliar sights and sounds, all of which can make someone with AS anxious/sore.

Exposure therapy won't help at all if it's AS mediated.