I spoke about it before but whenever I have things I need to do, I find myself putting them off even when I’m out of the house in no small part because of how constantly busy traffic is. I may live in the middle of nowhere, but it’s car dependent so there are near constant traffic jams.
Even at the grocery store I find myself wandering aimlessly because of how constantly packed the place is. The gym? It’s full all the time too so it’s hard for me to actually do my workout. When I’m actually in traffic I feel myself getting more and more angry and irritated. I despise how poverty forces me to stay a basement dweller in rural Ohio, I despise how slow going from point a to point b is because of how busy traffic is at all times. It makes me sad seeing fire trucks not go anywhere because of how backed up traffic is.
I think it’s cutting a lot into my productivity in trying to find a job and get myself off my feet when I have to take care of other things, and I wonder if any neurodiverse people feel the same way.
fun story: my bus commute going to work used to take ~50min, but going back home could take over an hour due to different bus routes and rush hour traffic. i always got home tired and i always thought it was bc of the work day
then covid hit, we were immediately told to work fully from home and i never felt tired after work anymore. turns out, the commute was what was making me tired, not working
mind you, I wasn’t even driving like you are and even then the traffic drove me mad. so yeah, i 100% see where you’re coming from
edit: for context, since most of you seem to be from the us, i live in rio de janeiro, which is still way too car-centric, but not nearly as bad as the usa it seems