BeachGoat
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 431 Registered: 10/31/2003 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 10:04 |
My Mother is on her last leg. We have to drive through the worst storm in years to see her on her death bed in the most horrible place (Fresno) I have ever been.
How do regular people do that? Even under good conditions, the road scares the shit out of me (literally, I wear special undergarments). I haven't driven a car in over 15 years. If we go more than 60 MPH I curl up in a ball and cry like a baby. More than an hour in traffic and I tremble for at least 24 hours. A trip like this will completely wipe me out for at least two weeks.
Anyone else suffer like this? Any ideas that might help? I've tried heavy tranquilizing and pot brownies, as well as meditation/stress breathing. I still end up just freaked out. It isn't helping that someone I work with daily just went off of a cliff.
On TV and in the movies, life with the mentally ill is funny and amusing. Real life sucks. Help, Oh Mighty Swarmy. I leave in five hours.
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Dumbskull
I'm assuming the position!   SSHOLEPosts: 1902 Registered: 4/22/2004 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 10:09 |
Take the bus... Greydog or whatever is available in your region going to Fresno. You can read, sleep listen to music. Bus trips are pretty cheap and you will not have to suffer through all of the anxiety of driving in traffic.
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BeachGoat
DARTH MENSES Posts: 431 Registered: 10/31/2003 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 12:07 |
Car is a necessity, doggie is coming. Rosie has to drive, watch for mudslides and flooding, put up with traffic, me crying quietly in the corner, the dog shuffling (the dog is actually a very good rider, WAY better than me), and a complete lack of herbage for the arrival/decompression.
I'd better love up that woman well tonight after. Even if the dog is watching.
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dragonstaff
Too old to Rock and Roll...too young to die  SSHOLEPosts: 756 Registered: 8/19/2004 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 12:14 |
If you can get away with this ( you may have to love Rosie REAL good ), get her to drive up with the dog whilst you travel by Skinny Dog Coachlines and avoid the stress.
And you did say that your workmate was drunk, therefore sorely lacking in the fine motor coordination and quick reflexes needed for safely piloting a motor vehicle, hence his attempt at making one fly.
Crystalpipes wonders if you have tried hypnosis as a means to alleviate this.
I should also mention that she has some issues when riding shotgun. If she is not in control of the vehicle she tends to panic a little ( not to your extent though ) and it has taken 9 years for her to start to trust me behind the wheel. ( For most of that time I was working as a bus and truck driver too- trust your friendly local professional ). Now if she starts to have a problem, she forces herself to go to sleep. This makes long trips very quiet for me, but it is vastly superior to the screaming, scratching, and biting that is my alternative.
Yes, I am prone to a certain amount of exageration.
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BeachGoat
DARTH MENSES Posts: 431 Registered: 10/31/2003 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 12:33 |
hypnosis worked great on both of us when we got married and quit smoking (well over a decade & counting, still no desire at all to smoke). Good idea.
In the meantime, I'm going to opt for 200mg of topomax and a half pint, plus two ambien. To round off the edges, chai tea, cookies, a bong hit and a blow job. I should be a docile as a kitten. |
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qwerty
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 628 Registered: 9/8/2004 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 13:34  |
How about getting yr freak on and tieing yourself up in the boot. If you're feeling frisky then you can get a mouth gag.
I once knew a person who had the same problem. He solved it by mapping out the trip so that he didn't have to stop or get caught in traffic. He'd add an extra 30mins to a 10min trip to aviod traffic light.
Too bad he became an agrophobiac before figuring out what to do about it.
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Stump
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 310 Registered: 6/18/2002 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 14:29 |
dragonstaff:
And you did say that your workmate was drunk, therefore sorely lacking in the fine motor coordination and quick reflexes needed for safely piloting a motor vehicle, hence his attempt at making one fly.
Yes, but Rosie is still a woman driver, I'd rather be with a drunk. (I keed Rosie)
Does this affect you even if you're in the back seat? Lay yourself down behind the front seat so all you see is the sky and think pretty thoughts as you stare at the clouds and tree branches. |
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 18:14 |
What if you took a motorcycle instead?
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imfrans
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 243 Registered: 1/17/2004 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 18:45 |
BEACH GOAT! BEACHGO!
GIVE OR TAKE..BE A MAN OF MANY THANKS! FRANS THOUGHT U WERE LOST AND GONE FOREVER! YR AN ACTIVELY LUCKY FAGGOT! USE THE BLOWHARD COURAGE AND NIGER DRAMA SODA U EMPLOY HERE SOMETIMES TO HELP U NAVIGATE THE INTERSTATE 101!!!HAHAYES? U WILL FIND ALSO THAT IF U RETIRE TO WRITING CHILDRENS BOOKS DURING YR CREEPY STORMY DRIVE THEN IT WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE! DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE...DON'T LET THE ROAD MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEAR AND BLAME THE ENGINEERS!HAHA! TOO BAD FRANS IS JUST TAKING THE PISS OUT OF U ..YES?RIGHT! NEVER FORGET U ARE THE TOUGH LOVE CHILD OF LINKSWARM AND EVERYONE LOVES U LIKE U AN INCREDIBLE DREAM! THAT'S ALL ANY OF US CAN ASK FOR..YES? NOW GO LOVE YR MOTHER, FUKER! LIVE UP TO LOVE YR MOTHER GAVE U AND BE A FUKING MAN!...OK?
THANKU
FRANS!
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BeachGoat
DARTH MENSES Posts: 431 Registered: 10/31/2003 Offline
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1/2/2006 at 19:02 |
THANK YOO FRNZ WLL SCK THE TEAT OF BLOOD AND GRIND INTOP GO NOW STORM EAT NEVER MIND TWICE FED. FAR THOUGHT FOUGHT WON IF NOT FEARED JUST DONE. GOD SHAT LUCKY DOG ON GOAT MAN ROSE BLOOMED ON HIS FACE YES HAPPY BOY?
KNOW BARKING THUNDER CHEEKS AND BEER FIXED STEAK AND SLEEPY CAPRINE SWARMER KIDLET. NANNY MAMA I COME HOME YES? |
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