Driving OCD.

Does anyone have very bad driving anxiety. I do. I didn’t get my drivers license Until I was 23 my mom made me. I know I’m a good driver but my OCD tricks me into saying you hit this, or that. And I always have these rituals and compulsions such as driving back to the area where I thought something might have happened, seeking reassurance, or if I’m thinking in my head about what I need to do when I’m getting home from work or wherever I’m driving back from like I’ll say to myself what I’m going to dinner, or I have to do laundry when I get home. I’m still paying attention to the road. My OCD tricks me and says you weren’t paying attention to the road what of something happened.

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 1y ago

Yes, it’s the one thing I can’t seem to shake because I’ve been a passenger in a bunch of car accidents.

Username: marissa630marissa630

Date posted: 1y ago

@Nica Oh my goshI I’m so sorry I have been a passenger in two car accidents too and I think that’s what happened with me not getting my license until I was 23

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 1y ago

@marissa630 I drove to and from a place recently but it was at night, so no one but a few people were on the road. Perhaps start driving at night so you can get used to the car itself but with hardly anyone around you. That’s what I’m doing and it’s way better than driving in the daytime.

Username: marissa630marissa630

Date posted: 1y ago

I do drive because I have to but on days where I don’t really need to drive I stay home or prefer to be the passenger I’m also getting anxious about driving at night I don’t know if I’m getting old and can’t see anymore or it’s these headlights on these newer cars so now I barely drive in the dark and even though we are going to loose an hour of sleep in a few weeks I’m so excited for it to be light out earlier lol

Username: BrownBunEBrownBunE

Date posted: 1y ago

Not recently but in the past I have actually driven back to certain areas where I thought I might have run somebody over. If you want to overcome it resist that urge! And resist the urge to look up any accidents or deaths about the news in the area in which you drove. The feeling will go away in time and OCD will find something else to latch onto.

Username: marissa630marissa630

Date posted: 1y ago

@BrownBunE This is exactly what I did today. I drove back two times.I know I shouldn’t be but some days are hard

Username: whocarezwhocarez

Date posted: 1y ago

I never bothered to get my license because it didn't interest me but about 10 years ago I started to get extreme anxiety even being a passenger in a vehicle. (It never bothered me before and I don't know what caused it) but it's so bad I can't leave my comfort zone I will cancel plans if need be to avoid it. At one point we had to go on the freeway to go to a family function and I was in tears the whole time begging my husband to just stop and let me out on the side of the road. I am 42 and I have never met anyone else who deals with this and I always feel like such a failure for feeling this way.

Username: Jordo

Date posted: 6y ago

I am new to this, and really hope it helps. I have pretty severe driving OCD. It has definitely gotten progressively worse. Every bump in the road I hit, every bicyclist, every-time I have to drive on the highway I constantly worry that I hit someone or caused an accident. Some of the rituals I have been experiencing include driving around the “scene” multiple times, checking my rear view mirror (a lot), checking the local news to see if there were any accidents in the area. I have to have my husband confirm there is no damage on my car... it’s endless. To put it plainly, it is beyond exhausting. It’s also pretty lonely as the majority of people I tell have no clue or just look at me like I have 10 heads. If anyone else goes through this my heart is with you, it’s awful.

Username: OCD&ME

Date posted: 1y ago

Harm OCD

Does anyone here experience hit and run ocd? If so, do you mind sharing any tips on how to deal with it? I’m struggling! I can’t drive anywhere without it creeping up on me, I try not to drive around for reassurance but I always do and it definitely doesn’t help! I spend the rest of the night trying to remember every detail of my driving and I’m always checking the news I hate it ughhhhh

Username: Ananonghost

Date posted: 49w ago

Help anxious

Hi. I get a lot of anxiety driving. My ocd likes to make me think certain things happen when they didn’t. I was driving home from work and just leaving the parking lot. Someone walked in front of my car and I didn’t see immediately but they were far enough away for me to break. Literally like 2-3 parking spots away from me. They crossed the street. I didn’t hit them. But my anxiety is making me believe that I did. I even looked in my rear view mirror and saw them walking into the store to show myself that I didn’t hit anyone. Yet I still have this anxious feeling. I know for a fact I didn’t hit anyone. It’s like I have to try to convince my brain that I didn’t. I probably sound stupid.

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