needsmoreresearch:I have to drive through this on Thursday and I don’t want to. :( I did it!&n
needsmoreresearch:I have to drive through this on Thursday and I don’t want to. :( I did it! Nothing went wrong. It was extremely uncomfortable because driving is a Big Anxiety for me and this kind of driving is a big step outside my comfort zone, but I had seen the route before (supportive Mr. Research drove me out there and back) and I spent a whole week visualizing it in my head, and it was okay. Uncomfortable and stressful, but okay.Which I guess I’m writing up because…idk if any of you reading this have driving anxiety, but it’s something you can make progress on. I’ve worked up over the years from very short local drives, to longer drives by not-too-stressful ruralish routes, to small city driving, to this. And this kind of landscape is literally a recurring nightmare for me, this what many of my bad dreams look like:uh so yeah anywayif driving scares you, that is super legit, and also it is something you CAN work on, hopefully in small stages at your own pacei’m still not driving in to visit my brother in boston, no fucking way am i dealing with that rt. 128/95 shit or That Specific Intersection in Cambridge or That Other Specific Intersection in Cambridge, i grew up taking the T for a reason -- source link
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