Is it normal to hate driving?
I got my permit a few months back (could've gotten it a lot longer ago but that's that). I'll be eligible for my license in a few weeks.
This will all sound very pathetic but here it is:
When I first started driving, I started out in a parking lot with little to no speed. I just let the car move without the gas. My mother wanted me to go into the main road for some reason and that did not go well at all. When attempting to turn, I sped up too fast in attempt to not get hit by any cars coming, almost hitting a trash can (I didn't), and that was stupid. Things that were crowding my brain were: I had to put the gas on enough, while avoiding cars, and having to turn; all when I had no experience with other moving cars let alone the gas pedal itself.
I am now pretty comfortable with driving except for when certain situations have occured. One being that when there is a yellow light and I am not sure when to keep going or not. Even worse is the yellow turning left light. I was always told not to hesitate when going, and then there are times when my mom tells me that I should have slowed down. Even if I felt that I was too far out that I should just go, I get criticized for it. If I don't go for it, then I get criticized too (especially people behind me heh).
Just recently, I was turning left in a small intersection when I happened to look at a dog while turning (dogs are my weakness) and I hit the curb. I was going slow, so it wasn't horrible, but it definitely woke us up. My mom kept saying how if I was going faster the car would've flipped over. It didn't make me feel any better.
Whenever these things happen, my mom gets angry at me and says how I should have done this instead of what I did and tries to argue with me WHILE I'm driving. I tell her not to yell at me, and that makes her even more mad because she says that she's not perfect and that she can't not yell at me.
I believe that it is better to try to not yell at someone and to try your best to lower your voice so things could attempt to be calmer in the situation, but she takes it offensively. I don't think that she has to be perfect, but if she could at least try to be more calm, that's all I'm asking. Especially when I'm driving.
What I like about driving: I like listening to my own music in the car. But that's about it.
Everything else...the people around me who are rude (I know I can't avoid this, but it just lowers my likability of driving), the criticism from my mom and dad, and of course the fear that comes with driving...I just don't think I like driving very much at all. Is it normal?