Comments | femaelstrom27: Riding In Cars With Anxiety-Ridden People

femaelstrom27

Riding In Cars With Anxiety-Ridden People

Sep 15, 2009 23:51

So, lately, I can't ride in cars. I really can't. Why? Because I have panic attacks every single time I get in one. Well, not EVERY time; for the most part it's every time we go on the highway. WHO THE HELL KNOWS WHY, but it is seriously uncool. Is it my medication wreaking havoc with me again? Abilify really does seem to ramp up my panic-attack ( Read more... )

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freesiayourmind September 16 2009, 04:26:49 UTC

Highways were terrifying at first for me too. But after awhile, I found them to be mostly easier than two lane roads, especially two lane roads I don't know. Maybe because on the highway, it's easy to read the signs, and there are multiple lanes for multiple speeds, and there are no stop signs or traffic lights or pedestrians.

You'll get used to it, really. (Spoken by a person who still can't parallel park without assistance, lol.)

A site that makes me laugh so hard I cry: Engrish

djm1975 September 16 2009, 04:34:36 UTC

even with me??

umbrarumcantus September 16 2009, 04:45:28 UTC

Hillary's right, dude. Highways are the easiest. Merging onto highways is intimidating if it's a busy time of day, but once you're on a highway, you're just rolling, and it's all so much calmer and more straightforward. Sure there are some crazy drivers, but there are enough lanes that you can stay out of their way and there's not a problem. With good music, I actually find highway driving quite peaceful and relaxing. You get into a groove and the miles just float away.

Of course part of it is that I'm used to stick shift, which requires much more action from the driver on local roads than on highways (highways you're just cruising in 5th gear).

nowgoesquickly September 16 2009, 06:20:40 UTC

I'm reading that Cracked.com list, and so far I am laughing uncontrollably over "kitten archbishop" and "Watch drunken )) incest orgy on mothers day." I'm pretty sure I've gotten some of these emails before.

femaelstrom27 September 16 2009, 14:55:57 UTC

The commentary really makes it. I'm a big fan of "valley of the Jews" and "Want A One Night Stand? carcinoma."

steel_lily09 September 16 2009, 14:54:16 UTC

Gahh! I'm sorry about the Ren Faire drive, especially since it was so unnecessarily long XD I was really scared of highways until about three weeks ago when I finally had to drive on them, and I realized that they are actually quite simple and less stressful than normal roads with turns and stop signs and traffic lights and anything other than just going straight for long periods of time.