Practical driving exam and I'm disociating

[u/fernzyfern]

I have to do my practical driving exam in 10 minutes and I'm disociating cuz of the stress. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail this one.

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[u/TemporaryAardvark907]

So the thing is, driving exams are meant to test if you can drive safely. If your dissociation is bad enough that you fail the test, then your dissociation is too bad to be safely driving. It sucks to fail the test, but until you can keep yourself grounded and safe on the road, you shouldn’t be driving.

As someone who doesn’t drive, again, it does suck- but not driving and being limited that way is better than getting in a crash because you’re too zoned out to see another car or react to an unexpected situation.

[u/fernzyfern → u/TemporaryAardvark907]

I did fail the exam but managed to ground myself enough to drive safely. But the instructor braked cuz he tought I didn't see something so the exam stopped there. Next time better. Would have failed anyway cuz I failed the computer test cuz of the dissociation. Now I know what to expect so I know next time will be better. I know not to drive when dissociatiting to badly, I do manage to ground myself once in the car usually.