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Why do I get sick/unwell when I travel?
Not even from going abroad or eating foreign foods or something like that, twice now when I've traveled far to large cities within my home country I've gotten unwell upon or during arrival for unknown reasons.
I lose my appetite, get an upset stomach, get very tired and mopey, and sensitive to the air/smells in places like restaurants (or buildings in general) to a point of getting nauseated. I haven't gotten physically sick in years and I even got a sore throat this time. My "symptoms" almost disappear (except the sore throat) when I get to rest in the hotel room, but return in 10 minutes when I leave.
On the 8 hour car journey home I practically got better and better the closer I got to home.
Is this some sort of travel related anxiety? I'm not a traveled guy so I don't have much experience. Has anyone else experienced something like this? I just don't get it.
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Happened to me during my first week of a 3 month SEA trip.
Luckily my buddy had some beta blockers for his heart, and they are also prescribed as anti-anxiety meds. Took some only for a couple days, after that I felt back to normal.
Pretty sure it's something anxiety-related.
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>>1193208
Yeah that was my though. I don't want to be the guy who self-diagnoses himself on the internet, but similar things have made me think I could have something.
When I'm alone inside buildings with large crows like malls or a school I sometimes get dry and watery eyes. Which of course makes it look like you're crying, which makes you even more anxious and they water more and it's a vicious circle. I always though it was a draft in certain buildings until I connected the dots.
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I get this sometimes even just on really long drives. The only difference is mines manifests as diarrhea, real fun trying to sort out your flight having to shit every five minutes.
Your local drug store should have something for anti nausea specifically for traveling stress. At least they do for if it's coming out the other end.
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>>1193405
>The only difference is mines manifests as diarrhea
I didn't get it this time but I did on another occasion. Totally fine when the drive started, but after 7 hours upon arrival my stomach was ballooning up and in the following days because I lost my appetite I had to basically shit water and air out several times a day to relieve the painful pressure.
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>>1193088
Stomach worms crawling around within your intestines, there's not much you can do about this besides just grin and bear it.
The water microbes will nest in your rectum and you will end up puking and shitting simultaneously. Nothing will protect you and only time will heal you, plan on spending two days in bed everytime you visit a new country and for fuckd sake wash your hands always!
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>>1193088
Travelling, being out of your comfort zone and constantly being exposed to new things can wear you out and it probably impacts your immune system to some extent. People generally are more susceptible to sickness when they're stressed.
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