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is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?

 
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is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
but then it never realizes--once you get there, another place is where you want to be
Vasily

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03/14/2019 08:30 PM

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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Grass is Greener Syndrome
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03/14/2019 08:32 PM
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Sounds like the opinion of a stationary, towards nomads and those that like to wander.
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Gut feeling, instinct, intuition, self-awareness, situational-awareness.
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Ungrateful bastard?
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03/14/2019 08:39 PM
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Grass is Greener Syndrome
 Quoting: Vasily


probably the best name there's going to be for it but I think there's a subtle nuance that's a bit different it's just hard to put it into words.

I guess it's more like a general malaise or discontent with whatever you have, compounded by all kinds of emotional or psychotic features I'm sure
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Jealousy
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Sounds like the opinion of a stationary, towards nomads and those that like to wander.
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it's like a vet's desire with PTSD to get away but just romanticized into that lifestyle, or that Western expansion mindset of the USA and manifest destiny
rewind
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suicidal is the condition! hf
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Jealousy
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not really I don't think.

it's like if I had what I wanted from a celebrity's lifestyle, and then got it, I'd still be unhappy and want more.
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
You got that travelin bone, op.
It's a bitch, run with it.
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03/14/2019 08:49 PM

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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
op, I've always had a kind of sense that I shouldn't be "here" (where ever I am) and that where ever I am is only temporary. That is, I am only passing through, so there is no sense in me putting down roots.

This typically includes kind of imagining or dreaming of being somewhere else that I am going to someday, a place that is not necessarily defined.

Is that similar to your experience?
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Homesick for a place that never was or never will be again.

The Welsh have a word for this - Hiraeth
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03/14/2019 08:50 PM
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
I thought they just called that anxiety.
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
op, I've always had a kind of sense that I shouldn't be "here" (where ever I am) and that where ever I am is only temporary. That is, I am only passing through, so there is no sense in me putting down roots.

This typically includes kind of imagining or dreaming of being somewhere else that I am going to someday, a place that is not necessarily defined.

Is that similar to your experience?
 Quoting: Vasily


That's an interesting feel I get from trying to picture that from your perspective. It's not quite the same feeling I have, but thanks for sharing since this solidifies in my mind that there are many facets to whatever condition this is.
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Homesick for a place that never was or never will be again.

The Welsh have a word for this - Hiraeth
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77372705


nice, it's so sad though because once you age there's that sense that home you once knew is forever lost, that it'll never be the same again.
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
I thought they just called that anxiety.
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yeah really, plenty of that in there for me too no doubt
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03/14/2019 09:21 PM
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
You miss your home... HEAVEN.
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OP thinks he's clever.......
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FOMO
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
All females and about 10% of males suffer from this.

Thus the ratio of who asks for devorce or cheats first.

Its ALWAYS the woman first.

Mostly.
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03/14/2019 10:11 PM
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Sounds like the opinion of a stationary, towards nomads and those that like to wander.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77456019


wanderlust and

mind's eye syndrome
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03/14/2019 10:13 PM
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Gypsy Blood

Discontent

Not of this world, just in it
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
Nope,it's a curse. You gotta undo the curse, probably with a cauldron, some gizzards, few herbs. Should be OKAY.
sub veste, invenimus in homine. Sub hominem, invenimus ejus nucleus.
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03/14/2019 10:19 PM
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Gypsy Blood

Discontent

Not of this world, just in it
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76623652


Knackers giving it to the man. They've it sussed.
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Re: is there a name for the condition where you always think it's better to be somewhere else?
From the link below:

"The hallmark of the “grass is greener syndrome” is the idea that there is always something better that we are missing. So rather than experiencing stability, security, and satisfaction in the present environment, the feeling is there is more and better elsewhere, and anything less than ideal won’t do. Whether it’s with relationships, careers, or where you live, there is always one foot out the door."

[link to blogs.psychcentral.com (secure)]





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