Do you have anxiety with crossing the road?

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I've always had problems with crossing the road. I'm not saying I nearly get hit or anything. I just always fear that I might have missed a car coming, then cross and then suddenly get hit by a car that I didn't see coming.

But it's not only that. My brain seems to be slow at taking in what I see. Say if I was going to cross a busy road where there's a corner nearby, and I start to cross then a car suddenly comes round the corner, I stop dead but my brain still thinks I'm walking, and so as I stop quickly the top half of me tends to lurch forward, and my arms go up in the air to keep my balance and stop me from literally falling over. I feel like an elderly person when I do this, because elderly people don't think as quick as younger people, and so end up falling over or getting hit my cars.

Anyone else have the same problems? Does it cause anxiety with crossing roads for you?

Only when I can't see far enough away, due to a corner or something.

Oh yes crossing the road is scary. I have mini heart attacks when I think it's safe to cross and start walking, then a car comes out of nowhere round the corner and I jump back.

When I cross the road, I will run up to the crossing so that I enter it when the walk/don't walk is still green/walk, in accordance with the law. If I am running late sometimes I will do a quick check to make sure I will be able to get accross before don't walk goes solid. My friends and the general public do not do this (my friends find it amusing) . My reasoning is that while I appreciate that this does not create any kind of physical barrier that will actually stop a car or bike hitting me, at least if it hit me, I'm in the right, my position is defensible. If it is an unsignalled crossing I am VERY cautious and I always look repeatedly in all directions as I cross as if to make sure cars are not materialising out of nowhere. This also affects my driving, and when I passed my license test, the tester said the only thing I got "wrong" was that I was too cautious.

BIG problems. I've been known to tremble. It takes me a loooong time to cross a busy road. I also run once my feet hit the macadam, just to get back onto the pavement again. I get very anxious and hate doing it.

I have the same problem you do with freezing up when I see an unexpected car. I can't judge speed and distance at all. This is why I can't drive; it's the dyspraxia.

YES I do have anxiety crossing the road! Sometimes I'll actually take an incredibly circuitous route just to avoid crossing a busy road.I think I'm much slower than other people at gauging whether a car is going to turn around the corner or not. I have NVLD.....I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.............

Not often, but sometimes I'll have a minor anxiety attack that lasts a couple seconds. It's weird though because at other times I'll run across the road without looking and not care.

Yes! I don't attacks or anything, but yes, I do have anxiety crossing the road. The crosswalk by house, doesn't have a light with it. You just have to wait for cars to stop. I get very nervous and won't go across if there is a car in sight.

I once met a person who declares he looks both ways, up, down, behind him and in front of him. If we were ever at a crosswalk together, we would never get across.

yes

Primarily because I cross at the crosswalk, like a good little boy. That makes me very visible and I hate to be watched! I am much more concerned for my safety in the supermarket, where I now have to contend with large carts, small carts, carts with kiddie cars attached and handicap scooters. I have no idea what size or shape object might be approaching, and it seems like there are no "driving" rules.

I hate when I`m about to cross the street and a car is coming! I`m afraid of cars and I think the driver is gonna stop and talk to me! I still have my mom or dad watch me because I`m paranoid. I don`t even like to go in the front yard alone! I don`t care how old I am!

Only recently have I developed a fear of crossing roads after a city taxi almost ran over me. I'm very slow in estimating the speed and distance of the passing car and when it will pass me, so it takes a good two minutes to cross a road where cars might be coming from two ways. When cars are coming from 3 or 4 ways it takes much longer and just increases my anxiety and stress.
I've had many near collisions with cars. I don't drive so I have to rely on crossing roads to get anywhere but it's still scary but I somehow get through it. I think I used to feel a lot of anxiety after I made some blunder while crossing the road. I crossed too soon, doubled back when I a car came quickly around the corner or I waited too long and the whole time the driver is impatiently signaling at me to go. But now I just shake it out of my mind because it happens so much.

What I really hate is when people cross the road from the middle of the street on a busy road when the crossing is just a few metres away. Then they get impatient with me for crossing at crossings or crossing where the road starts and there's a gap between the cars. I get really angry with people that try to get me to cross any other way. I'll yell at them to just let me cross how I want to cross.

If anything, I cross the road with too little caution. I've nearly been hit a few times, and saved strictly by my reflexes on one occasion. I do try to be careful but sometimes I get impatient, and sometimes I zone out and don't pay attention.

I usually use crosswalks, but sometimes I'll cross in elsewhere. One place I used to live had about 2-3 blocks' distance between the two nearest crosswalks and I'd cross somewhere in the middle just to save time.

I got obsessed with crossing in a certain way and I only ever crossed at proper signals. The idea of jay walking is very scary to me. My mom and dad both cross the road like it's nothing and it bothers me a lot, mostly because they expect me to then follow them. It doesn't happen too often, luckily, but it's always frustrating when it does.

I lived in NYC for a bit and it was walking everywhere! That wasn't a problem, except for all of the cars. I almost got hit by a bus at one point because the drivers there are a bit nuts. It was my green light and they turned at the intersection into the crossing lane and almost hit me. The bus didn't show any sign of slowing down, either. That was the scary part.

On a side note... does anyone get very anxious when there are people along the sidewalk or stopped in front of buildings? I used to get very irrational anxiety surrounding those "salesmen" type people who stop you on the street and also homeless people who ask for money. There were a few people who would park themselves outside of the grocery story. Sometimes I would decide not to go in because they were there. I also don't really like it when people sit outside on porches and things. It makes me feel very uncomfortable to walk by them. I don't know why.

Do I have anxiety with crossing the road?

No, I keep my eyes on the chicken.

Don't ask me why.