Juliamidlands
21-04-06, 15:37
Hey all, it's been ages since I posted, so I thought it was time to catch up, with a bit of an update
How is everyone? I am, well, up and down, to be honest.
My driving problems are still there though I have not had to face them so much due to the lighter evenings, so I'm driving back from work in daylight, and Dave tends to drive when we go out at night. My new contact lenses have made everything appear more clear and less 'out of focus'. I recently attempted to drive up my 'scary road', which still scared the hell out of me but I noticed that my vision was better, so its obviously 'just' a psychological thing now. Having said that, I did a 10-mile drive at night last month, on a route that is 'not scary' (lol) with Dave in the car with me, and I was not too bad at all. Which all goes to show that the road I had the original attack on is always going to be a bad road for me.
So, I don't know what else to say about my driving issues. I guess I will find out what I am still like when the dark nights come again later this year. But by then I will have moved house so can start afresh, which should help.
One of my main problems was/is the feeling of unreality. I thought I had got rid of it completely as I didn't have it for weeks and weeks, until a few days ago when bang it just hit me again. Recently went through a bit of a rough patch with Dave so dont know if that brought it back or not, but nothing to worry about it was just one of those things and we are fine now. But I am feeling down because I thought the DP/DR had gone for good.
Also I am very, very demoralized at work still, and I know that is making me feel yucky. The house sale is going through very slowly so I cant look for a new job until we have a moving-in date, and I hate my job so much so cannot wait to leave, move house and make a fresh start.
I was also feeling anxious for no reason, mostly in the evenings and just before I went to sleep, again this had gone, but seems to have come back again recently :-(
Sorry to moan. I'm back!
Julia xxx
'To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world'.
How is everyone? I am, well, up and down, to be honest.
My driving problems are still there though I have not had to face them so much due to the lighter evenings, so I'm driving back from work in daylight, and Dave tends to drive when we go out at night. My new contact lenses have made everything appear more clear and less 'out of focus'. I recently attempted to drive up my 'scary road', which still scared the hell out of me but I noticed that my vision was better, so its obviously 'just' a psychological thing now. Having said that, I did a 10-mile drive at night last month, on a route that is 'not scary' (lol) with Dave in the car with me, and I was not too bad at all. Which all goes to show that the road I had the original attack on is always going to be a bad road for me.
So, I don't know what else to say about my driving issues. I guess I will find out what I am still like when the dark nights come again later this year. But by then I will have moved house so can start afresh, which should help.
One of my main problems was/is the feeling of unreality. I thought I had got rid of it completely as I didn't have it for weeks and weeks, until a few days ago when bang it just hit me again. Recently went through a bit of a rough patch with Dave so dont know if that brought it back or not, but nothing to worry about it was just one of those things and we are fine now. But I am feeling down because I thought the DP/DR had gone for good.
Also I am very, very demoralized at work still, and I know that is making me feel yucky. The house sale is going through very slowly so I cant look for a new job until we have a moving-in date, and I hate my job so much so cannot wait to leave, move house and make a fresh start.
I was also feeling anxious for no reason, mostly in the evenings and just before I went to sleep, again this had gone, but seems to have come back again recently :-(
Sorry to moan. I'm back!
Julia xxx
'To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world'.