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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Sorry about the mix up with family members, Many would easily confuse them..
If you were to sell your car how would you get to medical appts, Pdoc and T or doing any shopping, I know you go many places to fine correct things for meals... What if something happened to your Dad , Sister, Brother or husband.. Could you call a Taxi or Uber/Lyft service?
I dont think I could give up my license unless I truly felt unsafe to drive.. Your world will get much smaller if you have to wait until your husband had time to take you places.... Why do you feel your ability to drive has gone down? Has it been happening over time or just like now when you are not doing well with Bipolar?  |
My husband is just very concerned. I agree that I'd truly struggle without my car/license. I think he said that more as a shocking way of getting me to be far far more careful. Truth is, I must try to be extremely mindful about my driving (and other things) in the future. It's not easy, though. It's sort of like telling a person to stop touching their face, when it's been a real habit for a long time.
I won't be driving very much anymore, and not far. I've had to abandon things (i.e. a volunteer job I started at NAMI a long while back) because of the driving. There are strategies I can take to make things safer, like choosing different routes or times I go out.
When I was much younger, I used to love to ride my bicycle. That eventually stopped. I started finding myself in ditches on occasion, and just got too scared to be on small roads with traffic.