Yep & cattleshoots drive me crazy! I absolutely HATE them! I once had to cross the Chesapeake Bay bridge in Annapolis on my way to Ocean City, MD. It was a nightmare. And my poor daughter got the brunt of my mood.
Yep, that's exactly right! No place to just get off the road. I drove to Mississippi & back years ago. Had to pull over at every rest stop along the way. It was terrible!
I don't have a choice. But if we're driving distance... I won't do it, unless forced to. And I need a shoulder at the side of the road to be able to pull over if it gets too bad. I'm sure everyone reading this is going to want to ride with me now!
For some reason, I have a fear of bridges. I get them everytime I drive over a bridge. I have to call someone on my cell phone to "talk me across". And big tall bridges... I FREAK OUT!
I also get them when I'm driving on an interstate. I'm fine on back roads... usually.
See, I started getting them after I started getting my fainting spells. I guess subconsciously, I'm afraid I'm going to do it while driving... which has NEVER happened. But it's the fear of not having control.
Some people can do it & some can't. I can't do it all the time, but I try. It's kinda hard to not at least try it when I'm driving & feeling like I'm going to faint. I get so scared, which just intensifies the panic attack. I hadn't gotten them for a long time, but they've come back recently... not sure why.
I get them severely at times, when I'm driving. Not a good time to get them, I know. But I can't help it. I've even gotten medication for it, but on the bottle it says "do not operate heavy machinery"... what is a CAR???
I watched my dear mother take her last breaths from emphysema a few years ago. It's time to go get the patches & try for the third time. As they say, third time's a charm, right. But not after the morning I've just had. Tomorrow will be much better.
I bought One For The Money by Janet Evanovich a few weeks ago. Picked it up once in all this time. I've gotta get back to reading it! I blame it on my roommate for buying that darned 37" LCD TV!!
Oh, I know. I was posting to your other post. I'm on mental overload right now. Too many thoughts floating around in my little head. One more & it may just explode! Now, I wouldn't want to have to clean up that mess!
But with all due respect to the previous poster, she's from Mexico & can't speak for all Latin men in the world, just what she's experienced in Mexico, right?
In all honesty, I do have to say that there is something that draws me to the darker, more Latin men. I'm not really sure what it is... perhaps it's their way of treating a woman, their romanticism, or their sensuality. All I know is it feels ****ing great!
Do you think our choice of answers changes/will change with time? If I'd asked this a week, a month, a year, 10 years ago, would you have answered differently? I know I would've.
BTW, I'm still thinking of my answer to the initial question.
sweetowen Forum Posts (8,850)
RE: Panic attacks
Could you imagine me driving & you being my passenger?? OMG! I'd pity anybody on that road!