Learning to drive and it's going BADLY

Rant/Frustration 💢

I had another post where I talked about my driving experience, every time I get behind the wheel it's nothing but mistakes. I've had several practice lessons and I'm a collassel failure at this. I've been in a car for about 8 hours and they've been terrible. Not a single thing has gone well and I'm not even catastrophizing it. Nothing has gone well. I start off with lessons with confidence and very quickly it's evaporated.

Here's the list of things I'm struggling with:

  1. Maintaining speed

  2. Turning (left and right) I am very bad at turning like it's my worst quality.

  3. Running over the curb and hugging it constantly.

  4. Checking my blind spots (I remember to do it, but in a panic forget to.)

  5. Stopping gently.

  6. Parking and reversing.

There's tons more. I guarantee if it's a driving skill that's fundamental to passing the test I'm messing it up.

The list of things I'm NOT struggling with:.

Nothing, literally. I mean I don't crash but that's about it.

I swear there are toddlers who can drive better than me. I'm so discouraged. I panic and I can't improve, I really try to build up that confidence, but I genuinely am not making an ounce of progress.

How do even overcome this? I legitimately can't think of anything I've done right.

Posted Jun 4, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC

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