What is an obsession for travelling called?

Dromomania was a historical psychiatric diagnosis whose primary symptom was uncontrollable urge to walk or wander. Dromomania has also been referred to as traveling fugue. Non-clinically, the term has come to be used to describe a desire for frequent traveling or wanderlust.



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You're craving new experiences and new challenges. Travel is the ideal place to test yourself. It pushes people to their limits and gets them outside their comfort zone. You'll discover how resourceful you are when you're exposed to new places, people and experiences.

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Wanderlust is a strong desire to wander or travel and explore the world. Most of us experience the wish to visit faraway places once in a while, especially recently with lots of overseas trips being cancelled and replaced with staycations!

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It increases self-awareness
A related concept, tied to becoming more self-aware and having more exposure to different perspectives, is what psychologists call “cognitive flexibility”, or the ability to jump between ideas. Travel keeps our minds “flexible” because it challenges our set ways of doing and seeing things.

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There are always new opportunities and adventures around the corner. Things can change quickly whilst travelling or lead you somewhere unexpected. It's this unknown of never quite being sure of where you will end up, that I find most thrilling. The unknown is exciting and keeps travel interesting and engaging.

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Being addicted to travel not only enriches your brain's power, but it can strengthen your heart's health as well. According to the Framingham Heart Study, people who have skipped their vacation days are more likely to develop heart diseases than frequent travelers.

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This is because new experiences are the key to building new neural pathways in the brain. By rewiring your brain, you become more creative and accepting of new ideas. This is why travel makes you happy. It also takes us out of our comfort zones and inspires us to see, taste, and try new things.

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Ask LP: How do I resist the urge to travel right now?
  1. Plan your next vacation.
  2. Go on a virtual walk with a friend in another country.
  3. Explore the world one bite at a time.
  4. Support a shop, cafe or establishment online.
  5. Learn a language.
  6. The light at the end of the tunnel.
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In fact, frequent business travelers tend to suffer from health problems ranging from obesity to insomnia. “Oddly enough, those who never travel and those who travel the most seem to be the sickest,” says Soumya Panchagnula, M.D., a family medicine specialist with Henry Ford Health.

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The results reveal people who regularly take trips of at least 75 miles from their home are about seven percent happier than respondents who rarely travel.

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Hodophobia is the medical term for an extreme fear of traveling. Some people call it “trip-a-phobia.” It's often a heightened fear of a particular mode of transportation, such as airplanes.

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Traveling can improve your mental health by: Helping you feel calm. Taking time from work to see new places releases the stress you've been holding onto. Relieving the tension and stress of your work life lets your mind relax and heal.

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“When travel is motivated by a desire to escape reality,” she adds, “to embrace a nearly fictional experience that is free of the burdens of life…the experience becomes escapist in quality.”

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People who love traveling are often confident and fearless because they know that every destination is a new opportunity to learn new things and gain new experiences. While some people think that reaching new places only makes travelers conceited about their experiences – the opposite is actually true.

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Several writings in the scientific literature confirm that traveling makes us happy, by releasing a cocktail of hormones in our body (dopamine, oxytocin, endorphin, serotonin) that promote positive feelings, such as happiness.

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The truth is that a one-size-fits-all answer doesn't exist here. Your goals and available vacation time will affect how often you can and should take a vacation. However, most studies agree that at least two vacations a year can do wonders for your mental and physical health.

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The amount of radiation is minuscule, and jet lag can usually be overcome in a few days. But for anyone flying dozens of times per year — say, at least two cross-country flights per month — these stresses start to add up, putting frequent fliers in higher risk categories for cancers and other chronic health issues.

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