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Originally Posted by monster
Driving tonight in lots of rain. Stupidly scared after my accident.
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It gets better, but it does stay with you. I still expect some 19 year old lying loser punkass to be lurking around the corner, text partially composed on cell phone, waiting for the light to be red so he can run it and smash my brand new car to smithereens. Well, now he'd be smashing into my not brand new car. A split second sooner for me or later for him, he would have straight hit ME.
I haven't left the bitter barn yet, I'm going to play in the hay awhile.
Anyway, as to driving, I have a really bad sense of direction. I'm not talking about mild confusion, I'm talking about hardly any sense of it at all. Invariably, if I am going anywhere different, I'll get lost.
I got lost coming to work one day, when they'd closed my normal road. I could see work, the campus only covers about 4 city blocks for pete's sake, but I couldn't get where I needed to be. I called my boss and said I'd be at work when I found the college. One way streets make it ten times worse. I get so turned around I don't even know if I'm in town anymore. After about 20 minutes, the tears start welling. Because it's so damn frustrating. I'll pull over, try to check directions, they don't help or I follow for a while then get lost again. I got lost going to conference on Monday, in C-bus. Same thing: one way streets and crappy directions. I found the turn in for valet parking just before the tears started. Crisis averted.
Being lost and frustrated and crying does not a good driver make.
Yeah, I need a GPS, but it needs to be very calming and supportive:
Oh, you took a wrong turn. That's OK. Don't worry. We'll get you there. BREATHE. This doesn't make you a bad person. No, it doesn't. OK...at the next intersection you need to go north. Um, I mean LEFT. You need to go LEFT. Left is the side you don't write with. Very good...you're doing fine. Umm, but, how are you doing on your anti-anxiety med supply?