Have you ever experienced blacking out while driving home from work? 🤔 #Driving #Work #MemoryLoss
Do you sometimes arrive home without remembering how you got there? #RoadSafety #Mindfulness #Commute
Ever had a workday so busy that you zone out on the drive back? #Focus #MentalHealth #SafetyTips
Curious if anyone else has had a similar experience during their commute? #ShareYourStory #Traffic #DailyRoutine
Sure
I know “how” I must have returned home, because it’s been the same way for years, and there’s Ol’ Reliable in the driveway. Do I always remember that specific trip? Not if I have a lot on my mind.
I’ve definitely had those days. Sometimes I find fodd wrappers and containers and forgot I picked up food too.
Yep. Its called auto pilot. Have had it bad enough that also went to the gas station filled up and got a sandwich with no recollection
I work shifts, I have that all the time. Chronic sleep shortage combined with doing the same route for over a decade does that to you.
It can be dangerous. I try taking different routes and winding roads to combat it.
I know HOW, sometimes I question WHY.
When I could have put in even more OT.
No, never, but that’s because I ride a motorcycle. I’m also very aware there’s quite a few of you in cars sleeping cause cars are boring AF.
I used to drive a truck for a living. At times I could cover a couple of hundred miles with very little recollection of the journey.
Commonly known as Highway Hypnosis. I have had it happen back when I had a highly stressful job with long hours. I do not think its a good thing and question if my reflexes or situational awareness of other road users would have been sufficient if there had been an incident.
Isn’t it disassociating? I’ve done it several times, freaks me out
Driving is so boring I’m always on autopilot in the car. GPS was a literal life changer for me because I’d be lost all the time otherwise and at least now I have sexy euro lady customized voice to break the silence.
Don’t worry I’m not actually asleep, my reflexes and tactical awareness are really fast etc., that’s why I’m bored. I will miss turns or make random stops I didn’t intend though. It’s not awareness per se it’s more like actually caring about where I am, most of the time I don’t unless I have to be at work.
Yeah, it’s called driving on autopilot
I have probably 4x n my life usually long hrs or a hard day
Yes. I once noticed I’ve been driving in silence to and from work for multiple days and couldn’t believe I never once thought to turn the radio on.
Used to work as a mailman, started my shift then boom, i was back at the station and all mail delivered…crazy
I’ve felt it multiple times especially when am too tired and stressed out
Try having that for a month.
Sometimes I’m just watching TV on the couch, black out, and find myself standing over my sink shoveling handfuls of shredded cheese in my mouth. It happens.
Happens often, and I work from home….
Aye put yourself into brainsaver mode, it’s madness when you think about it.
Yup! Sometimes I have no idea how did I drive to my work or home. A moment of realization that I can’t remember anything. Then tell myself, you know it doesn’t matter, you are still alive, so fucking carry on.
what you mean bruh, maybe you need rest and sleep bruh
That happens a lot when you are working in a very stresfull enviroment..
The only time I have wondered how I have gotten home is when I am drunk.
Depends on how my workday went and how much I’ve got on my mind. That kind of auto pilot can be very real!
Happened quite a few times when I was working in construction and playing semiprofessional rugby. Earliest time I got home was usually after 10pm, I can’t count the times I got home without knowing which road I took, only to then blink and wake up at 3 am asleep in my car
Yeah. Auto pilot. I hate going to the store on the weekend but accidentally driving to work or my kids school
About 15 years ago, I regularly had to drive up to 650km to attend some trainings for my job. Most times I arrived at my destination and had at least 3/4 of my drive missing. You just go on autopilot at a certain point. Especially when you know the trip very well.
I’ve literally done a whole day of work like this.
Woke up, got ready, walked to work, worked, walked home, and “woke up” while I was cooking dinner.
It’s never happened since and I’ve never understood how it was possible. I still wonder what actually happened that day.
been on the motorway on cruise control and missed the turn off junction and wake up a long way past
Sure have, but when on a motorcycle i experience it less as that requires a little more brainpower (at least for me)
as a lifelong pedestrian/bike rider this is scary. please remember you guys are moving tons of metal around at terminal speeds mere feet from my delicate meat sack, please stay switched on.
Everyone with ADHD be like: hi there!!
I’ve heard it explained as your brain doesn’t see it as something worth remembering, so it doesn’t dedicate much energy to remembering it.
We probably all remember almost every plane trip we’ve had (unless we’re frequent flyers)
Of course. Any path driven often becomes like this eventually.
Absolutely.
Oh yeah, sometimes I randomly clue in while I’m driving and I’m like “how’d I get here? Where was I going? Is mayonnaise as unit of measurement?”
I shampooed and soaped. Rinsed and wondered if I’m already done or just starting to shower
This one time I fell asleep while driving to home from work and the crazy thing I was driving 80mph
I’ve never had it for the entire ride but I’ve definitely snapped out of autopilot after exiting the highway and had no idea if I even indicated or did a shoulder check.
Wow. I did this three times. I found myself in cities and on roads I did not know. It was a combination of sleep apnea and narcolepsy. See your doctor asap!