Driver hypnosis

The Men Who Stare At Snow: A Study of Trucker Hypnosis

 

It’s happened to everyone that’s driven any amount of time. Anyone who claims otherwise is lying. Hopefully they’re honest with themselves. Main thing is to be aware of the first signs before it happens.I think it’s akin to hallucinations, caused from sleep deprivation. That’s a very real thing. Explains why so many religious rituals include starvation and sleep deprivation to induce spiritual experiences (hallucinations). We need sleep. We dream in our sleep. Without it, we can enter a sleep or dream state while wide awake, eyes open. In my case the red flag signs changed with age. I could go from wide awake to dozing off quickly. Had to adjust my habits, learn to shut it down right away at the first sign of sleepiness. Some of those memories make my skin crawl. Thank God I never injured anyone.

 

Back when I first started, I woke up in one of our yards with the brakes not set, the lights on, the window open and the cab full of snow. No clue where I was or how I got there. That was a learning experience for sure!

 

What

 

Somebody has been eating the wrong type of mushrooms....

 

I've noticed the same thing with age -

The onset is sleepiness, and it's difficult to fight through, best option is to find a safe place off the road and , even just lay your head on the steering wheel and let your senses rest.

Hypnosis, I've not really experienced, or passed it off as sleepiness. I've certainly had times I can't recall the last 100 miles, where my system is functioning on muscle memory alone.

Any phone conversation, radio program can induce the same - the true focus is not on the task at hand.

Only takes a second or two of inattention to find yourself off the road or in the wrong lane.

 

I saw the black dog one time…………….