My wife and I will be returning to our Happy Place for our 3rd Disney trip in December 2014.
I probably don't have to say this, but... we are absolutely THRILLED.
That being said, after our
2nd trip in September 2013, we both fell into a deep post-Disney depression
and were super bummed to be back home and not in Walt Disney World. The funny thing is, we didn't feel that way after our first trip (sure we missed it, but we weren't depressed).
Do any of the rest of you feel this way after you return home from Disney? If so, how do you overcome it? I was so bummed, even the idea of recounting the trip in a TR here on the forums didn't seem appealing.
By the way, I will be happy to do a super late TR if there is any interest.
But I digress... I look forward to your tips/suggestions and will hopefully find something that works!
The Post-WDW-depression (PWDWD) is quite common among WDW-members and was already the topic of several threads. It gets me EVERY time I travel to the World, no matter how long I stay and my longest stay was 20 days! One reason is, that while the US members return to their American homes, we have to return to Germany, which is much harder because an entire ocean seperates you from the World. So the post-wdw-depression hits us much harder. To deal with it, we developed a kind of posttraumatic therapy, which consists of several elements.
Major element is our movies, I videotape every WDW-trip to the extreme, the shortest movie is 7 1/2 hours long, the longest a little more than 16 hrs. The movies REALLY help because they give you the possibility to kind of go back again. I film everything, not just the rides, I film the parks, attractions, shops, restaurants, landscaping, all shows where it is allowed, all parades, fireworks, also all our disney resorts, our rooms, restaurants and food courts, DD, even a little of the transports on buses, monorail and boats. I film every detail of a vacation at WDW and if I want to go back I just have to switch on our 50 " TV (the size matters, believe me) set and back we go. The films REALLY help to cope with the depression, I really don't know what I would do without them so this is my major advice. Buy a camcorder, if you don't own one already, and begin filming your entire vacation. Don't buy a cheap one however because a camcorder for WDW must produce good films in the dark or you won't enjoy PotC, HM, SSE, etc. at home.
Another help is to "disneytize" your home, we use WDW mugs for drinking, we use WDW placemats, sometimes we even cook after WDW recipes. And we have hundreds of WDW music files, ride music, songs, BGM loops, etc. so if we don't let a WDW movie run on the TV, we at least have the music and sounds of the World at home.
AND of course WDWmagic is a big help, the ability to share experiences and opinions with so many others who share our compassion is an excellent pain-reliever, thanks a lot WDWmagic.
And of course watching Disney movies, especially those affiliated to the parks like PotC helps also against the PWDWD.
Sure, I listen to park music, watch Disney movies, etc. But I have realized that there is no escape from the power that the park has over me, and I basically spend my life either missing it (after the trip) or looking forward to going back (when the next trip is booked). There is no period of time where Disney isn't on my mind, but at least part of the year is spent in agonizing anticipation rather than depressing reflection. 
