Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
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Anyone else want to just go with no thoughts, no destination. You just drive until you feel like turning around. Or maybe you never look back.
Anyone else want to just go with no thoughts, no destination. You just drive until you feel like turning around. Or maybe you never look back.
MiseryLovesMyCompany
Arcanist
- Oct 8, 2020
- 482
I love to drive so it would be great to just go and never come back.
BPD Barbie
Visionary
- Dec 1, 2019
- 2,361
I used to love driving and would drive at any given opportunity, music on, windows down. I loved road trips, driving to the beach etc but then anxiety took over and I lost that enjoyment.
sighingspider
Hi, How are you.
- May 28, 2020
- 48
I think going around aimlessly is one way of blocking anything that is happening around you. You only think what will happen in the near future, and not in the distance past. But once you return from your travels, despair would come knocking on the door. You would let her in.
Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
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I'd love to just go and never look back...... Maybe one day
That's where I'm at. I use to do things but then my anxiety for worse and now I just dont.
Yeah......
Hey, I really don't mean to be rude, sometimes it can be hard to interpret tone in written messages, but could you please move this to offtopic? I'm glad people are engaging this post, that's what the forum is for, but it's comes showing up at the top of the suicide discussion.
Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6,828
Why would I move it to offtopic when the reason for going for a drive is depression. And offtopic is for everything not depression related.
I point specifically to "never looking back" however I left it more open so others could have an opinion on whether or not they would want to.
Also (not you just a general vent) I've seen a whole lot more random things where they aren't suppose to be and no one does anything about them
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Some years ago, I did something like this but in a "planned" way. Set up my van for camping and took off, no time schedule as I had just retired. I did have a destination, sort of, in mind. I would just take any road that went in that general direction (south and east). It was awesome!! The places I stumbled upon, the things I did that just sort of happened. A ride in an open cockpit vintage biplane. Four ferries. Ate only lobster for four days (Maine). Wild horses. Just me and my two dogs at the time.
It was a healing experience for the relationship I had just broken off.
It was a healing experience for the relationship I had just broken off.
Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6,828
This is kinda what I'd like to do. Leave my relationship. Take my 2 cats and just see what direction my heart turns the wheel.
UpandDownPrincess
Elementalist
- Dec 31, 2019
- 833
I'm on the road ATM, so I'm happy to get out of the car. I do love checking in to my hotel, though. Everything is so nice and clean and pretty, just for me.
Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
- 6,828
Your hotel? I'm assuming its not one you own.
Also if you're on the road you shouldn't text and drive
Yes. Always. I miss driving so much. A fast car, empty back roads that you know like the back of your hand and your favourite music on the duke box. Turn it up, open the sun roof and the windows and sing along at the top of your voice as you lean into the curves.
I used to do that for fun quite often. No plan, no route, just enjoy the experience and wind up somewhere strange.
Best place to do that near where I am is Ireland. Lovely country, empty roads and people that appreciate what you are doing.
TheGoodGuy
Visionary
- Aug 27, 2018
- 2,996
Yes I miss having a car it gave me so many possibilities where and when to go to places like visiting my childhood town I could just drive there and be there in 10 minutes and the long drives when there is no cars was so soothing it´s actually really therapeutic when you just drive alone with no cars and follow a long road.
The opposite for me is it´s not relaxing at all to drive in the cities with all those cars around it´s gives me the ultimate social anxiety so I usually never went to the bigger cities and even small ones is not relaxing, the point of driving to relax yourself is just keep driving and let your mind wander you can´t do that in a city because there is traffic, pedestrians you have to turn all the time and be more aware of your surroundings. Even on the long roads with no a lot of turns it´s not relaxing when there are cars behind me I feel pressured but so I would often drive a bit slower so the ones behind me could pass me to get back to my soothing mentality.
Hell doctors don´t need to prescribe anti anxiety meds for me just a car for lent so I can go for relaxing drives sounds stupid and expensive but it would really help but I am on welfare so I can´t own a car unfortunately.
The opposite for me is it´s not relaxing at all to drive in the cities with all those cars around it´s gives me the ultimate social anxiety so I usually never went to the bigger cities and even small ones is not relaxing, the point of driving to relax yourself is just keep driving and let your mind wander you can´t do that in a city because there is traffic, pedestrians you have to turn all the time and be more aware of your surroundings. Even on the long roads with no a lot of turns it´s not relaxing when there are cars behind me I feel pressured but so I would often drive a bit slower so the ones behind me could pass me to get back to my soothing mentality.
Hell doctors don´t need to prescribe anti anxiety meds for me just a car for lent so I can go for relaxing drives sounds stupid and expensive but it would really help but I am on welfare so I can´t own a car unfortunately.
@Life_and_Death
for you...
Driving was like moving meditation for me. Pure focus, with everything else slipping away. Nothing else in this life has made me smile so much...when you can feel the ebb and flow of the traffic and the hum of the road under your wheels, it's like being connected, moving and rooted at the same time.
for you...
Driving was like moving meditation for me. Pure focus, with everything else slipping away. Nothing else in this life has made me smile so much...when you can feel the ebb and flow of the traffic and the hum of the road under your wheels, it's like being connected, moving and rooted at the same time.
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Life_and_Death
Do what's best for you 🕯️ Sometimes I'm stressed
- Jul 1, 2020
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i feel the same way. being in the city is nothing short of anxiety ridden for me. i cant speak for other places but i know i have to live in the worse place in my country for driving. they all drive like complete idiots. if i remember the joke its something like "to drive here you have to be a bad driver or else they will just run you over" not that toronto is any better from what i here but compared to them we're just a little city so the comparison doesnt make much sense but hey thats the way it is lol
i find the best part about back roads is theres little to no traffic and lots of scenery. bring a camera, take your time and enjoy the moment :)
ps thats a nice song btw. its a not a right now song but i can see moments id like to have it so ill leave the tab open :)
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