To want to go on holiday, then don’t want to go the week before?!

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electricdiner · 27/07/2025 21:28

I always do this. Love and plan for a holiday, happy to spend plenty of money on holidays, want to see new places, really look forward to it etc.

Week before departure, can’t be arsed anymore.

anyone else??

Im sure it’s partly due to the boring side of it - packing, sorting animals etc but even so…..it’s really weird. And I forget every single time.

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Velvetvilla · 28/07/2025 04:57

Are you me?

I get so stressed about the packing. Sometimes I think the planning is the most fun part.

SpidersAreShitheads · 28/07/2025 04:50

I'm also autistic and I haven't been on holiday for almost 12 years, due to various reasons.

Honestly I don't miss it a single bit. Occasionally I miss the ocean, but that's about it.

I can't be fucked with it any more. I don't like new places and I'd rather just relax in my home or local area where there's everything I need to enjoy myself.

The idea of paying for the privilege to go somewhere that won't suit me as well as my home, with all the faff of travelling, and all the inconvenience - absolutely not for me 😂

Octavia64 · 28/07/2025 04:20

Yep.

hate the few days before when I need to choose clothes etc.

bloody love being on holiday and new places.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 28/07/2025 04:18

Snap I'm exactly the same!
I think that it's possibly a ND thing as all that planning & organising is very overwhelming.
However as soon as I get in the car to the airport then the holiday has started & I'm having a great time.
Then at the end of the holiday I don't want to come home.

samplesalequeen · 28/07/2025 04:08

I feel seen! 😂

Justlikejessiesgirl · 28/07/2025 02:47

Yes! Currently up since 2am worrying about going away on Friday. I booked a shorter/
closer/ easier trip this year after the stress of last year but still the anxiety has begun… I do usually enjoy it when there but most years a week before, tell myself I won’t do this again! Then I start looking/ planning- I am sure I get more enjoyment from looking and planning than the actual holiday! Maybe I should become a travel agent?!

Good luck and my advice is to write down the worries and also a list to check off and try to go easy on yourself x

Namechange2567 · 28/07/2025 02:12

I’m like this and I’m autistic. Always have a blast once I’m there

Painrelief · 28/07/2025 02:06

I find I’m super anxious when I go anywhere and i get so overwhelmed of being somewhere new . The travelling causes sensory overload too. So sometimes I just don’t want to go coz I can’t cope with myself when I’m the other end .

Eenameenadeeka · 28/07/2025 01:52

Yes I think it's the excitement of planning and looking forward to it, then there's the stress of organizing and getting anxious over things. Hope you enjoy your holiday!

parietal · 28/07/2025 01:43

but surely once you get there, then the faff of packing is worth it? or do you spend the holiday itself feeling miserable too?

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