What am I supposed to do when I make a mistake driving?

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Some guy that lives down the street suddenly just appeared out of nowhere while I was backing out of the driveway and then he just beeped the horn for like 15 seconds straight even once I had stopped moving. I wasn't even moving that fast while backing out, I was being extra careful cuz it still makes me nervous to do it, he must've been going fast as hell or something.

And then I moved back up into the driveway and let him pass and then he looked at me like what the hell and then he paused in front of my house and I just started yelling at his car "What the f**k are you looking at you stupid b***h, get the f**k out of here" and he eventually started moving.

As you can see I get reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally worked up and angry when I make a mistake while driving, and people seem to act like they'd caught in me in the act of taking a s**t in their cereal whenever I do it. I end up traumatized about what I was doing whenever I do it for a little while after it happens and I really don't know what to do, it ruins my whole day and I feel overloaded for a while after. I smoked a cigarette this time and that helped a lot but I don't want that to become my only way to relieve stress when this crap happens and it doesn't quite make me feel all the way better either

I'm also a little bit afraid that this really hot older girl down the street that was on the phone thought I was talking to her as she was in the same line of sight as his car too but she didn't say anything back to me or say anything to me when I drove by to go smoke a cigarette after.

You're supposed to swear and explode in a rage and almost get into fights with complete strangers. You're doing it right.

So after the guy gets out of his car, do this, that's obviously what you're supposed to do.

Really, you just have to move on and not let it affect you much. The guy probably was not paying attention, too, or going like 55 in a 35 like people tend to do where I live, so he probably got his day ruined by you doing it. Or he was sipping coffee while on his iPad while talking on the phone. Car accidents like that involve 2 people, after all.

One thing car drivers aren't taught that motorcycle riders are, is car drivers are not taught "everything is your fault." When you're on a bike, everything that happens is your fault, that's the outlook you must take. Someone switches lanes almost into you? Your fault for not anticipating it or going forward more. I mean, obviously different people are more at fault than others, but yeah, do you see my point? So there's error on his end for not seeing a car with reverse lights on in the driveway, and not taking either the appropriate evasive or braking actions to not be affected by it as much. But yeah, because car drivers aren't taught that way, people tend to big be jerks.