Great update 👍, if you start at 5am you must be up 3.30am or 4am, bed by 8pm ish, you're a professional in your uniform that flicks a different switch helps you cope 💪you're not weard, you care that's all what you like when in work late or not doing your route at all, take care Drive 👍
I'm exactly the same, can't stand being late if I'm running dead to depot after my trip or its not my hand over trip I don't mind being late the minute I've got to hand over I get this anxiety and I start feeling stress as I don't want to make that driver late, I worry if they're going to be annoyed and I even go to the extent of fearing I'll be known as a "late driver" (not that this matters, we're all there to do the same job and we all experience different issues on trips). I haven't found a way to cope with this yet and it's draining... But I like the job thats what keeps me going I guess.
I know what you mean I don’t worry about what other drivers think As 98% of the time I hand over on time so if I am late it was unavoidable and chances are everything is late Although having said that I suppose my time keeping is driven by anxiety But the number 1 priority is safety No matter how late I get safety always comes first But yeah the feeling of anxiety is very very real
Thats interesting mate. But i am sure not everyone within the ASD spectrum has the same issue with tardiness. They may be more bothered by other people being late rather than themselves, or not at all. The constant watching of the clock could be interpreted more on the OCD or anxiety side of things.
But what you say about structure is also of interest. It might not be the lateness that causes anxiety, its the threat to your structure that lateness causes that is the issue. ASD is very structure heavy indeed
This is very true And all neurodivergent people are different as with every neurotypical people are OCD I’m not sure I generally don’t suffer from that apart from if I have bank notes in my wallet they have to be in a certain order and the correct way around
You could be very right with this If my routine gets disrupted this has negative affects Especially if it’s a sudden change that can really disrupt me to the point of a rage Which as I’m naturally very calm can catch people and me by surprise I’m well aware of this So it would make sense this would cause a certain amount of anxiety Like I say I’m still learning and finding out about this stuff
Good for you mate. You are doing what is right for you and that is what matters.
Thank you
Great update 👍, if you start at 5am you must be up 3.30am or 4am, bed by 8pm ish, you're a professional in your uniform that flicks a different switch helps you cope 💪you're not weard, you care that's all what you like when in work late or not doing your route at all, take care Drive 👍
Thank you
I get up at 3am every day I’m working
In bed by 8pm
I'm exactly the same, can't stand being late if I'm running dead to depot after my trip or its not my hand over trip I don't mind being late the minute I've got to hand over I get this anxiety and I start feeling stress as I don't want to make that driver late, I worry if they're going to be annoyed and I even go to the extent of fearing I'll be known as a "late driver" (not that this matters, we're all there to do the same job and we all experience different issues on trips). I haven't found a way to cope with this yet and it's draining... But I like the job thats what keeps me going I guess.
I know what you mean
I don’t worry about what other drivers think
As 98% of the time I hand over on time so if I am late it was unavoidable and chances are everything is late
Although having said that I suppose my time keeping is driven by anxiety
But the number 1 priority is safety
No matter how late I get safety always comes first
But yeah the feeling of anxiety is very very real
Thats interesting mate. But i am sure not everyone within the ASD spectrum has the same issue with tardiness. They may be more bothered by other people being late rather than themselves, or not at all.
The constant watching of the clock could be interpreted more on the OCD or anxiety side of things.
But what you say about structure is also of interest. It might not be the lateness that causes anxiety, its the threat to your structure that lateness causes that is the issue. ASD is very structure heavy indeed
This is very true
And all neurodivergent people are different as with every neurotypical people are
OCD I’m not sure I generally don’t suffer from that apart from if I have bank notes in my wallet they have to be in a certain order and the correct way around
You could be very right with this
If my routine gets disrupted this has negative affects
Especially if it’s a sudden change that can really disrupt me to the point of a rage
Which as I’m naturally very calm can catch people and me by surprise
I’m well aware of this
So it would make sense this would cause a certain amount of anxiety
Like I say I’m still learning and finding out about this stuff