I’m pretty anxious about driving, mainly because I haven’t done that much of it, but rush hour traffic in a big city used to put a knot in my stomach. It’s been well over twenty years since I last drove, so I know I would be very tense if I drove in heavy traffic again. I don’t have a driver’s license, so that is unlikely to happen. I might need to drive again before I get way too feeble to do it. How do you feel about driving? Does it come naturally? Do you dislike it?
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I drive a few times a week. I’m fairly comfortable with it, but not as comfortable as when I used to work and drive daily. I think I’m a pretty good driver. Don’t like driving at night so much.
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I drive very well.
I’m afraid sometimes lest
I see any vision in the middle of the road.
But it’s very rare
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i drive quite fast
it’s stupid because im not that brilliantly observant either
I don’t drive anymore. It’s hard for me to focus on all inputs while hearing voices. Moreover you need special permission here to drive with sz.
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I drive almost everyday. Never in big cities though and only on the roads I know well. GPS helps when I have to go to a new place. Still though, I get lots of anxiety driving when I have to go someplace new.
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I was able to drive age 27 to 48 now I cannot drive because of the anxiety
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I’ve never drove a car.
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I have a professional license, so I think I do. I’m okay with driving a large bus through busy rush hour traffic.No tickets aside from one for a rolling stop when I was 16. That’s like 37 years ago.
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I’m an OK driver. And I wear my seatbelt. I try to go the speed limit or up to 5 MPH over. I try not to speed too much, just a little bit. No texting while driving and no phone calls. Just music.
I feel fine driving in most situations, but… I can’t really parallel park or drive well in reverse. So, downtown kinda freaks me out, as there are a lot of parallel parking spots. I’m trying to work on parallel parking and driving in reverse, such as backing into a space, but I still really struggle with it. Makes me so anxious, cause I suck at it.
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I’ve been driving since I was 17 with one 7 year gap and a couple one year gaps where I didn’t drive. I’ve been driving steadily since 1997 though. I drive pretty well, I drive on freeways and at night. I’ve had a few accidents in the past but only one was my fault and luckily no one got hurt. I’ve gotten several tickets too but I haven’t been in an accident or gotten a ticket in 5 years. I drive too slow if anything.
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I saw a bumper sticker awhile ago. It said, “I brake for hallucinations.” Lol.
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I drive really well. I used to work in the new car game and parked cars for hours. I can drive any car and most trucks/tractors/buses although I’m not experienced in the bigger stuff. I also learned to drive on the other side of the road when I lived in America. Now that is really hard trying to do that then coming back to right hand drive again. I also drove forklifts for work with experience in high reach.
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My partner drives. I’ve had so much trouble getting a permit to drive for years cause of my schizophrenia that I’ve given up. Plus when I was eventually given a 1 year permit covid happened and I could no longer take lessons so then it ran out.
Completely given up on the idea now cause I’m 39. At least my partner drives though and we have a car.
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I used to have a lead foot in my 20s and 30s
Today I kind of drive on the slower side of things
I never speed
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I do delivery a couple times a week. I like to drive. Ive found that if im anxious at all its a good idea to not drive as it can make me paranoid. It happened today. Im feeling on the edge of paranoia
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I do not enjoy driving and I’m a pretty bad driver.
Can’t see anything at night.
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I’m a good driver, but since starting Haldol I’ve been nervous that I’m not alert enough to drive on the highway. So I take main roads going places to be safe
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I’m a very defensive driver now, having been in a bad accident. Driving on the highway makes me nervous, and driving at night I try to avoid at all cost
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