(July 29, 2017 at 12:31 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Thank you for all the advice everyone, and for sharing your own stories. Definitely helps to have talked about it and to be reminded that I'm not alone in feeling this way.
(July 29, 2017 at 12:28 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If you like traveling that is therapy too. Might seem boring to many, I love going to hotels. I hate driving and flying, but once I get there, I love the fresh smell and the different looks and the cute refrigerator and the tiny coffee maker and sometimes the huge shower too. But just seeing new things is fun too.
One good thing my mom got right growing up was taking me to Europe and all over the United States. Been to Mexico and Japan too. I forgot which famous person said it, but something like, "Travel is the best way to kill bigotry and fear."
You see a wider view of the world, you end up understanding humans are the same, they just do things differently. Little advice though, don't get drunk off of Saki and knock over a picnic table when you meet your in law's friends at their home. TOTALLY EMBARRASSING! Food and rice wine all over everybody grass and dirt stains from falling.....
Oh yeah, I love traveling. And I'm a foodie so I love trying food from different places.
And you thought you didn't have anything to do, this is something. And also what can help when you do this, you don't have to give away your personal info, but you can post pictures of your trip and write reviews about what you did and where you stayed and what you ate. You don't have to work for a newspaper or magazine but you have lots in common with others who also like travel, and may even be into the same places you like going.
I find just writing about anything is my therapy, even when it is not a poem. You always find someone who can identify with what you are going through or what you like or even the problems you are having.
Point is you are not alone.
