is anyone else concerned about addiction to WDW?

[girlsmom]

we got back sat night and i am so sad...i miss WDW so much.
its our third yr in a row of going in sept, and each yr it gets harder and harder to leave.
this time, when we walked into MK i felt like "ahh, i am home"

am i as crazy as DH thinks i am....? please tell me some of you feel this way too???

 

[BayouMickey]

Could be worse, you could be addicted to crack.

 

[girlsmom]

true true!!! but then i could go to some rehab.....is there a WDW rehab?

 

[BayouMickey]

I don't know.. Would you consider The Dis rehab or the pusher?

 

[look1angel]

I know exactly how you feel. I too felt a loss the first few times I'd leave. As soon as I got home I'd start planning the next years WDW vacation. It helped keep me in the loop...kind of what I do here now

It's all that magic & feeling of pure fun. I loved to watch my children when they were small take it all in & see the smiles on their faces when the characters would come up to them to get their pics taken.

For some like myself, it is an addiction...one I refuse to get help for

 

[girlsmom]

oh heavens the Dis is TOTALLY the pusher!!!!!HHHAAAA

 

[nd9979]

I to get sad when leaving. I joked with my wife that when we return from our trip in Nov., I will need to take up drinking so that I can forget about my post-disney depression.

It really is a magical place. One of the few times us adults can act like kids and forget all of our worries. Having small children there makes it so special.

 

[simonmunro]

I get that way too. The only way I feel better is to begin planning again.

 

[girlsmom]

yes its the magic and awe i see on my children's faces...oh how i love it. (and you know, I guess I am REALLY REALLY dreading the day that it isnt "magic" to them anymore. I recall when I was 13 and my parents decided to take my youngest 2 siblings who were preschool aged at the time and I stayed home w/ friends b/c I didn't want to go. oh it will kill me when my chidlren dont want to go anymore!!)

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Maybe we should have a support group. It seems one trip a year isn't enough for me anymore, and now I have to go twice a year.

 

[sarabell]

I am the same way. I get very sad when I leave the Magic Kingdom for the last time. I left on Sept 16th and still almost cry when I hear disney music or look at my souvenirs. I have been using this board to help with disney withdrawl It is hard to leave and resume boring "normal life," there is no place like WDW.

 

[BayouMickey]

Rehab is for quitters....

 

[skier_pete]

Could be worse, you could be addicted to crack.

I always use the analogy that it is more like heroin:

-That first "trip" you get that huge high from going.
-Then you just want to relive that high again.
-You find yourself spending more and more time thinking about it.
-You finally get to the next "trip" and its great.
- There's a huge letdown when the "trip" is over.
-When you come back, you can't wait to go on another "trip". You keep counting the days to your next "high".
-You find yourself spending more time and money trying to relive the same high of your last "trip".
-Others can't understand why you are behaving so strangely.
- You become socially outcast, only able to hang out with others with the same addiction.

OK, I've never taken heroin, but I've been to Walt Disney World, and I need to get back, dammit!

SkierPete

 

[girlsmom]

Yea I am getting teary-eyed now thinking about our last day and walking away from the castle

YES I think definitley multiple trips a year are in order...if only I could win the lottery to fund them -HA!

thank you all so much for your support and its good to know I am not the only one with this addiction!!

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

I will join in. We just got back a week ago and the depression really sat in this weekend. We don't go ever year but there is a trip planned for Sept. 2011..... 101 weeks or 706 more days....yes I am addicted.

 

[PrincessBetsy]

Me, addicted to WDW? Never...

I mean we used to go just once a year for a week, then in 2007 we went 4 times (4-5 days each), then in 2008 we went for 10 days, and this year we went in June for 6 days. When we got back we decided to go again in August because we found I great rate for the Poly for 8 nights- I mean we just couldn't pass it up! And now we are going again in December from the 19th - 27th. I don't think that is an addiction, do you?

 

[girlsmom]

AHHH SkierPete you crack me up!!!!!!

 

[Joolish1313]

Joining in as well. I got back on the 21st - and yes I'm headed down again 10/12 - but the depression and the need to know I am coming back next year is getting stronger. (I can make excuses as to why I traveled twice in one month, but really, there is no excuse besides saying, I can go.)
So, yes: Hi, my name is Joolish1313 and I am addicted to Disney.

 

[Justin the Hook]

Concerned? I am not concerned at all! It is completely healthy for a 31 year old father of 4 to put more money aside for his WDW addiction than for his own retirement. I don't think there is a problem at all!

 

[BayouMickey]

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Post Mickey Syndrome?