Abu Dhabi - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
This can be a very lonely place, as locals do not mix with others. It's a very strange place, everything looks fine, but it's not. You have incredible wealth and you have incredible poverty on the same road. Luxury cars passing poor men doing back breaking labor on the street for less than a dollar an hour. if you think too much about this place, it will drive you mad. I think that's why so many people stay in their bubble. - Sep 2025
Mall fatigue? if that is a thing. Even the grocery (hypermarkets) stores are in malls. - Feb 2020
Not that I’ve heard of. Abu Dhabi doesn’t get real winters, so it’s always nice and sunny here, but Med Unit will know more about the mental health issues that crop up here than me. I would just contact them if you have any concerns. - Jun 2019
