honeytoast
Active Member
I hate driving. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it. I got my license at 18 but I did not have access to a car until I was 23 years old. I had to re-learn how to drive on my own, and I was quite scared. Now as long as I have my route memorized, I can get where I need to go.
I used to live in a big city where traffic was awful and drivers were worse. I hardly left my apartment to do anything except go to grocery stores, work, and a mall that was easy to get to. My time there sort of honed my skills.
However, since I moved to a town where I can walk to most places and work at home, my driving time has decreased dramatically. I drive once or twice a week for only a few minutes to the same location. I no longer drive long distances for hours at a time, (which I didn't mind), or wrangle my way on the interstate hoping that no one slams into me. I feel as though I've regressed and my anxiety has gotten worse with driving. Looking back a few months, I don't even know how I handled driving in my city when now, I get anxious about driving in general.
Tonight I offered to drive to get groceries, because my boyfriend drove the entire time during Easter weekend, except for when I was back in my hometown. Even then I felt so anxious and I couldn't drive a ton. Maybe it was just a reverse culture shock of going from such a tiny town to a bigger town and I had to get used to people again. Pushing that onto him made me feel like a horrible person. I /know/ how to drive. I know that I am a decent driver. I've never gotten into any accidents.
I guess I am trying to ask for advice/vent about my regression. And yeah, the more you drive the more better you feel. I can agree to that. I just have never felt good driving.
I used to live in a big city where traffic was awful and drivers were worse. I hardly left my apartment to do anything except go to grocery stores, work, and a mall that was easy to get to. My time there sort of honed my skills.
However, since I moved to a town where I can walk to most places and work at home, my driving time has decreased dramatically. I drive once or twice a week for only a few minutes to the same location. I no longer drive long distances for hours at a time, (which I didn't mind), or wrangle my way on the interstate hoping that no one slams into me. I feel as though I've regressed and my anxiety has gotten worse with driving. Looking back a few months, I don't even know how I handled driving in my city when now, I get anxious about driving in general.
Tonight I offered to drive to get groceries, because my boyfriend drove the entire time during Easter weekend, except for when I was back in my hometown. Even then I felt so anxious and I couldn't drive a ton. Maybe it was just a reverse culture shock of going from such a tiny town to a bigger town and I had to get used to people again. Pushing that onto him made me feel like a horrible person. I /know/ how to drive. I know that I am a decent driver. I've never gotten into any accidents.
I guess I am trying to ask for advice/vent about my regression. And yeah, the more you drive the more better you feel. I can agree to that. I just have never felt good driving.
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