I got scared while learning to drive and haven't been able to get back in the car since

A few weeks into learning to drive I ran a red light, the car with the green had to brake hard, my mom grabbed the door handle and I just froze. Nobody got hurt and nothing actually happened but I pulled over and couldn't move for a few minutes. That was six weeks ago and I haven't driven since. Everyone around me already has their license and my parents keep saying the longer I wait the harder it gets but every time I get near a car my heart starts going and I can't make it stop and I genuinely don't know how to explain that to anyone without sounding dramatic. I started thinking about why just forcing myself back in the car kept making it worse instead of better. Every time I tried and couldn't do it the fear felt more real not less. I also thought about how much of it was the actual driving and how much of it was everyone's reaction making me feel like something was wrong with me for not being over it already. I realized that pushing through it wasn't the same as actually dealing with it. My brain had decided driving was dangerous and was trying to protect me even when I knew logically I was okay. That wasn't going to change just because I white knuckled my way through a few more drives. Talking it through helped me stop feeling like I was being dramatic. Something scary happened and my body responded to it, that's just what bodies do. We agreed the best next step was to tell my parents that the pressure was making it harder not easier and ask if we could slow it down and do it on my terms. Starting with just sitting in a parked car with no expectation of going anywhere. Not forcing it. Just getting comfortable again without the stakes attached.