Driving = Therapy?
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Driving = Therapy? Driving is a form of therapy for me. Anytime I feel sad, depressed or whatever, I just jump in my car and take a drive and I feel better. I have tried to explain this to some people but I dont think they understand. Does anyone else feel like this? 
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Rep Power: 0 yeah thats definetly true for me. recently ive been having some problems in my life, and whenever i really get down i just hop in the car and drive. one especially bad day, i drove almost 200 miles, but damn did i feel better when i got back.
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Rep Power: 266 i'm with y'all on the therapy. i also drive to be alone and think, especially when i have programming problems at work...no phone interruptions. of course, i'm usually taking a little toke too...
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^^^ I agree too, but the times when u let ppl **** you off and you have to cut them off in return or slow people **** you off then u get mad and drive fast, in those instances I just feel dumb for doing it, but when im calm, driving is very relaxing and a good stress reliever for me too, cant really pin point exactally why..
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Rep Power: 0 I do that too for sure. I tend to speed if im mad and if im sad Im a very mellow driver. When I need to vent or calm down instead of beating on someone or yelling I just get out and there and do my thing on the road. Way better then seeing a therapist
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Originally Posted by flotsamm
Yeah sometimes after a long day at work I actually look forward to my long commute. Kinda like alone time for me to unwind. That is until some jerk cuts me off.. lol
Last time I had this much fun some furniture got broken!
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My car is the place i do all my thinking. If im sad, mad, angry, whatever mood i drive around the beautiful valley by me and let it all go. I am one of those people who never busts out in anger and freaks out, but i hold it in alot. when im in my car, as slow as it is, i feel kinda free from all of that. I could drive all day and all night. My girlfriend doesnt get it but I really like the feeling of just me, my car, and the road. Driving is definitely my Anti-Drug.
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Originally Posted by Jeffsta17
I live my life a quarter mile at a time, for those 18 seconds or less im free...
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made me cyber-laugh yea i think driving is good for when you need to blow off some steam.
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Rep Power: 0 driving is very therapeutic for me...however I think it can be bad sometimes when I'm mad. I walk out to my car thinking "I am gonna drive the living hell outta this car right now"...and I cant help feeling guilty that I'm hurting my baby when I'm revving really high...lol
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Originally Posted by Stachmo
driving is very therapeutic for me...however I think it can be bad sometimes when I'm mad. I walk out to my car thinking "I am gonna drive the living hell outta this car right now"...and I cant help feeling guilty that I'm hurting my baby when I'm revving really high...lol
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Originally Posted by Echelon04
Driving is a form of therapy for me. Anytime I feel sad, depressed or whatever, I just jump in my car and take a drive and I feel better. I have tried to explain this to some people but I dont think they understand. Does anyone else feel like this?
depressed? shitty day? angry?
ill either go for a drive or ride my bike around.
i usually take the car though, im more relaxed in it. on the motorcycle you have to keep an eye out for idiots trying to kill you.
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Rep Power: 266 the therapy effect gets better in the spring...i live at a university. the boss and i will go out driving around campus, smoking and just cruising.
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in the winter, i drive out in the country (except when there's snow or ice out
). i know every road that has an interesting corner on it within 20 miles.
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in the winter, i drive out in the country (except when there's snow or ice out
). i know every road that has an interesting corner on it within 20 miles. 
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Isn't it so weird how driving just feels so good, your so happy to get a new one, and it is a hobby for most of us. But when you think about it, its just to get from pt A to pt B
i hate when ppl say that but it kinda is true when it is sitting in the garage and you are doing house type things
i hate when ppl say that but it kinda is true when it is sitting in the garage and you are doing house type things
