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Dr. Laura Call of the Day

I'm Lost Without My Driver's License

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Michael's driver's license was revoked after a traumatic brain injury, and now he's struggling over his lack of independence. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM.

0:10.0

Try and win 11 Michael. Welcome to the program. Hi, thank you for my call. Thank you for taking my call. I was just wondering if I can get your voice on something and I'm sure you know you.

0:20.0

I'm looking for you to yell at me tight. I'm looking for you to tell me what I'm doing wrong long story short. I had a traumatic brain injury at the age of 11. I'm 38 now. I did have my driver's license. I was driving up to a couple years ago. I was driving.

0:37.0

I think I started when I was 18 and because of the injury they discovered that I have peripheral vision block like in my left eye. So, I'm fortunately going to take my license away because of that and I'm ubering everywhere, but it's just really like upsetting knowing that I'm fortunate I can never drive again. And I'm just you know struggling with the knowledge one of what you had to say.

1:08.0

What if you got yourself a helmet and it had strategically placed mirrors on the sides both sides even though it's one side so that it sort of gives you more peripheral vision and what if you got yourself one of those electric tricycles tricycles.

1:31.0

Yeah, I'm really uncomfortable riding a bike because my traumatic brain injury did happen in the result of riding a bike.

1:40.0

No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, well, you can get past that, sir. If you want an alternative, you're going to have to face your fears. There are three wheels, three wheels. Can't fall over.

1:50.0

Can't fall over. So I drive a trike motorcycle. Can't fall over.

2:00.0

They're really cool. I've been thinking of getting one because they have the baskets in the back and you come at all your junk in there.

2:07.0

Some of them fold up. No reason to have that.

2:13.0

I can make this work. There are people with no legs who drive cars. Everything is hand done.

2:24.0

And then they have an amazing way to get there to get in and out of the car. They just have they learn.

2:34.0

So if you're going to tell me that something that happened 25 years ago is going to keep you from making a next step in your life, that's just silly. Get yourself a therapist who deals with hypnosis.

2:48.0

And you can re-learn to feel comfortable. You can look at the bike. Just go to the stores. Start out this way. Go to a store that sells these electric tricycles for adults.

3:01.0

And just sit in it. First time look at it. Second time sitting it. Don't take it out. Don't turn it on.

3:07.0

Just step by step. Get comfortable with it.

3:12.0

Okay.

3:19.0

Because Uber gets expensive, dear. You could use that money to have a nice bike. That won't fall over.

3:28.0

Any color?

3:34.0

I'll look to you.

3:36.0

Sort of like you sit down in it. Or you sit up like you're in a bicycle. But it's.

3:42.0

Try. I think you should look into that. And I think you should spend the time trying to learn how to be comfortable.

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