Today, I got really anxious thinking I was going to piss off the guy behind me by not moving off at a stop light fast enough. It got so bad that I had a panic attack right there in my car. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while driving my son and his friend home, I was so frantic to pee, I was bouncing up and down in my seat. I stopped and ran into a store but it was too late. There was a line and I made it 11 seconds. I was radiating heat from the humiliation of walking past dozens of people after peeing my pants. I even apologized. FML
Today, my anxiety was so bad that when I was riding my bike on the sidewalk and two pedestrians came walking in the opposite direction, I got so nervous about having to go between them or accidentally hitting them that I fell off my bike, into a bush. FML
Today, I've only just got my license and waved someone through at a four-way stop because I was nervous. They waved back. We both kept waving while traffic built up behind us. Someone finally honked, and we both panicked and went at the same time. I stalled the car in the intersection. FML
Today, I sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic for half an hour. The entire time, a man I had gone on a date with and that had gotten very out of hand with, was sitting in the car next to me. I noticed, panicked, and tried to drive off, rear-ending the car in front of me. FML
Today, I was feeling super nervous about driving because I had my first accident the day before. As I stopped at a red light, I got rear-ended. FML
Today, a stoplight turned yellow as I was approaching it. I was about to go through but saw a cop, panicked, and slammed on the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to reverse. Soon the light turned green, and I stepped on the gas. My car was still in reverse. FML
Today, I was driving home from work and noticed the car behind me was tailgating me pretty badly. I was starting to get angry with the driver, and kept glancing in my rear view mirror at him. While I was doing so, the traffic ahead of me stopped, and I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
Today, while at a stop light, I was rear-ended by a car behind me. The guy got angry at me, because according to him, I should've known that his car has poor braking distance, and so I should've moved forward a few more feet to compensate. FML
Today, I spent five minutes waiting by a stop sign. The two cars in front of me were taking a long time to move, so I began beeping and getting angry. Turns out, these cars were parked and I was holding up a line of traffic. FML
Today, I was driving to work and stopped at a stop light. A full 2 or 3 seconds passed, followed by a car rear-ending me. The idiot driving it got out and gave me hell, calling me a maniac because I braked "too quickly" and didn't give him a chance to react. FML
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Top comments
Zebediabolical 45
If you get this anxious over things maybe you shouldn't be driving. It's just a matter of time until something bad happens.
niiiiick3 15
Loosen up a little OP. If people end up getting angry that easily, that's their problem.
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Comments (39)
denaeb123 24
I have severe anxiety and i know how anxiety can just sneak up on you out of the blue like that! Sorry OP! next time take deep breaths, its so simple yet helps so much!
joeblow6969 5
Some CBT for anxiety may be in order. But no reason to worry about other motorists, unless youre doing something wrong. If some guy is being an impatient ass behind you, just let them pass. And ya know, **** em, dont let it ruin your day.
lilchica22001 22
Try listening to classical music in the car. It's very relaxing and can keep your mind off the anxiety. Sorry you have to deal with that OP. Anxiety is a horrible thing to live with. :(
shanannygians07 28
Rather than panic you could just drive normally and give mean people the bird..
reader5567 19
You need to take a break from driving.
turdoblast 21
I have anxiety and it causes me to do this too! granted im still a learner but im past the stage where I should be stalling at the lights, yet one look in the rear view mirror and a car or two behind me and all i can do is think "what if I stall," which ofc makes me panic and then stall :| taking deep breaths as someone above said definitely helps tho! and just think "im a competent driver, there's no reason i can't move off properly" because it seems to be a lack of confidence over a lack of skills
Randen_FML95 9
It is imperative to worry what is going on on the road w/ other drivers & pedestrians rather than worrying and being paranoid about impatient drivers to rush you otherwise something worse can happen, so don't worry about someone behind you waiting for you to move cause that would make me anxious even though I don't have a panic attack, then again I could care less if they're tailgating me waiting for me to leave quickly.
ladysway 6
Dude all you need is too just breathe
badgercheese94 16
I thought FLORIDA drivers were dumb.
Kramer1998 20
It's not your problem if someone honks at you 1.6 * 10^-23 seconds after the robot changes