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look it's another post about driving..

:p

i have this.. habit ? of envisioning all the ways i can die while driving. it's rather disturbed :p today was especially wonderful bc i got stuck in the tunnel for a little bit.. and.. tunnels are my least favorite thing on the planet (and is also why the train terrifies me).. So i'm sitting there in traffic.. envisioning the roof collapsing on me :p like in great detail.. the size of the pieces.. what all the other cars will look like.. bleeding to death :p i'm not sure why i enjoy driving so mcuh when i'm always picturing catastrophic events happening to me :p

thankfully, i made it out of the tunnel alive.... this time :p aha
 
LOL... I do the same exact thing, especially tunnels!!!

Do you envision driving into a swamp or lake when you pass one? We have swamps by our house and every time I drive by I envision driving into it and sinking...

oh, and bridges are the worst, totally envision an earthquake happening and me plunging to my death, sigh... I'm sure it didn't help that my parents took me to Disneyland when I was 6 and Jaws came right at me... and the bridge falling apart... or was that Universal Studios... anyways, it was all on one ride, totally scarred me for life LOLOL
 
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I don't so much imagine myself dying in a tunnel or on a bridge (although I've seen some horrible bridge accidents on TV, where the bridge collapsed-with a schoolbus on it [in S.Korea, years ago]). Nope, I'm just terrified I'm going to die in an auto accident. Usually I can push the fear aside and block it off, but it's always there. Doesn't help that a teenage kid rammed into my mom's car in Sept and almost killed her.
 
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Angie4b1g said:
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lol Angie...

I hate driving close to a lake...always pretty sure the car is going to steer itself that way for some reason. I'm ok on bridges and in tunnels (for the most part) though. I do hate driving in heavy traffic...we live near a big mall and I absolutely hate leaving my apt on Saturday afternoons because it's always crazy busy out there.
 
My 'phobia' is old wooden bridges or those old lookin' bridges. Sometimes I wonder just how long they were expected to hold up cars, trucks, 18-wheelers, etc. and the one time I go over it and 'BOOM', I'll go do in the water and drown. Silly, I know! :)
 
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I have this problem when I'm stuck in traffic on a bridge!!!! I've been stuck on the George Washington Bridge or the hideous Tappan Zee Bridge up here in NY and all I can think about is: a truck slamming into me and falling off; a plane crashing into the bridge; or falling through a big hole - especially on the TZB, which is known for it's holes. Scary stuff!!! I crossed these every day for years and have no problem unless I'm stuck fro a long time!
 
I do that with everything, La.

If I'm home alone, I'm able to envision in excruciating detail someone breaking into the house, how I would defend DD and myself, what would happen if the burglar stayed, what would happen if the burglar went, who I would call after it was over, testifying in court, etc etc etc. I'm the same way abt driving alone/long distances, meeting strangers, DD hurting herself, DH hurting himself, DH being killed at work/on the road... everything.

Envisioning the worst case scenario is comforting for me when I otherwise am anxious abt a lack of information going into an unfamiliar or uncomfortable environment. I realize that what I'm envisioning is unlikely to happen, and so it makes what is actually going to happen much less frightening.
 
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