Thank you! ❤️

@@elyse_myers holy crap :o ❤️❤️

I love her story times

@@clarejoseph1098the best on KZfaq!

Agreed

Right?! I truly love Elyse so much for simply being real & not being afraid to voice what is happening in an anxiety-ridden persons mind. Also, love how she is normalizing how _totally crippling_ *anxiety* _and/or_ *panic attacks* can be for some of us during what are _supposed_ to be _regular every day situations_ that should _not_ induce a need for the damn _fight or flight response._ _Why!?_ Why is my own nervous system failing me in these common situations and reacting in such an unwarranted trepidation to trick me into believing as if I am _truly_ going to _die_ in that moment, that I _quite often_ begin overthinking and imagine I’m on the verge of a heart attack because my heart rate feels as if it is going _no less_ than 150 bpm. And, _all of this_ is happening only because I just needed to well- first, work up the courage to _leave my house_ in the first place, and then actually _go inside a public place_ so I could merely purchase _a jug of milk_ for my twins? *No thank you.* 😅🫠

I only started having anxiety after I quit smoking, so it took a month for me to recognize it. Why do I get anxiety when I talk to people for longer than 5 seconds? I do not understand.

Yes! If the government would allow their employees to use their own minds and common sense in unusual situations, things would be so much simpler.

But what's to stop someone from claiming they accidentally clicked it when it wasn't an accident? Those rules are because people have tried to lie about it and appeal to "common sense". It's called social engineering and is the biggest problem for security in the world.

@@shadowscall7758 1. It is kind of silly to have to prove that you don't get vertigo after accidentally filling out the form saying that you do, but not to have to prove anything it if you claim that you don't get vertigo on the form. Reasonably, you should either be required to prove it in both cases or neither. 2. There's a time for rules and there is a time for common sense. I've had to fill out government forms not just expected, but required you to lie in certain fields just to have the form go through. I got in trouble for trying not to lie. Sometimes rules and systems are dumb and broken like that and when they are, "common sense" is exactly what we need. 3. Yes, only common sense can lead to bad outcomes, but no one is asking for that. Just need common sense occasionally when the rules don't make sense.

When I passed my drivers' test, I was parallel parking and barely touched the chain that marks the back of the space. I passed with a 75 because I didn't hit the chain or the pole. But I just don't think I can ever successfully follow up a call that close with a more successful rest result.

If you can do it early, I recommend it. I needed to renew my license this year. I should have been able to renew online, but for some reason they forced me to go in person. Well, the DMV is requiring appointments ever since COVID which has made it a real cluster. All the appts in my area were not for months. I found a small office 2 hours away and drove there to get an appt the next day (well, actually my husband had to drive me, as my license was now expired). From now on, I'm doing it early.

Secret hack. Move to a state like Florida. No parallel parking. Cons it's hot in Florida. 😢

​@@loverlyredheadit depends on state rules. Mine I could renew online but next time I need to go in person. ;-;

@@nickorange4881 yeah, that's how it is here. Last time, I renewed in person, so I expected to be able to do it online, but the system said I had to come in. I think that is probably part of why appointments are so hard to get. If the system is making everyone renew in-person, there are gonna be a whole lot of people having to get an appointment.

I can relate a lot to this story because I moved countries and asked for my driving license to be converted into the new country's legislation (I have to do it or it won't count as valid), and the questionnaire asked a ton of questions including "Do you have any attention deficit disorder?".... having ADHD, I didn't want to lie so I said yes. This forced me to get a written statement from a doctor that I'm not dangerous behind the wheel, I did and sent all that in and they kept me waiting for over a month while they analysed my request. Then they sent me a letter saying that they want MORE written statements from the doctor and also my medical history + what meds I take + more waiting and it's just, FML I should've just lied and replied "no" on the questionnaire, since my ADHD doesn't affect my driving ability (if anything, I compensate by hyperfocusing on driving). So here I am still in the middle of this mess and without a driving license, because they are keeping mine for the moment and they haven't created the new one either. Wonderful. I bet if I'd replied "no" I would already have the new license by now...

Depends on the state, but Utah's stupid regulations make me have a doctor clear me to drive every year, even though the last confirmed seizure I had was in 1997 at 5 years old. Also, the doctor doesn't do anything other than ask me if I've had any seizures. So, I hate the DMV.

Does this mean the doctor acts as an agent of the state in this circumstance? Doctors have to report your medical conditions - what about HIPAA? Or are you supposed to self-regulate? I’m genuinely curious.

Oh man…I’m a drug and alcohol counselor and I work a lot with clients mandated by the court into taking my super interesting and awesome First Offenders DUI Program so I hear literally hundreds of horror stories about people who try to get their licenses after completing their classes and whatever else they’re mandated to do. They’ll make their appointments, paperwork and proof of completion from my class in hand, only to find out they can’t get their license because 30 years ago, they had one, singular seizure caused by some random drug interaction that has no possible way of causing a risk of another seizure them now whatsoever because they haven’t taken that medication combination in 30 years since the first time it happened. Why, up until THIS point, they’d been able to renew their license without issue, I have absolutely no idea but it happens all the time to be a coincidence. It’s some kind of glitch in dmv’s system most likely. So, what I’m concerned with (for your sake) is that your doctor may have had a duty to report your seizure to the DMV. My ex-husband had epilepsy when he was MUCH younger and he lost his license because of this and the doctor was required to report it by law to the DMV. He was never able to get his license back until he went back to the doctor and got cleared, even though he hadn’t had a seizure in literal decades without even being on medication or anything. The DMV doesn’t care about whether you SAY you’re fine though; anyone can say they’re fine because they genuinely FEEL fine and think they can pull off the road in time and get behind the wheel, hop on the freeway going 75, have a seizure, and hit a minivan with a family full of kids and then there’s a tragedy that could have been avoided. I absolutely see the headache from both sides-I would be so irritated with having to get cleared every year from my doctor before being able to continue driving. We all live busy lives-especially once we get older and have to juggle a career and a household and children-adding one more “thing” to the list every year (two, if you count the day off you have to take to go to the damn dmv). I’m so grateful that I don’t have to deal with that because I probably would just stop driving all together and end up spending a small fortune on ride share. So, if I were you, I would do a bit of research about what the laws are in your state around (I’m not sure if they call it) mandated reporting of epilepsy. I believe each state is a little different in how they go about it. This way, you know what to expect and aren’t blindsided. I wish you the very best! 🩷 And, on a side note, happy Halloween 🎃 👻🌙

Well, rare case of: good that you can't drive. This can cost so many lifes. But yes!! It absolutely sucks to have no car, especially with 3 kids... Hope, you are ok and well and soon healed from whatever caused that seizure

honestly, there's a reason we use mostly computers for work. The screen is bigger and you cannot make mistakes as easily as on a touch screen.

@@liviaclaire ok!?!? Cool...

I second this! It’s like you are in my brain half the time!

Hi 👋

I was wondering this too after going through this experience! But then as I was telling the doctor about how all this happened, and he told me that if someone does actually experience vertigo/fainting/ any neurological problems that would affect their driving, their doctors are required to report that to the state so then it’s on their driving record and the physicians statement would be required anyways automatically! I was thinking the same thing like “this really is just on the honor system?? This makes no sense” 😂

This makes sense. But if the physician has to report it anyway, why put it on the test that the applicant has to fill out? Oh right, so Elyse can give us an emotional rollercoaster ride in a story.

@@elyse_myers Wow. I wonder in that case then would they get their license if they didn't lie but not get their license if they lied? Idk if I'd want someone who faints on the regular to be driving just cuz they were honest lol.

Hi

I considered it. I REALLY CONSIDERED IT.