[pct-l] Help for Post hike depression:PHD

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

There is no cure for PHD. The immediate "cure" is to plan your next  
hike. You could do like me and try to finish all the rest next year.  
Or you can plan to hike sections every chance you get. But the secret  
is that when you get to the end of the trail, it's just as depressing  
to be finished with it as it is to not finish somewhere in the  
middle. So the only cure is to keep hiking. That's why I keep hiking.

On Jun 21, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I am familiar with PTSD. Is there also help for someone suffering  
> from PHD?
> Hiked only about 300 miles, planned to make it all the way.
> Life intervened and through no ones fault but my own, plans  
> changed. Here I
> am home with no hope of getting to Canada this year, although I  
> will keep
> chipping away at the miles as I am able, I love being on the trail.  
> I am
> just too slow. Is anyone else out there grappling with the
> same disappointment? I would be interested to know how you handled  
> it. (No
> "I told you so's" please, I feel bad enough)..