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The original was posted on /r/cfs by /u/bloopblarp on 2025-01-21 19:49:22+00:00.

Hi everyone 👋 I have taken a year off from work to rest and I had hoped to go into remission but no luck so far. I oscillate between mild and moderate, with moderate being essentially housebound.

As part of this year off, I have done some slow traveling to various places. In general, I have way more energy and feel much better when I’m not at home. I need less sleep, I feel more awake, etc. Then I get home and I have a major crash. Doesn’t matter if I’m gone for 3 days or 2 months - I feel good when traveling, bad when home. I would have expected the opposite. I basically get in the car or on the plane and almost immediately feel better.

Has anyone experienced this? Is it because I am paying less attention to body signals when I’m on travel? Is home / home town contributing to my CFS in some way? Is it being more relaxed on the trip? I haven’t been working for 10 months so it’s not like I have much stress at home…

Any thoughts? If I can figure out why this is happening, I’m hoping I (and maybe others!) can apply it to at-home life too…!