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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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)
SystemofaBlink41 27
Well, if he wasn't pissed off then...
muis545 21
Atleast it didn't cause you to crash into another car. Think about all that didn't go bad and could've.
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.
Livin_Like_Larry 29
Aren't they usually supposed to check if you have problems like that before giving you your license?
iPixiee 23
#4 Yeah I think they are. unless op was driving without a license. :p
enddmd 27
But sometimes panic attacks are spontaneous and hard to check for
Theadyren 22
I have panic disorder and have my license. No biggie. Some times people who have anxiety can't help it when it happens.
Mauskau 36
OP is from Malta, and the Maltese are terrible drivers. It's a small island with roads crammed into even smaller spaces. It wouldn't surprise me if they weren't so strict on the licenses.
Retaheki 27
#21, I would, because if they all were somehow bad drivers and had tiny roads, I'd be pretty damn strict on the licensing for the comfort of other drivers.
Exsequor 14
@20 the fact that they don't know when it'll happen is exactly why it's a safety issue. People with seizure disorders don't know when they're going to have one, they're still not allowed to drive if they can't get it under control.
niiiiick3 15
Loosen up a little OP. If people end up getting angry that easily, that's their problem.
saxophonegirl97 7
Telling someone with an anxiety disorder to "loosen up" is kind of a dick thing to say
niiiiick3 15
My bad, I wasn't trying to come off rude or anything. I was just trying to be supportive towards OP, letting them know they shouldn't care what people think about them for the most part.
ChrissyRaz 9
I agree. And other people's road rage shouldn't affect your driving. It's their problem. Don't let it be yours OP :)
juliawolak 8
how did you get your license???
sarahthepony 5
I think she took this test that aloud her to get her license. ;l
Dick_diamond 22
*allowed
gobiteme2 34
"He" #14
dragonvale19 12
I thought it was a she too.
FemskyD 26
You re in your car ;) can always just drive off ^^,
HairIsEverything 15
Every single time you comment you put a god damn winky face! Please spare me the horror and annoyance and don't do it again, I beg you...
mmoments 24
It's okay, sometimes I get anxious like that when I'm trying to make an unprotected left turn and there are other cars behind me
PhatCake 10
I can only imagine how your road test went
Retaheki 27
"Oh damn, damn damn damn, I think I'm too damn CLOSE TO THE COONE!" "Sir? Are you ok?"
quesok 22
Sometimes being considerate isn't always the best option:( But being safe is more important than some stranger's impatience
FrozenMusic 26
Sounds like something that would happen to me