Travel Is Fun, but Travel Addiction Could be a Form of Escapism

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Travel Is Fun, but Travel Addiction Could be a Form of Escapism
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Learn the scientific reasons why you may not be able to stop taking vacations.

Humans have loved exploration throughout history. Travel has endless opportunities for commerce, trade, culinary delights, cultural education, or even just a fresh start.

Escapism is when a person relies on an activity or routine to distract them from everyday discomforts. Michael Brein, a social psychologist who specializes in travel and intercultural communication, believes escapists are more prone to the dromomaniac lifestyle, which is the need to wander and could be a form of overactivity.

“I’m not looking at traveling, in particular dromomania, as it’s described: as a particularly pathological thing that a lot of people do,” Brein says“But it certainly can be addictive from the standpoint of constantly facing more and more novelty and getting the reward and satisfaction of being in a new situation.”

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