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Hi Yep!Today is Sunday and I finished my Camino from León on Friday. The thing is I am feeling off balanced. I feel like I am not done. Last night I started feeling anxious with the thought of going back home.
Thank you for this. I am relieved to hear that this is normal.What you are feeling is completely normal. After months of planning and dreaming, then being immersed in the Camino it can be hard to return to normal life. Many of us find that the only cure is to start planning your next Camino.
Thank you. I didn’t realize the impact. I knew my life would be changed. I just didn’t know how to describe how. But you are so right. Daily life back home it’s about work and responsibilities and walking the Camino you are spot on, our needs did become so basic.What you are feeling is well-known.
It is named "Camino Blues".
While walking on the Camino, our life is changing dramatically. We talk to people we would never had talked otherwise, and our needs become very simple: where to sleep ? what to eat ? where is the Camino ?
Returning back to real life can be difficult.
My advice is to prepare another Camino and to reach Fisterra/Muxia next time.
Thank you!Hi Yep!
I walked Leon to Santiago and then Fisterra to Muxia in September last year was i done NO!
If i could have i would have kept walking.
I love my kids very very much, we whats app every day; did i want to go home No!
Is it anxiety you feel or sadness that it's over this time.
On the last evenings of both my walks i have gone and sat in the square in front of the Cathedral and thought, back to reality which is mundane, not an adventure, not new!
You will probs get home like me and think ;i 'll start planning the next one.
You will i hope find that the way has been more than you ever imagined; joy..
As a sad old s*d with a childs mind i look at my Camino tattoo's and think ;i did that cos the memory seems surreal!
The Camino is there let's hope it sees you again
Buen Camino
Woody
Yes, we know the feeling and its why my lovely spouse and I are heading back for our third Camino, and a third different route. Take a child or grandchild with you next trip. Our only regret is that we did not discover this wonder earlier in life to take our children. Our daughter did join us last Camino and what a joy to spend a month with her. Schedules for working children are difficult at best, but gap years, graduations and job changes open windows, and even 10 days vacation can be life changing and introduce them to the joy and simplicity of the Camino. Buen Camino!Today is Sunday and I finished my Camino from León on Friday. The thing is I am feeling off balanced. I feel like I am not done. Last night I started feeling anxious with the thought of going back home. We fly out back home first thing tomorrow morning.This whole experience feels so surreal. Like I am in the audience looking in. It’s really making me sad. It’s kind of depressing me. This Camino was a spiritual journey for me. The 2 weeks was not enough for me. I typically cannot stay away from my kids and grandchildren and like/depend on my daily routine life at home. I can honestly say I don’t miss anyone back home. Anyone ever feel like this?
I told a friend who joined us in Sarria after we’d walked from SJPP when he had similar feelings that he felt incomplete because he’d finished but he hadn’t begun. Begun what is up to each of us. So, as many have already said, it’s a common feeling. Continue to ask yourself why you feel that way. As an aside, you may wake up for a while and feel like you need to get going. Congrats, the Camino doesn’t end in Santiago if you don’t want it to.Today is Sunday and I finished my Camino from León on Friday. The thing is I am feeling off balanced. I feel like I am not done. Last night I started feeling anxious with the thought of going back home. We fly out back home first thing tomorrow morning.This whole experience feels so surreal. Like I am in the audience looking in. It’s really making me sad. It’s kind of depressing me. This Camino was a spiritual journey for me. The 2 weeks was not enough for me. I typically cannot stay away from my kids and grandchildren and like/depend on my daily routine life at home. I can honestly say I don’t miss anyone back home. Anyone ever feel like this?
Hey! While in Santiago, check in with the gang at the Pilgrim House! They are there for support and to help with debriefing, as well as readjustment to the extent they can! I'm volunteering there later this summer and really looking forward to it!Anyone ever feel like this?
Unfortunately I am already on my way home. I would have loved to check in at Pilgrim House. Hopefully someone else who could use this info will see this.. thanks Gary!Hey! While in Santiago, check in with the gang at the Pilgrim House! They are there for support and to help with debriefing, as well as readjustment to the extent they can! I'm volunteering there later this summer and really looking forward to it!
Gary
Definitely a good idea.Hey! While in Santiago, check in with the gang at the Pilgrim House! They are there for support and to help with debriefing, as well as readjustment to the extent they can! I'm volunteering there later this summer and really looking forward to it!
Gary
Many people have reported feeling the same. Some find that starting to plan for the next Camino helps. Others look towards carrying the lessons and approach of their Camino (e.g. being present in the moment, recognizing that one step after another will eventually get you there) into their daily life at home. Some try both.Today is Sunday and I finished my Camino from León on Friday. The thing is I am feeling off balanced. I feel like I am not done. Last night I started feeling anxious with the thought of going back home. We fly out back home first thing tomorrow morning.This whole experience feels so surreal. Like I am in the audience looking in. It’s really making me sad. It’s kind of depressing me. This Camino was a spiritual journey for me. The 2 weeks was not enough for me. I typically cannot stay away from my kids and grandchildren and like/depend on my daily routine life at home. I can honestly say I don’t miss anyone back home. Anyone ever feel like this?
Some of us find that it isn't long before the eyes of friends and family start to glaze over when you try and share your heaps of stories. That's where forums like this, or local pilgrim groups, come in.Don’t worry. Soon as you get back you’ll cheer up bc you’ll have heaps of stories to tell friends and family and then you’ll start planning your next camino. Yes, what you’re describing is not uncommon. The camino is special but then so is home! Just enjoy both and if the camino pulls you back one day, great!
@Peterexpatkiwi thank you for the link to @andonius post. It really helps to see that I am not alone with how I feel. To be honest, i was a bit concerned as I did not understand what or why I was feeling like this. When I talk about my journey I tear up. I’m sure time will take care of this.
You're very welcome. There's many excellent posts on here that express things quite well, however that particular post just absolutely nailed it for me.@Peterexpatkiwi thank you for the link to @andonius post. It really helps to see that I am not alone with how I feel. To be honest, i was a bit concerned as I did not understand what or why I was feeling like this. When I talk about my journey I tear up. I’m sure time will take care of this.
I had to walk to recover from the loss of my daughter. That time with myself became the salve and the time to talk to myself. I miss that time in everyday when I think about her, talk to her, solve other problems, and fix my life. My son is a triathlete and tells me the aftermath of these huge efforts does leave you adrift. You deflate, the build up and the drive, the joy of the arrival- and then flat. But it cannot go on forever- neither the walk nor the depression- you take what you have experienced and apply the new attitude to how you want to be. There’s can always be another Camino- I don’t know what I will do next- but I will find something again. Good luckToday is Sunday and I finished my Camino from León on Friday. The thing is I am feeling off balanced. I feel like I am not done. Last night I started feeling anxious with the thought of going back home. We fly out back home first thing tomorrow morning.This whole experience feels so surreal. Like I am in the audience looking in. It’s really making me sad. It’s kind of depressing me. This Camino was a spiritual journey for me. The 2 weeks was not enough for me. I typically cannot stay away from my kids and grandchildren and like/depend on my daily routine life at home. I can honestly say I don’t miss anyone back home. Anyone ever feel like this?
I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter. I hope you find some comfort.. I will be walking again to try to find some sort of completeness. I never imagined the impact it would have on me. I walked for 2 weeks thinking “why am I not feeling anything” then BAM! Out of nowhere I felt everything, the loss, sadness, incompleteness, because of this, I will walk again.I had to walk to recover from the loss of my daughter. That time with myself became the salve and the time to talk to myself. I miss that time in everyday when I think about her, talk to her, solve other problems, and fix my life. My son is a triathlete and tells me the aftermath of these huge efforts does leave you adrift. You deflate, the build up and the drive, the joy of the arrival- and then flat. But it cannot go on forever- neither the walk nor the depression- you take what you have experienced and apply the new attitude to how you want to be. There’s can always be another Camino- I don’t know what I will do next- but I will find something again. Good luck
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