Dromomania, what if you suddenly appeared walking in an unknown place?

" The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page ," said San Agustin to refer to one of the greatest pleasures of life: travel! It is natural that, because of our relentless pursuit of happiness, we do not want to settle for just one page of the unsurpassed best seller that is our planet with its intoxicating scenarios.

The sensation that we produces take our luggage and go to another place to get rid of the monotony, even for a very limited time, are really addictive.Who would not like to travel was a recurring activity? Of course it would be wonderful! But be careful what you wish for, you could go back to the Dromomania, if you know me next.

Dromomania, what if you suddenly appeared walking in an unknown place?

Can you imagine waking up one day and suddenly finding yourself in a place you've never visited? Even more strangely, nobody moved you against your will and the situation worsens the fact that you have no idea how you got there.It turns out that you walked many kilometers to reach that unknown destination, as if carried by a trance.and your head is a swamp of doubts, you could not react otherwise, as this is the dromomania: confusing.

Dromomania, what if you suddenly appeared walking in an unknown place?

The dromomania is an uncontrollable psychological impulse to travel .The term derives from the Greek dromos , which means running, and mania (madness).For those who suffer from this condition, it is almost impossible to stop the high stimulus of changing location. It is obsessive and pathological , because what is common for them to suddenly abandon their occupations and homes-no matter what-to embark on an adventure that could last about days, months, years or maybe the rest of their lives.This, when the dromomania manifests itself consciously.

The other side of the dromomania is more complex, since it is its version Unconscious .One of the most famous cases of this disorder had its origin in 1886, with Jean-Albert Dadas, who was in a hospital in France suffering from extreme exhaustion and without memories about his arrival, something that, Incredibly, it was not new to him, but part of his daily life.

Dadas used to wake up from his unconscious escapes, discovering that he had traveled hundreds of miles without knowing the smallest detail of these involuntary leaks.He learned that traveled on foot from France to Russia .

Doctors of the time like Philippe Tissie, were interested in their history and studied their condition as far as they could.Jean-Martin Charcot treated a patient with a similar profile and called it “ambulatory automation io ”, which translates to“ walking without being in control of our own actions ”.

Dromomania, what if you suddenly appeared walking in an unknown place?

But in the 19th century it became strange to hear about dromomaniacs.As if by magic, this psychological oddity disappeared and the specialists have no choice but to put the plans to explore it on hold.

In modern times, psychiatrists have taken dromomania into account, although generally more as the result or part of the picture of others Psychological disorders such as dysphoria (state of deep dissatisfaction), borderline personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder.

On cases of dromomania in the present, enthusiastic travelers have circulated the history of Spanish Jorge Sanchez , a self-styled "dromomaniac" who has not stopped traveling since the age of 13.With 61 years, he traveled the world six times and is on his way to his seventh lap, also occupies the fourth place, worldwide, of the people who have visited the most places on the planet.

His unbridled passion Does knowing every corner of the world really be due to a disorder? Only his psychological profile could determine it, but with this we see that the term "dromomaniac" was adopted to refer to People with restless feet, eager for adventures who chose this special hobby as a lifestyle.

«When I was five years old I saw a world map and I was excited to see the world so big.to meet everyone, although at that age I did not know if I was going to achieve it, ”Sanchez shared with bbc.travel the world? If so, tell us where you would travel if you could get carried away by the momentum, right now!

Meanwhile you can travel from home by reading the article: 11 Curiosities about the impressive Dubai.

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