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There is being bored and free to explore, and being bored and stuck in a car. I enjoy road trips today as an adult, but as a kid they were kinda torture.

• thrwaway69 7y ago
  Agree...I would enjoy road trips if I wasn't so bad with traffic, noise, and being in a running vehicle. I prefer a bike over walking or being in a vehicle any day. The AC inside the car makes me nauseous like there is no tomorrow. The constant shaking and pressure you can feel by focusing (unintentionally due to having nothing else to do) makes me feel anxious af. I get a headache and want to vomit if I eat anything heavy inside the car. I just want to get out of that box...ASAP. It feels like a big prison. I feel disassociated too when there is different weather outside and I can't open the windows.
• coldtea 7y ago
  >There is being bored and free to explore, and being bored and stuck in a car. It's just as good a version of boredom for the stated purposes. People also need to learn to explore their mind and thoughts, not just their surroundings for the next thing to distract them.
• _pmf_ 7y ago
  > as a kid they were kinda torture I'm sure I was just as big a pest as my own kids on road trips, but I don't have any bad memories of them. Quite the opposite, actually.