Never fails. Going on vacation tomorrow to Disney with the family and then a cruise. Always get an overwhelming sense of depression the day before. Not sure why. Maybe I just hate leaving the normalcy of my life.
Depressed before going on vacation?
r/ask
Comments
📣 Reminder for our users
>1. Check the rules: Please take a moment to review our rules, Reddiquette, and Reddit’s Content Policy.
>2. Clear question in the title: Make sure your question is clear and placed in the title. You can add details in the body of your post, but please keep it under 600 characters.
>3. Closed-Ended Questions Only: Questions should be closed-ended, meaning they can be answered with a clear, factual response. Avoid questions that ask for opinions instead of facts.
>4. Be Polite and Civil: Personal attacks, harassment, or inflammatory behavior will be removed. Repeated offenses may result in a ban. Any homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, or bigoted remarks will result in an immediate ban.
🚫 Commonly Asked Prohibited Question Subjects:
>1. Medical or pharmaceutical questions
>2. Legal or legality-related questions
>3. Technical/meta questions (help with Reddit)
This list is not exhaustive, so we recommend reviewing the full rules for more details on content limits.
✓ Mark your answers!
>If your question has been answered, please reply with
Answered!!to the response that best fit your question. This helps the community stay organized and focused on providing useful answers.I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Strange I get the exact opposite I get excited and anxious about going somewhere
Is it the unexplainable disappointment that you are not feeling as excited as you thought you’d be? Kind like on birthdays…?
I think planning for the trip is the first peak of the experience. The send peak is being on the trip. In between there’s a rest and breath of air. This could be the night before, the trip to the airport, the morning of when you’re getting ready… The drop in anticipation may cause some neutral mood and you may see it as depression.
I usually get depressed on vacation after a day or two. Maybe it’s knowing I’ll have to go back soon
I get that feeling too. I don’t know about you, but packing for myself and for my whole family is almost always overwhelming and depressing. I then go on to have a good trip!
Going on vacation doesn’t feel great for me either. I think it’s mostly related to be overworked. Even being gone a few days puts me way behind. I also feel bad that we are understaffed so it creates more work for others too.
I want to add we are conditioned to believe we should travel. But traveling is not enjoyable for everyone.
Grieving in a way? A departure from all the things you usually care for or care about? I do not get depressed but I do get kind of annoyed that I have to leave my familiar surroundings, more so as I age and have my home life closer and closer to exactly how I want it! Also the first few days of any trip are usually mentally draining as are the days just prior as you antcipate and work through all the checkpoints: baggage checks, TSA, hotel check ins, having enough of all prescriptions, anticipating multiple social encounters, etc. So you may be in a “heavy sigh lots of mentally draining stuff just ahead.”