I spoke about it before but whenever I have things I need to do, I find myself putting them off even when I'm out of the house in no small part because of how constantly busy traffic is. I may live in the middle of nowhere, but it's car dependent so there are near constant traffic jams.
Even at the grocery store I find myself wandering aimlessly because of how constantly packed the place is. The gym? It's full all the time too so it's hard for me to actually do my workout. When I'm actually in traffic I feel myself getting more and more angry and irritated. I despise how poverty forces me to stay a basement dweller in rural Ohio, I despise how slow going from point a to point b is because of how busy traffic is at all times. It makes me sad seeing fire trucks not go anywhere because of how backed up traffic is.
I think it's cutting a lot into my productivity in trying to find a job and get myself off my feet when I have to take care of other things, and I wonder if any neurodiverse people feel the same way.
I absolutely hate being stuck in traffic, it's legit one of my top 5 most annoying situations, and I think that what makes traffic so particularly irritating is the fact that you cannot disengage.
If I get annoyed at something that's going on with my computer or cellphone or even if I'm in a social situation that's getting under my skin, I most often can just get up and walk away to recharge and then come back if I want to. This is obviously not an option when you're in traffic. You're stuck inside the car and there's fuckall you can do, you can't just get out of the car and come back to it later when you're in the mood.
The one thing that I find makes being stuck in traffic less of a torturous experience is having a podcast or audiobook playing. If I have nothing else going on aside from the traffic, my ADHD brain cries in pure agony.
Also, that's a banger of a username you have there, lol