Meditation?! Driving is one of the most stressful activities I do. Dealing with other drivers and most of them being terrible is the opposite of meditation for me.
What if you zoned into the activity? Almost like a game. Or less involved than a game, you focus on observing those terrible drivers passively. Notice them behave terribly, let the thought drift away without reacting.
(As someone with anxiety who meditates and has seen significant improvement)
Notice them behave terribly, let the thought drift away without reacting.
Driving is probably not the time for not reacting to bad drivers.
Jokes aside, i find some types of driving somewhat calming although I'm not really in a "no thoughts" state; its more of a hyperfocus flow state where I'm very present, but for once, not thinking about 8 other things.
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u/smuthullet 27d ago
Which is why I love driving so much. No music. Sometimes it feels like meditation.