How'd I get home?

hello PQ! I personally do not have any such experience of driving but i have heard many incidents when people who were very engrossed in their thoughts got on wrong track despite being very familiar with their daily routes.

Well, I do not drive, and have chosen not to drive over the years. Mostly to health, and some by choice. But I know my husbands only accident since we got married, came from when he was driving tired. We did get pulled over once from a cop from swerving and was told to slow down and pay attention. It can be hard sometimes but with my husband working days, and I working swing we just are a lot more cautious now.

I am used to driving at nite and also am one that doesn't require a lot of sleep so this is not an ordinary happening for me. When my oldest daughter went into premature labor with my grandson, she got transported to a hospital an hour and a half away from me. She was quite premature and it was pretty intense. I had three younger children still at home. I work 2nd shift and so I was getting up early to bring the younger ones to school and then going to work from 2 to 11:30 pm and then racing up to the hospital because she kept going in and out of labor ..thinking the baby was coming..I wanted so to be there. So you can imagine I got very sleep deprived that week. On the night he was born, I was exhausted and just went home and told my son in law that I needed sleep but to not hesitate to call me. Well I slept a little tiny bit before that phone rang and he said that my grandson was definitly coming. I jumped up and my two middle daughters wanted to come with me and see their new nephew. Adrenelin got us there with no problem. We missed his actual birth by just a minute or two but we got to see him briefly and congratulate the new parents. On the way home...adrenelin was zapped and i pulled over every 15 minutes for little power naps..got lost and it took an extra hour to get back on track. I'll never forget it. it was scary and i'd venture o say equally as bad if not worse than drinking and driving.

I read about that once, there's a name for it that I don't remember. You're just so used to the roads you usually drive, that you kind of zone out and don't remember the details.

It's hypnosis, and you don't have to be tired for it to happen. If you have a lot on your mind while you are driving, you will space out and forget the drive. It's very common and very normal. Once when I had two jobs and was stressed, I would leave home and end up at the wrong job. lol.

As kids I remember eating while asleep and then complaining the next day that I went hungry. The problem was that we had to say our prayers first. Then mother would lay the table. Those prayers would put us to sleep and we would doze off already. We would then eat our dinner half asleep!

I have been known, at least one time to have done this. That is, I drove like four exits past the exit I needed to get off on for my mom's house and I had driven four hours in the middle of the night. It was scary to me. I had both of my kids asleep in the car.

To be honest, there are days I even forgot what I had for lunch or color of my dress on the same very day. I believe this is good, in a way our brains are processing what is worth storing and what is not. So, I don't think you need to worry other than being at the wheel when you are sleepy which is very dangerous. Do be careful here.

i think its a little of both. tired and hypnotized. ive only done that on long trips. but a few times i think i was just in to thinking about other things while driving from work. ive actually gotten so far into thinking about things, i passed the gas station or store and had to turn back

I have had these experiences, but not while driving, because I can't drive, nor have a car. But while I was walking. One time I even went past our building, and I didn't even notice it, just kept walking! :D

Yes it happens. Its because you preprogramed to do this everyday for so long it soon becomes instinctive .

Take care and it's really dangerous. But why do u have to work so long a day? sorry but I just signed up. :)