Dromomania

I'd be willing to bet that John and most members of my family think I have Dromomania, but those in my travel and travel writing world would only laugh at the thought. I've hardly been anywhere.

"Dromomania, the obsessive urge to travel, is a recognized psychological affliction listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Sufferers of what's also called "the vagabond neurosis" will "spend beyond their means, sacrifice jobs, lovers and security in their lust for new experiences."
—John Flinn, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine

Read "I've Been Everywhere, Man," John Flinn's article about Charles Veley, a guy who has been to 518 countries in the past five years.

I blogged about it on Written Road, today—Charles Veley: The World's Most Traveled Man?