I don't dissociate......so never thought driving was a problem.....however, I lived over 1 hour away from where my psychologist office was.....one time about 6 months after I had neck fusion, I had an intense session....most was just me talking....but I remember feeling very upset that day.....I got int' my car.....was driving most of the way home. I even had my littlest eskie in the car with me. For some reason, I ended up dozing off I guess. By that point, I was in the upper desert area of my drive & there was a large dirt center divider between the 2 sides of the freeway. I woke up with my car almost on the other of the freeway in the dirt divider filled with sage brush & tumble weeds & junipers. I couldn't get my car started (it was a stick shift). I was dazed, picked up Celia, I crossed over the 2 lanes of the other side of the freeway & walked to the call box along the freeway which California has for emergencies like this (before cell phone).

Because I was so dazed I ended up calling the fire department instead of the highway patrol....maybe it was a good thing. Soon there was a firetruck with all the men on it that drove up to where I was.....asked where the fire was.....I told them about falling alseep & that my car was in the center divider. They ended up taking me back to the fire station & had me lay down for awhile....they were concerned about the neck fusion I had just had. I layed down & was so dizzy that they decided to call the paramedics & have them take me to the hospital that was close to my house. Unfortunately, ambulances can't transport animals so one of the firemen got in their truck & followed the ambulance to the hospital with Celia.....who came into the ER until my daughter arrived. Everything was ok......but it was after that I changed my appointments to Sunday afternoons so that my H could drive me that long distance. I realized just how much the stress from the sessions & what I was dealing with caused.....& that my escape from stress at the time was to fall asleep.

If driving was that dangerous for me who doesn't dissociate....I can understand how it's dangerous for you