Had what felt like a panic attack during motorcycle lessons and now I feel completely defeated
’m currently doing my motorcycle license and until recently things were actually going okay. I already rode on the street, did parking lot exercises, slow maneuvers etc. Not amazing, but progressing.
Then during my last lesson I dropped the bike a few times during low-speed exercises. Since then, something changed mentally.
Today I showed up for my lesson already extremely nervous. My instructor immediately told me that he talked to other people and that maybe motorcycling “isn’t for me” and that wanting the license and actually being made for it are “two different things.”
After that I felt completely under pressure.
I managed to do a few small figure 8s successfully, but suddenly I started shaking heavily, breathing weird, getting dizzy and my vision became blurry. I genuinely think I had some kind of panic attack. I had to stop the lesson because I felt unsafe to continue.
Now I feel terrible and honestly embarrassed. Part of me thinks maybe he’s right and I’m just not made for riding. Another part of me thinks I just got into a massive anxiety spiral after dropping the bike.
I have another lesson next week with a different instructor, but right now my confidence is completely destroyed.
Did anyone else experience something similar while learning? Did it get better?