Shutting down

This past weekend, dad started working with me on driving. Now, he was a paramedic for quite some time and knows how to drive quite responsibly. One of the first rules he told me was "If I say you're doing something wrong, listen to me and fix it." Easier said then done. The moments you get into a situation, your brain kicks into panic mode, shuts everything that's around you, out. You forget what you were told, the warnings given. You shut down. This is one of the things I struggle with most. Preventing shut downs. Driving has highlighted this greatly. When in a crisis, I love love love to shut down and "give up", in a sense. I'm working against this, and it's been proven to be more difficult than expected. But what's worse than shutting down, is that when I do shut down, I start to stop caring, I almost entirely give up, as I'm afraid of shutting down again, knowing it can hurt me or someone else. These reasons put together give me reasons to strive on overcoming this habit, and I hope it's something I can overcome throughout the year.