Post Travel Depression: Returning Home After Travel

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2 ай бұрын

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Dealing with post travel depression can be a difficult experience. As an avid traveler who has experience sadness, confusion, depression an loneliness after returning home from a trip, I understand what you're going through, and so do many others. Back in 2013, I posted my first video on post travel depression and since then have received hundreds of emails from travelers going through it. So, in this video, I wanted to share the commonalities we all face when going through it based on what I've heard from you all (and my own personal experience), the process of going through it, the tools I used to get through it, and much more.
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@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

Join our Post Travel Depression Facebook group and let's help each other get through this: facebook.com/share/4uKZLhaTD12jEgUC/ You're not alone!

@taasmr4203 Ай бұрын

You had a similar post travel anxiety disorder before you were married to your husband. It looks like you have been having serious mental problems, for which you should consult with a psychologist or a psychiatrist to give you some medicine.

@YourBuddyRob Ай бұрын

We're suffering through no-travel depression, lol! It's a thing, too!

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

That's definitely a thing!

@Michelle-wd2oy Ай бұрын

Yessssss…..I haven’t been on a vacation in 4 years.

@martin.c531 Ай бұрын

I really resonate with this. I went to South Africa for 7 weeks volunteering for wildlife conservation. I met amazing people from all across the world, and it felt like home. Now i just regret i didnt stay longer, it was honesty the best time of my life and its really hard getting back to normal life when i have completed changed and everything back home is the complete same.

@RayaWasHere Ай бұрын

I love this video! Thank you for sharing, I know so many people will resonate and hopefully feel a bit better knowing that they’re not alone ❤️

@Michelle-wd2oy Ай бұрын

I totally understand this. My husband and I traveled for my job for almost 8 years. Then we came home, bought a house and surrounded ourselves with family. However, it’s been 4 years now and we both miss our travelers so much. Getting to see new places and meet new people was amazing. Don’t get me wrong, being home around our children and grand children is amazing…..but we really miss being on the road.

@martin.c531 Ай бұрын

I get where your coming from, it's really difficult especially when you have some many amazing life changing experiences

@unfoldingreflections Ай бұрын

I am beyond touched to see this - I honestly didn't even realise this is what I was experiencing, and various times of my life that have been more challenging. It's actually MAD. Thank you so much for touching our hearts with your stories and I deeply resonate. So grateful 🥰

@musicgeek103 Ай бұрын

Wow, i was just talking to a friend this morning about feeling sad post my trip to Peru at the end of april. I spent the week there with a close friend and one of her close friends. It was so transformative that i didn't want to come back to Michigan, and i miss Peru every day. Most of the people I've talked to have said "well now you're refreshed, aren't you so glad to be back home??" And no, i just want to keep traveling now! No one understands the sadness I've been feeling about missing Peru, so thank you so much for validating this feeling. I had no idea post travel depression was even a thing until now. I've been playing spanish music and listening to the spanish guitar almost daily, and I've been practicing my spanish for a month now!!

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

Totally is a thing! So very common and omg, Peru is definitely a transformative place. I was there in October (I have a couple vlogs from the trip on this channel) and it's just so incredible in so many ways. I totally get you. Hope this video helped you feel a bit better :)

@d_white5160 Ай бұрын

Experiencing this for the first time. Went to on my first solo trip to the phillipines, first solo trip ever and first time back in my home country in 7 years. I have never been so welcomed and loved from family, friends and strangers. Coming back to the states after just 1 month was a huge shock, struggling but ik it will be ok.

@SIXNOODLES 24 күн бұрын

real.

@Lhouse810 Ай бұрын

Loved this, you should make more videos on how to get through tough times :)

@nomadmila Ай бұрын

This video came at the perfect time for me! Thank you for sharing your experience and putting into words to what I was feeling :)

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

So glad it resonated with you :)

@dianekeller5390 Ай бұрын

good video on a subject thats not talked about enough. thank you.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

You're very welcome

@one.of.a.kind. Ай бұрын

this lady doesn't look depressed to me she looks stunningly beautiful . . . .

@KakakhailWonders 17 күн бұрын

Thank You very very Much ❤ dear You solve my Problem

@oceandmike Ай бұрын

It is a real thing. We got home from London yesterday and miss it. We love the U.S. but the UK is amazing.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

What was one of the best things about your trip? I definitely can relate to loving parts of the place you're from but perhaps, loving more about another place. Then you start feeling a pull to the idea of, hey maybe I could live somewhere else?

@fgfgfg4 Ай бұрын

strange timing i'm going through it right now intensely and it's so tough and lonely i feel empty its crazy

@hopscotchtheglobe 21 күн бұрын

I hope this video helped you feel better :)

@cassandrapapakyritsis Ай бұрын

I went on a bucketlist trip to Egypt this year. I went with some girls from Trova. I loved it so much that I wanted to bring my mom with me on the next one and even wanted to sign up with the girls again. Turns out I'm like 98% percent that I have now been blocked and blacklisted by the hosts and I'm not sure why. I enjoyed it and loved our guide. It's really hard to not let this "clique" "bully" behavior not damper my experience and reflection of the trip. I know not everyone gets along but I never got closure on what feels like such rejection on what's to build a community.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

Are you talking about TrovaTrip? That's awful. I'm sorry that happened to you. If you ever want to join a group trip that is inclusive, always has the BEST people on them, you can check out our group trips. We'd love to have you and your mom. We have our next trip in July: hopscotchtheglobe.com/costa-rica-blue-zone-experience/ I know I'm bias, but they are the absolute best and anyone who's been on one can attest to this.

@eyecandie2004 Ай бұрын

For me it was a blessing and a curse

@jenniferschmidt1097 Ай бұрын

100% it’s such a privilege and blessing to be able to travel but as someone who already struggles with mental health issues the post travel depression is way too real! I also feel that I can’t tell anyone I feel sad out of fear that you will be judged for feeling depressed after traveling when they didn’t have the opportunity to do so themselves

@KakakhailWonders 17 күн бұрын

Hahahaha I finished me Trip last week but now I feel so sad and Depressed what should I do Dear ?

@jennifercambo Ай бұрын

After 8 years in SE Asia, ill be going home in a few months with two dogs, husband and two kids 😂 Terrified of the reverse culture shock. I fully accept that i wont connect with friends the same as before, even family. It will take time to adjust but it will also get better.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

100% That's a very long time to be away and in such a different lifestyle, culture, traditions, etc. It will definitely take time. Where in SE Asia were you ?

@jennifercambo Ай бұрын

@@hopscotchtheglobe Cambodia ☺️ based in Phnom Penh

@raczyk Ай бұрын

If you get post travel depression, does that mean your daily life sucks?

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

It's all a matter of perspective. But generally if you feel low or you're going through something, normal day to day things might not feel as good as they usually do. I hope if you're going through that, know there's always a reason and there are so many others going though it and that feeling doesn't last. We are human and we feel the full spectrum of emotion and that is all part of the human experience.

@bugged1212 Ай бұрын

11 years ago you had the same issue and now again, accept it, you are just going through the motions and are an addict.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

If you watch the video, I don't say I'm going through it. I'm referring to all the people who've messaged me over the past 11 years who have and are going through it, and this a video for them. Maybe show a bit of compassion.

@KevinRaber Ай бұрын

Interesting, I have been traveling the world for photography for fifty plus years, never feel the way you describe. Get over it, love the experience and head out again. Don’t overthink the whole travel thing. Never had depression. It was always a high.

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

I feel like these experiences happen during the most life changing experiences during travel or when you've been gone for an extended period of time.

@debbiehepler2007 Ай бұрын

This is a first world problem. 😆

@hopscotchtheglobe Ай бұрын

I didn't realize going through a life changing experiences, no matter what that is, is a first world problem? Yes travel is a privilege, but the feeling of sadness, confusion, feeling lost ... All of that is universal