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Anyone ever felt depressed driving through somewhere?

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beddingwedding · 07/05/2022 10:18

It was so odd!

I drove through the centre of somewhere yesterday at around 7.30pm.

I got this strange feeling, like a strong depressive state and low mood. It just felt really off! I have never felt like this anywhere in my life. The whole place 'just felt wrong'. And do you know what? I can't tell you why, I've no idea

I use to live in a rough part of east London. It's nothing like that. It just felt eerie

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showmethegin · 07/05/2022 15:42

DoesItEverEnd · 07/05/2022 12:57

I felt like this about an island in Thailand I stayed on. Ko Samet

was beautiful the whitest sand I’ve ever seen and friendly people. Just had this air of depression in a setting of such beauty the place made me feel sad was very odd my ex felt it too and another couple we met there

Yes! We felt exactly the same about that island! How odd?!

bellac11 · 07/05/2022 15:44

CorsicaDreaming · 07/05/2022 10:30

I get it on a stretch of the M25 driving south, going anti clockwise between the A3 junction and the one for the M23. It's very specific.
It's a long, odd desolate stretch for me...
I always wonder if there's been a really bad accident on it, as it is just such a woo feeling (and I'm normally not at all woo!)

I used to do it several times a week for work. But as soon as I got on the M23 for Brighton, I'd feel fine again.

Its the road surface, its depressing, cold, industrial, harsh, noisy, uncomfortable. I hate it

whitewashing · 07/05/2022 15:44

Port Talbot for me too….

TheHatinaCat · 07/05/2022 15:45

Yes, I've had this a few times. A couple of times when we were driving through the US I felt very very uneasy and couldn't wait to get out. It felt as if something dreadful was about to happen (or had happened).

A few times I've been driving on my own and I've automatically locked my doors. One town locally I do this all time. I'm not even thinking about it or feeling unsafe. It's just like I'm on auto pilot. Very odd.

PrimroseBaking · 07/05/2022 15:51

Folkestone and Leeds for me. Both just make me really depressed, uncomfortable, anxious and desperate to leave. I've been to the so-called "roughest" parts of London and they don't make me feel like this.

Eranzer · 07/05/2022 16:07

I feel this way on Snakes Pass! No idea why, it's lovely to look at... I just feel wrong whenever I've gone through it. Like others have said, I've suddenly felt anxious and a low mood, like a weight is sat on my chest and I feel hollow almost (don't know how to describe it). Totally dandy once I'm off it! Weird! I've always just guessed it was to do with the air pressure or something.

GentlemanJay · 07/05/2022 16:09

Blackpool has that effect on me.

blackheartsgirl · 07/05/2022 16:16

@DrSophia

wrexham! Yes I live just outside here and have done for nearly 30 years. So depressing and one example of how a council has wrecked the heart of a town and destroyed its history. Used to love it here and it’s sad to see its decline.

there’s just nothing here, even though the council like to kid people it’s the town to be seen dead in. 😂

midsomermurderess · 07/05/2022 16:17

Also, I drove a road right down to the end of the Pelion peninsular in Greece. There were parts that chilled me, I couldn’t wait to get back. It felt as if at some time, something truly terrible must have happened.

DangerouslyBored · 07/05/2022 16:18

schnubbins · 07/05/2022 13:28

I had this same feeling on Koh Samui .We were in Thailand for our Honeymoon in 1996.We were backpacking so thankfully not tied to one place .The place we were staying in i just found eerie .It rained for a couple of days non stop but when we went out I just felt uneasy .Then seeing all the stray dogs and perky men picking on young women and young boys .All I could do was cry.we left the next day and went elsewhere and had a wonderful holiday.

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Koh Samui is grim. Or at least it was when I went in 2001. Had a real darkness about it. Couldn’t wait to leave. To be fair, I found a lot of the Thai islands left me cold.

Bananalanacake · 07/05/2022 16:19

I've never felt depressed anywhere, the only place I didn't like that much was Camden, I'm thinking because of the drug paraphernalia shops.

My nan told me (years ago) she was driving over Saddleworth Moor (my grandad would have been driving as she didn't drive) and she was overcome by the most horrible feeling, she couldn't explain it, just felt awful, put it down to the vast expanse and darkness. Not long after that it came to light that the child victims of the Moors murderers were buried there.

Doodle36556 · 07/05/2022 16:23

Many parts of Glasgow.
Dalmuir, just outside Glasgow. Looks depressing and scummy.

Doodle36556 · 07/05/2022 16:23

I love Glencoe but then I do have a penchant for the melancholy!

Butterflyclock · 07/05/2022 16:24

Bolton

LagerthasOwl · 07/05/2022 16:27

Poundbury, on the edge of Dorchester. It's so... soulless. I drove through it once and I swear I didn't see a single living thing. I half expected to see the giant bouncing ball from the Prisoner chasing me down.

It's to be expected though, the rules for living there are... strict.

darlingdodo · 07/05/2022 16:29

On similar threads it's been suggested these feelings correlate with high levels of naturally occurring radon.........

MakingCurrantBunsForTeaaaa · 07/05/2022 16:33

Mine is Rotherham. Had a feeling of impending doom and desperately wanted to leave the place and never go back.

My son had the same feeling in Newcastle.

DangerouslyBored · 07/05/2022 16:42

West Croydon, such a grey, lifeless place. The train station is grim and edgy

Docklands. I lived there for a couple of years as it was convenient for work. It’s an utterly soulless place, despite trying to make Canary Wharf ‘happen’. It just has a weird, dead feel.

Holland Park. Just a strange, dreary place despite the identical £50m villas lining the streets

Edgware Road. The location of so much violent history. Always makes me feel bleak.

Oxford St. Why anyone would go there for pleasure is beyond me 🤷🏻‍♀️

bellac11 · 07/05/2022 16:46

darlingdodo · 07/05/2022 16:29

On similar threads it's been suggested these feelings correlate with high levels of naturally occurring radon.........

Is that true or have I just made myself look really gullible

darlingdodo · 07/05/2022 16:50

Bellac, the radon map suggests there may be some truth in why places in the south west are mentioned regularly.

darlingdodo · 07/05/2022 16:51

[[https://www.ukradon.org/information/ukmaps]

darlingdodo · 07/05/2022 16:52

Sod it
www.ukradon.org/information/ukmaps

the80sweregreat · 07/05/2022 16:52

I've had this too , we went somewhere recently and I just didn't like it at all , seemed bleak and weird.

kimfox · 07/05/2022 16:56

Ley lines! Bit woo Wink

PrimroseBaking · 07/05/2022 16:56

Oh also Paisley

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