What is an overwhelming desire to travel?

A strong desire to travel is called wanderlust. If you dream of backpacking through Europe and then taking a quick spin through southeast Asia, you have wanderlust. The Germans call the strong urge for travel wanderlust, literally a desire for wandering.



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Wanderlust is a strong desire to wander or travel and explore the world.

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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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People travel for a variety of reasons. Some people travel to explore new cultures and experience different ways of life, while others are looking for adventure or simply want to get away from their everyday routine. Others may be seeking out new opportunities or trying to find themselves in unfamiliar places.

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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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Number of domestic trips taken per year Overall, 60 percent of respondents travel domestically one to two times a year. Travelers who are 54 and older responded that they were more likely to travel more than two times within the year. Just under 10 percent travel more than five times a year within the states.

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How do I stop the urge to travel?
  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.
  7. You might also like:


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Many people have it, some more than others, and, according to science, it isn't just in your head. It has something to do with the makeup of your DNA. Numerous studies have shown that people who travel more are more curious about what the world has to offer - which, makes sense.

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Hodophilia — which comes from the ancient Greek for hodos, or journey, and “philia,” meaning love or affection — is simply the love of travel.

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If you crave being in new situations and environments, while facing unknown and unexpected challenges, you may be a hodophile. In other words, someone who loves the road, stricken with a severe case of Wanderlust.

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The definition for wanderlust is a simple one: A strong desire to travel. But the word encompasses so much more; when we travel we are victims of the unknown, we are students of a foreign world.

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Schizophrenia, brief psychosis and dissociative disorders appear to be the leading diagnoses associated with the wandering.

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