My fear of driving exams snowballed

I had my first driving test today and I felt well prepared in terms of the actual skills.

As I was in the waiting room, I was really anxious and almost peed myself. We got into the car, and my leg was shaking but I drove on. Was doing perfectly until the 5 minute mark, where I swerved right and the car behind me overtook by speeding up leading to the examiner physically holding the steering wheel. I knew then that I had failed, and from that point on I could not think straight.

I was missing exits, taking the wrong lanes and completely distraught until the final straw : I almost ran a red light and the examiner had to brake.

I literally started sobbing, as I carried on driving. I had tears and boogers running down my face, and was venting to him about how I didn't have the energy to carry on and how my lessons were going great; this was the outcome I least expected.

The examiner looked so scared, and uncomfortable. He asked me to pull over, and I continued sobbing and asking him if we could cut the test short to which he agreed. I was driving fine after this, but crying like a fresh widow 😂😂. I was saying my thoughts out loud about not being able to face my parents or instructor, and he would quietly say 'It's such a shame' or 'I am sorry about this' every few minutes whilst I was in hysterics.

In the moment, I would have rather died but in hindsight, it is hilarious. That man is gonna have a hell of a story to tell his family when he goes home.