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  1. Jamie Y. Mo

    After Camino

    Hello all, I walked 7 weeks France Camino in May and June, 2017. I came home in July and now is August. I don't know what I have been doing since I came back. I really miss the time I walked every day through the mountains, forests, endless wheat fields, vineyards, numerous villages, highways...
  2. W

    Mental health on Camino

    Hi fellow pilgrims Mental health is still a health issue so I put it under here but admin please change it if you think that's not right: I'm finding the Camino incredibly triggering and bringing up a few mental health issues of that have been mostly under control for a few years. How did/are...
  3. J

    Post Camino Slump -- anyone else?

    Hi I completed the Camino frances from St Jean to Santiago last Thursday. I got back to the US on Saturday and was dog tired for quite a few days (to be expected) and have also been feeling really down. This is unusual for me since I tend to be a chipper person. Our camino was great, and...
  4. joecamino

    Dazed or confused after Camino?

    I can't be the first person to come off the Camino-- weeks of living focused, fairly well-structured days-- and feel a little bit lost. There's no job to jump back into. If I did get the flash of insight-- the "This is what you're gonna do with your life!" moment I'd hoped for-- well, I must...
  5. ewy

    Couldn't do it

    Dear pilgrims, Just feel I have to share my experience with you... Yesterday was D day for me. I've been preparing for the Camino Notre for the past 5 months. Mentally and phisically. Read this forum, booked a flight to Bilbao, booked a bus to Irun, packed my bag and got on the transfer to the...
  6. Font007

    Anxious last 3 weeks

    Hi all, I have three weeks before I depart for Spain and start my Camino. After having planned this for about 8 months, I now feel unsure, doubtful, nervous, overwhelmed. I have read two guides, looked at countless blogs, websites, comments, movies, videos-I think I know everything and am I...
  7. Come2pappy

    Perfectionism and the Camino experience

    I tend to be a perfectionist. In 40 days or so, I hope not to be as much of one. I read in many posts here the underlying question that I too have...that being "Will I be doing the Camino right? From clothes, to places to stay, to getting there, to weather...will I have what I need? To a...
  8. Carza

    Mental Fatigue

    Hi all! My partner and I are starting our Camino a week from tomorrow (leaving from Porto) and after some practice walks, I'm a bit concerned about the mental fatigue of walking for so many hours a day. We did listen to some podcasts and such on some of the practice walks but I didn't know if...
  9. Missing Mike

    Need help, I just lost my only child 3 months ago and feel called to the El Camino

    My only son, my beloved Mike is gone with no warning. So I walk this El Camino to find life, purpose and a will to live if it is meant to be. This is what I have so far--This is a journey for me, not a race, as it is the journey of my life right now. I plan to leave Austin, TX to...
  10. Sandra S

    LIVE from the Camino Day 1- feeling really rattled/unsafe- help?

    Hi all! I started my Camino at SJPDP this morning, and the first half of the day was amazing. I was the only one who took the route to Valcarlos, and loved the morning fog, vistas, and solitude. I had some really incredible moments and felt so profoundly grateful to be having this experience...
  11. Robo

    How Do YOU Keep the Camino Spirit Alive in Your Heart?

    I'd love to hear your stories......... I'm a 'one shot' Pilgrim so far, having walked the CF from St Jean this year. This first Camino was everything I had hoped for ...........and more. Through all the great sharing and advice on this Forum, I think I was as prepared as I could have been...
  12. A

    Walking the Camino for Anti-Stress Also

    I've enjoyed reading about the Camino for some time, and a topic that comes up now and then, variously, is what might a person get out of it. In the movie "The Way," all 4 of the main characters had a different motivation: One was to lose weight, didn't; another was to quit smoking, didn't...
  13. beiramar

    Mental Health Issues

    All of the threads here deal with fisical health issues and I was missing a discussion about psychic problems and the camino. I already did a camino and from what I experienced there and read in this and other forums, it seems to me that these issues are almost a taboo. The reason for a...

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