You not only miss your stop, but the whole way, your paranoid that you will. You will get distracted and then suddenly fear washes over you, only to realize your still 30 min away. Or maybe, on bad day, you need up on the other side of town.
Maybe you tried to gauge if you miss your stop but most of the roads looks that same and you have to ask the person next to you if you missed your spot.
Right now, i mostly solved this issue by turning on Google maps and following the bus route. Still have to remember to check the map every now and then.
Honestly, any traveling where your responsible for getting where you are suppose to is stressful. Going to the supermarket or any near by places is fine by me. Frequently i miss place like the pharmacy and head straight for the supermarket because i am operating on autopilot but that’s not too bad. Going to a place i don’t frequently make trips to, and to add to that, frequent turns with no obvious landmarks(like a mosque, Tower, Tree etc… cuz shop names don’t do shit) and suddenly i am lost and have to turn on Google maps, just to reorient myself and ask 5 different people for directions.
Back in school, i would be setting in the front seat of the school bus(those were very small mini-vans) and when ever we changed buses or just drivers, i would be expect to guide the driver to the kids house, even though i am checked out the minute the bus leaves the front of the school. In comes the shame of 7 year olds giving the driver directions when i cant even do that for my own house until we are 5 min away.
Also, while i do plan on learning to drive(regardless of if i get a license), i don’t think i will actually drive a car, specifically because i don’t feel safe with my Adhd(plus the direction disability).
And i haven’t even gotten to the problem of actually seating in the bus. Its very crammed and there’s no leg room and when i tell my mom that, she just chalks it up to me being fat, even thought its a bone structure issue(i.e height) and not fat.
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Honestly navigationn is easy for me and while I can miss a stop its easy enough to take it back the other way and get where I need to be but I rarely miss a stop. Its kinda funny because I hate driving and love transit but my wife who loves driving is not very good with navigation and knowing where things are. Im good with shapes though too and like packing. We always joke it is from tetris.
(huh, is this more common and more neurotypical than i thought?)
*notices community*
Ah. Yep, checks out.
I find sitting sideways so I’m physically facing the station signage helps a lot.
What I do is set an alarm for a few minutes before my stop (in case the transport is early) and only then chevk google maps and start paying attention to stops etc. No need to exhaust myself checking and worrying the whole way when I know there’s 30 minutes left.
That’s a good idea. I also keep checking (Apple) maps for whether I’m arrriving at my stop even though I know I’m pretty far away. On my older phones this would drain my battery and I would arrive with like 20% battery and then that would stress me out even more because I had a whole day to go.
Uhhh - for a daily commute - I’ll take it over the stress of driving and traffic.
For me its the stress of a breakdown or accident. If the bus or train breaks down I can take an alternate although usually they will have a special alternate to deal with the breakdown from the transit agency.
Same honestly, and I wish that the street felt safe for people and not choking with parked and moving cars.
Also, more bigger buses.
I rely on apps like Oeffi and CoMaps to know where I am and when to get off the bus. I’ve also tried Transportia which displays real time tracking data for some trains and busses, but it’s not reliable yet.
