Many times I have come back from a vacation with a depression like you wouldn’t believe. I often wondered if it was just me. I asked a fellow vacationer if she felt the same way and she admitted to this gray feeling too. Come to find out it’s nothing unheard of. There is such a thing as Post Vacation Depression or Post Vacation Blues.

Think about it, you go to this exciting place, let all your inhibitions go, laugh, dance, talk with strangers that soon become friends and you eat great exotic foods to no end and then you come home. If your life is not as exciting and social as when you go on vacation chances are you will miss all those exciting things that you did. Your everyday routine goes from hysterical laughter to pushing a pen all day or staring into a computer from 8 – 4:30. What’s not to be depressed about? Depression is a likely end result from returning back from an awesome vacation as well as loss of appetite and tiredness. Some feelings may include detachment with work or with your home life, anger, or you may even feel out of place. Read the rest of this entry »