NeFi Driving
Jul 29, 2017 21:24:34 GMT -5 by teatime
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Post by teatime on Jul 29, 2017 21:24:34 GMT -5
NeFi Driving aka "How to compensate for lack of Se."
I could care less about getting a driving license and didn't until my parents forced me at 17. I really didn't like processing so much visual stimuli in real time. Pretty sure I nearly killed my mom from the terror.
I recognized my absent mindedness in relation to how other people work, so I relied on staying a certain distance from cars (driver's manual measures in seconds, and I tried to stay close to that in the beginning) and other rules of thumb. I laughed at myself because I was not a rule follower, but I found I needed to follow rules to not get killed. Also, I'm inattentive to smaller details (pedestrians, bicyclists...). When I was behind a motorcyclist, I decided I would just take it real seriously and make it my job to be their personal security/body guard with my car. It was a little game I played so I would notice their presence and keep appropriate distance. I don't think about all this much now while I'm driving, but in the beginning I had to.
Interestly - and I knew others didn't do this - when I first started driving, I viewed aggressive driving as selfish. Like, it was an ethical issue for me. I thought aggressive drivers were valuing their own time above others' lives. That's still true, of course, but it doesn't bother me now.
I also sucked at judging speed of objects in the beginning and still dislike it.
"REAL"
Another thing is that ideas are more real to me than physical reality, and I think this explains Ne-Si and object/idea manipulation.
When I'm driving, it can be hard to take the immediate situation as real, life or death. I sort of have to remind myself to stay present. I loved driving a stick shift because it made the experience much more physical for me and grounded me. I could feel the speed better.
The only thing that is real are things that are permanent. Like cardinal directions. I reluctantly do Left and Right, but N, S, E and W are better. I'd prefer to be given straight forward directions. None of that "...and two miles in you will come to a little blue house on the right..." UGH! I have learned that these things can be important so you don't go 15 miles past your destination. But I tend to want as little information as possible.
I could care less about getting a driving license and didn't until my parents forced me at 17. I really didn't like processing so much visual stimuli in real time. Pretty sure I nearly killed my mom from the terror.
I recognized my absent mindedness in relation to how other people work, so I relied on staying a certain distance from cars (driver's manual measures in seconds, and I tried to stay close to that in the beginning) and other rules of thumb. I laughed at myself because I was not a rule follower, but I found I needed to follow rules to not get killed. Also, I'm inattentive to smaller details (pedestrians, bicyclists...). When I was behind a motorcyclist, I decided I would just take it real seriously and make it my job to be their personal security/body guard with my car. It was a little game I played so I would notice their presence and keep appropriate distance. I don't think about all this much now while I'm driving, but in the beginning I had to.
Interestly - and I knew others didn't do this - when I first started driving, I viewed aggressive driving as selfish. Like, it was an ethical issue for me. I thought aggressive drivers were valuing their own time above others' lives. That's still true, of course, but it doesn't bother me now.
I also sucked at judging speed of objects in the beginning and still dislike it.
"REAL"
Another thing is that ideas are more real to me than physical reality, and I think this explains Ne-Si and object/idea manipulation.
When I'm driving, it can be hard to take the immediate situation as real, life or death. I sort of have to remind myself to stay present. I loved driving a stick shift because it made the experience much more physical for me and grounded me. I could feel the speed better.
The only thing that is real are things that are permanent. Like cardinal directions. I reluctantly do Left and Right, but N, S, E and W are better. I'd prefer to be given straight forward directions. None of that "...and two miles in you will come to a little blue house on the right..." UGH! I have learned that these things can be important so you don't go 15 miles past your destination. But I tend to want as little information as possible.