Would traveling to a new place help to relieve depression?

Well i take it every weekend and at during festival months i never miss vacations, that my best depression relieving out of mechanical life.

I went on a cruise in the middle of a dark depression, I didn't want to go, dreaded it daily weeks before. My husband made plans with two other couples to go With us, who I didn't know. Now I didn't want to be around Anyone let alone people I never met on a cruise. The trip turned Out ok when we were alone, but when they others joined us and Wanted to drink and get crazy I couldn't deal with that. Even when We were just laying out on deck I remember I was in the last chair by the rails and water turned away from everyone facing The ocean the full sun and quitely crying for no reason, they were having A ball here I was crying on a beautiful cruise ship in the ocean. There was a few times I got to b alone I had a secret place I think was for The workers (though I never saw any one there) it was out on deck I went at night The wind blew my tears away and I thought of jumping, I think I knew I wouldn't but I Guess I pondered it a few times. The last night I went out, I said out loud I didn't jump! I smiled and said good bye to my special place and left a few more tears in the ocean.

For me moving to a new place wasn't helpful at all. In the throngs of depression I became hermit-like and didn't want to go anywhere, let alone do anything. It was like I lost my ability to cook, clean and do the daily living chores. Actually when it came right down to it, if I had to make dinner I would. I sure didn't like the anxiety I felt all the time about my capabilities of doing things. The hopelessness I felt was an awful feeling. Took me a long time and doctor visits to get out of this depression.

4 years ago I had a serious depression and my parents decided to buy a trip for my ex-boyfriend and me, because they knew that I usually love travelling. At first it didn't seem like it would work, I didn't have the energy to make plans, to pack my suitcase etc and I thought that I had lost my interest in travelling, but my ex-boyfriend and my parents insisted that we go on the trip anyway. That was a good choice, because it really did help and after a while I rediscovered my joy of travelling. That trip was a help for me, but it it wouldn't have been enough in itself. I would say that my depression was cured by a combination of travelling, medicine and psychotherapy.

I don´t think changing places would help. Depression is an illness. You have to treat it with meds, get help from a doctor and matybe discover if there are exterior problems that are triggering it.

Sometimes people get depressed from their enviornment. SO maybe starting over in a new spot would be better to some. I think at least once in a lifetime it is good to go somewhere that no one knows you and to start over. Most of the time depression comes from something from within that you are constantly surrounded by.

In a way, I did leave where I lived all these years and moved across the country. Of course, I needed to mostly for the money, as where I lived my whole life until two years ago has the worst case of unemployment I have ever seen. It helped also to try out a whole new scene. Whether it cured my fepression or not is up in the air, but oh well.

I suppose for some people it will help, but for others it might depress them further. Some people adapt horribly to change and have trouble meeting new people. I am moving soon with my boyfriend and definitely think it will be a positive change. Best wishes!

I think that traveling can help relieve depression. Of course, we need money, in order to travel. But I think that traveling can still help relieve stress and depression. Going into a different place for a few days, going to a different environment, I believe, can help us feel better.

Hi Clorissa, nice to meet you. You are right. Refreshing can eliminate stress, but does not complete the problem. Refreshing is needed so that you do not depression. Refreshing is also useful as a precaution.

I really believe that a brief respite from your everyday life can definitely lift your mood, but once you set foot back in the door of your normal, it's very easy for all of the bad feelings to come back. I am a case in point: this weekend we went away. It was so wonderful to be away from home for a few days and we had a wonderful time spending the weekend boating and being on the water. However, the moment I opened the door and walked into my house, all of the burdens I have here in my everyday life came back. We moved last year here to the Orlando area from the Atlanta area, and while I absolutely love it here and really feel that I could stay forever, this has helped me to discover that being in what many would consider to be a dream area to live will not in itself remove feelings of depression. That is something that you can only fix from the inside out. I'm still a work in progress, but I think that discovering what you need to fix yourself may really help to answer the "where do I go from here" question. I now know that the things that are going to help me have more to do with how I handle my daily life than where my location is. Do you have too much clutter in your home? It's likely to be weighing you down - keep the things that are important but things that really aren't? Give them away -you will feel good about helping others - allow that item to be a "something important" to someone else. Do you spend all of your days volunteering? While this is a noble and very worthwhile cause, make sure some of your time during the week is time spent taking care of you! You will be so much more able to take care of others well when you look after your own self first. Have children? Enjoy them at every age! Even if it's just for a short time each day, take the time to make sure that they know how important they are to you. Play a quick board game with your seven year old. Go for a bike ride with your teen-ager. Read a book together. Any activity is better than none. These are all things that are close to my heart - some days it's a struggle and other days there is enough joy to share it with others, but I really believe that finding out what triggers the not so good feelings can really help to right that. My husband has always told me that true happiness will not come from switching places, and I'll be darned if he wasn't right!