Pre-trip depression?

[NeverlandClub23]

Does anyone else get this? I'm already depressed thinking about our upcoming trip because I'm SO excited and I know it will be here so fast and then it'll be over. Then it'll be a whole year and half before I get to come back!!!!! Oh, it's so sad...

 

[kilee]

I usually get pre-trip panic. I start to panic about all the things that could go wrong about a good 10 days before a trip.

 

[Vickie46]

I am so that way.... I have so much fun just planning.............

Just try to enjoy every minute!

 

[BethR]

Does anyone else get this? I'm already depressed thinking about our upcoming trip because I'm SO excited and I know it will be here so fast and then it'll be over.

Yep. Sad, isn't it? What does that SAY about us?

 

[bevemjake]

I totally understand. I thought I was the only weird one!

 

[stemikger]

Yeah. This happens to me all the time.

I think it has to do with all the planing and anticipation. Last year I was so excited, then when I actually got there I started to get a little depressed. Then I snapped out of it and tried to enjoy being in the moment.

I told this to my wife and she said that I shouldn't plan so far in advance and talk about it so much, maybe I'll enjoy the trip more.

But I really can't help myself, becuase I love Disney soooooooooo much.

 

[vfb2girls]

Yes I too am so guilty of this! I find the planning is so much fun and for me just knowing that we will be in the "world" in March makes the cold ,snowy winters so much easier to take!

 

[cleo]

I used to feel depressed before the trip, until I stopped planning so much. When you get the basics in order and then let it happen without having such a death-grip on making it the Best Vacation In The History of the World, it really is so much more fun! Once I let go and let it happen I didn't get that feeling any more.

 

[madge]

I usually get pre-trip panic. I start to panic about all the things that could go wrong about a good 10 days before a trip.

I'm in the midst of that, now....

hate. it.

 

[blessedby3]

I too, get this way. Just the other night I was thinking about how fast the vacation will go and then we will be heading home. It is crazy because before we get down there I am always thinking about how quickly it will go. Even when we are there I have these same thoughts. I just need to let it go so that I can enjoy it more!!

 

[cleo]

You know what else helps me? Scrapbooking the trip (or organizing our pictures in some way). It's kind of like the reverse of the planning phase. It just helps extend the trip when you can relive the memories.

 

[Jynohn]

Wow, I thought I was the only one who got this way. Glad it isn't just me!
I always feel sad right before my trip, I'll think to myself, "two weeks from now I'll be home from WDW and then what will I have to look forward to?" DH laughs at me because he says I constantly have to have a trip in the works or I get depressed.

I also build up our trips so much in my mind that once I actually get there I feel a little down for a day or two. I anticipate the vacation all year long and when I'm actually in the moment even if everything is going perfectly it is almost sort of a let down. I guess I just get as much fun out of the planning as I do out of the actual trip!

 

[bigmac5]

I had a mix of panic and depression. The planning was all done...or was it? What if the boys don't like it?(they are 14,13,11 and they love six flags)What if I picked the wrong restaurants? Maybe I should change some ressies? What if it is crowded and my DH can't hanndle it. Did I pick the right day for the parks? What if Katrina hits there?(we went the end of Aug/first of Sept)Do I have enough stuff for the park? Do I have too much? and it goes on.


Now I am back a little over two weeks and I can't believe it is over. We won't be going again for many years. I'm depressed. So to lift my spirits I play the little Disney musical globe my hubby bought me. It plays Zipity-do-da--(how can any one be depressed when that plays) and I feel better
Welcome back

 

[GoofyDad869]

I don't get the pre-trip depression so much. I don't start to get excited until about a month or so before (FYI - I am not the "planner" in our relationship). I get so stoked the week before we leave that I'm counting down the days and hours. That will be the week after next for us. Right now I'm arranging all the little niggly emergency & how-to's procedures for while I'm gone (I'm the IT director at my architectural firm), and making the last few construction observation trips for the projects I'm responsible for. This week and next I'll be pulling 10-15 hours per week more than I usually work (my normal work week is 45-50 hours) so I'm usually too tired to get really stoked too far beforehand.

What hits me bad is the post-trip depression - and that doesn't really hit me until I've been home for 2-3 days and have gotten settled back into my routine life - after unpacking, doing the trip laundry, kids have put away souvenirs, KAMommy's done with the photo album, we've been back to work (& school for the kids) a day or two, etc.

 

[KTSMOM]

I'm having the pretrip blues now myself. We leave on Sat and I know that my trip will be over at the end of next week. Guess this means we just need to plan for the next one!

 

[dixiegirl]

I get pre-trip frustration and depression but mostly because I can't wait to get there and it seems like the clock just stands still those last couple of weeks before your trip. Two weeks to go and I can't concentrate at work, at home I'm obsessed with packing and double checking all my plans, and I even don't sleep well at night. But I guess those all come with the territory of being a Disney addict. LOL! Oh well.

 

[Buzzfanmom]

I get the pre-trip panic as well but mine is mostly because of flying. I can't enjoy the anticipation of the trip because I am scared to death of getting there.
Uggh. I drive my family crazy!
Thank God for lorazapam.

 

[WeLoveThePoly]

It seems like with any vacation, but especially a WDW vacation, I am super excited about the trip until about 2 weeks until we leave. At that time I get almost apathetic about the trip. I feel like if someone said the trip would be cancelled I wouldn't care. It's the weirdest thing. Then when we get to 1-2 days from the trip I get excited again. Maybe I am just subconsciously prepping myself just in case the trip would be cancelled?

And what's funny is DH doesn't start getting excited about a trip until it's 2 weeks away. So for months and months I'm all excited and talking about the trip and doing the countdown and DH is like "uh huh". But then just when HE starts getting excited and talking about the trip and doing the countdown I'M the one going "uh huh". Bizarro!

Of course we BOTH get depressed when we get back!

Oh yeah, and I worry about the flights too 'cause I hate to fly!

Debbie

 

[mickeymousemom]

I usually get pre-trip panic. I start to panic about all the things that could go wrong about a good 10 days before a trip.

I am also in the midst of that...and seeing as we're driving down next Friday(9/30) I am really in a panic. There are possibly 21 oil refineries in the path of Rita....according to an expert I saw on CNN, any of those refineries could be down all of next week. Gas prices could rise to $4-$5 a gallon....my biggest worry is that there won't BE any gas to get us there! I'm in major panic mode right now...

 

[Spartan]

I am also in the midst of that...and seeing as we're driving down next Friday(9/30) I am really in a panic. There are possibly 21 oil refineries in the path of Rita....according to an expert I saw on CNN, any of those refineries could be down all of next week. Gas prices could rise to $4-$5 a gallon....my biggest worry is that there won't BE any gas to get us there! I'm in major panic mode right now...

I'm a bit panicked as well. We start the drive down later today. I'm not so worried about the trip down, but who knows how the situation will be getting back. Let's hope this thing weakens.