It always feels great in between, but why does it feels sad before and after a trip ... or is it just me?
I don't think I have ever been sad before a trip, mostly excitment - planning everthing. Usually sad when it ends but I sometimes look forward to the end too.
Reply to this I dont think I ever feel sad at either end of the trip.
Before it I feel a mixture of nervoursness and excitement. After it, I feel like I have achieved something, by going to someplace I was nervous about going to, and/or happy because now I know what it feels like to be in yet another part of the world. Or I feel excited before I revisit a place I was in before and happy after that I got to go back to a placed I liked or found interesting.
Mel
Reply to this Just like stewart, I am more excited, rather than sad. Sad after a trip, perhaps, because the excitement is over. A journey ended.
Reply to this I don think I ever feel sad before a trip, but I almost always feel sad at the end of a trip. Even if Ive just been doing touristy things and sightseeing (as opposed to visiting family or friends), I get a little down before I leave. I somehow always manage to get attched to places, even if Ive just had the typical tourist experience. But I usually get over this when Ive been home a day or so.
Reply to this I think it depends on the trip and your circumstances. Most of the time the main emotion is likely to be excitement, maybe some nerves as well. But if you
e going for a really long time then I think its natural to feel sad, scared even, as well as the excitement. It depends what you
e leaving behind, if its a happy, stable life and lots of good friends, maybe a partner, and you
e not going to see or speak to them for months then thats a huge step really and if they
e sad to be waving you off then youll be sad too saying goodbye. I definitely had all these emotions and more whirling around inside me when I went away for 6 months and left my boyfriend of the time behind. I think theres also an element of the grass is always greener and so theres excitement and sadness at leaving one life for another each time, combined with mixed emotions about making the right decision and leaving comfort zone or returning to mundane.
Reply to this I feel the same way as Mell, also excited before and after a trip. When a trip comes to an end, I always get excited in a way that I'm thinking of going back again. 😊
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