I manage to drive to Dr. Appointments, lab work and to get groceries and sometimes food. I’m always afraid people are following me, it took me years to be able to be in any car more than 15 minutes around town. At one point I would have to amp myself up to drive because I was so paranoid like 10 min of saying stuff like “You can do it, don’t be afraid you coward!.”
I only drive to my pdr apt, 10 min from home.
Before my sz I drove 1+h dtown, university, etc
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I drive a lot. I do have a lot of intrusive thoughts while driving and scary feelings. I get the same worries while being a passenger.
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I have never had problems driving but I have been pretty psychotic. Thankfully I haven’t had an accident that was my fault since becoming ill.
I dislike driving a lot. It’s not so much the actual operation of the car but the other drivers on the road. Also very stressful is driving on unfamiliar or busy roads where I need a map and my husband’s guidance. Even then when I make mistakes I get very upset and stressed.
I drove for 40 years. Getting into terrible accidents like three or four times a year, every single year, for 40 years. I never got hurt and never hurt anyone else so that in itself is amazing. But even more amazing is that no one ever told me that I couldn’t drive, or that I shouldn’t be driving. Not my parents, not my husband, not my son, nor any of my doctors or pdoc’s. It wasn’t until finally, when my car insurance company cancelled my insurance is when I was finally forced to quit driving. And I’m so glad.
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