I admit I do get over enthusiastic about talking about my holidays. I have little in my life to occupy my thoughts and that only my vacations I have to talk about. I live in a group home.
How do you afford to go on all these vacations?
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I live on a budget of £50 a week for food and coffees out. I get quite a lot in disability benefits (From the UK) Have no outgoings as I live in a group home although gas and electic has gone up £113 a month for me. I still am able to save £900 a month.
I think I lack empathy, I think its noticible that I believe I should be able to travel more when I realise that people are having difficulties. I feel like I’m poor. Emotionally poor. I can be on a beautiful beach and will feel nothing.
I had a pdoc say I may have ASD triats but nothing came off it. I don’t think I have but I’m fairly riged in my thoughts.
I think if it’s exciting and you feel proud you are able to. Makes sense you want to share good news.
Sometimes it’s just shocking to hear you can go so often. For me in the US. That’s so uncommon.
But good for you. I’m on a lot of government assistant too. Good care. I can’t complain.
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@Kxev are you from the states?
I thought you lived in Europe
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UK has a much better social system than most places. I do tell my community nurse how I feel like a malingerer but he always tells me I’m doing nothing wrong. I had 10 years of being sectioned every 5 months from pyschosis. I don’t know how much time i have left.
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Yes!
I am 100% jealous. So when you come on here and say you are going to these places it does get to me.
I am 38 years and have been on three holidays in my life all which are in the states.
I am grateful that I got to go but having an unsymptothethic sister and alcoholic parents I wonder if none of it meant nothing at all.
Sorry I am being such an ass but people who brag over and over piss me off.
-S
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I do feel like I don’t have much a outlet about my discussions with vacations. In some ways its a achievement for me to go abroad and travel.
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I do wish I could use more conventional travel sites but I don’t belong there.
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What if you bragged about your travel on a travel forum? Maybe that is a better outlet
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Your a traveller you definitely belong. Just dont talk about mental illness there its not the place for it
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Travel advice for a mentally ill person isnt forthcoming on travel sites.
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I don’t feel like I’m bragging, just oepening a discussion.
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Well your discussion usually starts off with bragging lol
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Thats defiantly subjective.
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How do you know if the advice is good or not? Were all mentally ill. Do you think our advice is good lol
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Yes I do… 123321
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How come? Ive definitely been known to make unwise travel decisions 
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