Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
Just wondering about peoples thoughts on this!
I've been finding that driving can often be a bit overstimulating for me. I overall enjoy it, the freedom it gives me is second to none, plus its a good place to scream at my loudest when I need to because no one can hear on the motorway. But i've found that just sheer volume of visual information is sometimes a bit much. Especially when it comes to the constant things ongoing in the mirrors that I can sometimes get distracted by when i need to focus on what's in front of me. This is especially during the dark, headlights in mirrors etc are so distracting and uncomfortable for me.
Obviously driving for long times is tiring for anyone, but even my normal commute home (35-45mins) at the end of the day really just takes out what little energy I have left after work. Any one else feel like this?
Thanks,
Euan.
Not sure I'd call it overstimulation. I'm hypervigilent so always tense, on a long journey that's exhausting. I'm okay night or day but then I've been driving a long time. I find the worst thing is when you're in an unfamiliar city, with fast four lane roads etc., and everyone else knows exactly where they're going, so they're flying round with their foot to the floor, and you're there scrabbling to try to work out where to go and they're up your exhaust pipe. I also find I can't have music or radio on, with watching everything and seeing a hundred things at once, and always being ready to take evasive action, the distraction is too much. (by evasive action I mean, such as, an oncoming car came round a blind corner overtaking the other day and almost caused a head-on, I'm always ready for that kind of thing on the local country roads). I don't find driving too pleasant in the main.Doesn't help when you have an underpowered car! We just went down to 20mph zones here, and it has massively added to journey times. 20mph is a crawl and you can see that everyone's frustrated.