Take the Plunge
Two years ago I finally got the courage, with a lot of help from this sub, to finally stop waiting for a 'friend' to commit to a trip and decided to travel solo. I was depressed and lost. I was too scared to do anything about it. But I don't know what happened. I just cracked and bought a one way ticket to Japan. I was set to leave the next week, but I eneded up contracting a terrible skin disease that was misdiagnosed. I had to cancel my trip and spent the next month suffering the greatest pain of my life on top of being at the height of my depression. I healed and found myself lost, still. It's easy to feel trapped with depression, but somehow I completely disregarded my family and friends wishes to stay behind. I rebooked my ticket, thinking I finally found the courage and this bullshit happens. I can't fall back into and keep what I was feeling before. Ended up being the best decision of my life. I expected to stay for a month, but ended up traveling around for 5. Met some amazing people. After being home, I went and visited some of those amazing people's homes in Europe on another amazing solo trip. I got back home and missed Tokyo, so now I live here. I don't know when the depression disappeared, but traveling and feeling free as a solo traveler definitely was the cure. I don't look at this sub as often as I used to, but today, I thought it was my turn to give back. So, if you were like me, take the plunge, what's the worst that could happen? Turns out the past 2 years have been the happiest of my life. I just want to say thank you to all the amazing people here. I would have never had the courage without this community.
Submitted December 10, 2017 at 12:57AM by jewtube273 http://ift.tt/2ARNEUU
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