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Over on the travel board a fella asked about "rock fever" and how people dealt with it. I thought I would bring it up over here...
Not all people get rock fever, interestingly. I know people who move here and are happy as clams (how happy is a clam, BTW?) and others who feel they must get off the Rock every so often. My own very humble opinion is that it has to do with satisfaction with your circumstances. If you are not happy with what you have and what you do on this island, you will be a candidate for rock fever. It can strike as quickly as one arrives (again, I know of someone who arrived on Friday for a job and was out on Sunday), but seems to have an incubation period of around six months. If you don't get it in a year or so, you might be immune.
People seem to deal with it in different ways: going to the mainland or other islands, driving around all night, boating, using recreational drugs, complaining, and even packing up and leaving.
Posted : November 12, 2004 9:50 pm
EE,
Driving around all night! What is the therapeutic benefit?
Posted : November 13, 2004 10:49 am
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FOG: I don't know. I met a guy once who did this when he came back to St Thomas from his job on St John. He said he drove all around for a couple of hours to prevent his rock fever. Gas was cheaper then. 😉
Posted : November 13, 2004 7:52 pm
I’d be more concerned about getting mainland fever, even if I just went back on vacation. I’ve read that American scholarship students studying abroad sometimes get something like this. They study for a year in a beautiful place in Europe where life is slower. Then they go back to the mainland where life and school work are faster paced. They resist fitting in and become depressed and grumpy. As I recall, there is a scholarship organization that may create a therapy program for them.
Posted : November 13, 2004 8:21 pm