History Main / TemporalSickness

* In Diana Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' series, time travel is potentially fatal - and the risk is cumulative, so that each trip is more dangerous than the last. None of the characters have made more than three time-jumps so far. Carrying large precious stones makes it safer and less unpleasant, to some extent. (The ability to time-travel at all is also a trait only some people have, and is apparently genetically transmitted.)

* Hellrides in the ''ChroniclesOfAmber'' series were massively debilitating, involving the equivalents of jet lag and motion sickness as well as exhaustion. They're more dimensional travel than strictly time travel, but the concept is the same.

** And considering the state of his morals ''before'' he got immortality, this is really saying something.

-->-- '''Sawyer''', ''{{Lost}}''

* In the ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Relativity", Seven becomes ill and it is stated that further time travel could kill her.

* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "All Our Yesterdays", inhabitants of a planet are sent back to their past to escape their star going nova. Kirk, Spock and Bones travel without being given the treatment, [[spoiler: and will die unless they can get back in time. (excuse the pun)]]

* In {{Timeshift}} it is suggested that time travel may cause disorientation and even memory lost. The Beta suit does counteract some problems, but judging by the intro video motion sickness may also be a concern.

* [[spoiler:Porky]] in ''{{Mother 3}}'' combines this with AgeWithoutYouth[[hottip:*:Sort of.]] and ImmortalityImmorality.

May cause disorientation that results in someone demanding to know from passerbyers [[{{ptitle2f4agitl}} what year is it.]]

Not to be confused with the feeling you get when [[TimeyWimeyBall thinking about time travel too hard.]]

** It should be noted that the reason he is the only ''living'' chrononaut is not strictly just because he has a high pain threshold, but because the navigation system of the time machine is somewhat[[{{Understatement}} ...erratic]]. The others wound up in orbit, or entombed in solid earth. That said, his high tolerance for pain is helpful as each Backstep ablates about a micron of his epidermal tissue.

* In ''DoctorWho'', time travel without a capsule (such as a TARDIS or other time ship) is possible but not recommended due to the temporal sickness it causes. The effects are not explicitly stated, but appear to be similar to being put through a huge tumble dryer.

* [[spoiler:Porky]] in ''{{Mother 3}}'' combines this with AgeWithoutYouth[[hottip:*:Sort of.]] and ImmortalityImmorality.

->"Time travel's a bitch."

* This is an element of time travel in {{the Stainless Steel Rat}} series.

May result in disorientation that results in someone demanding to know from passerbyers [[{{ptitle2f4agitl}} what year is it.]]

* This happens in {{Anne McCaffrey}}'s {{Pern}} books to some extent, though extreme exhaustion is probably a better description than illness. It's exacerbated if you [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet go anywhere near yourself]].

->Haruka:"Not even Super Sailor Moon can battle the forces of gravity."

* Kyon from SuzumiyaHaruhi experiences this every time he (conciously) time travels with Asahina, one incident being seen in the first Episode of Haruhi 2009, where [[spoiler: they go off to help Haruhi write a Message to some random Aliens,]] turning out to [[spoiler: start off the whole Premise of the story.]] He talks about the world turning around and wanting to puke (in the novels).
* When Usagi and the Outer Sailors where standing in a elevator-like portal in the manga to go find the Messiah of Silence and destroy her, Usagi suddenly starts banging on the glass and complaining that she was going to puke. She never actually does though. And of course, Haruka has to go and make fun of her.
Haruka:"Not even Super Sailor Moon can battle the forces of gravity."

May result in disorientation that results in someone demanding to know from passerbyers [[{{ptitle2f4agit}} what year is it.]]

May result in disorientation that results in someone asking passerbyers WhatYearIsIt?

* When Usagi and the Outer Sailors where standing in a elevator-like portal in the manga to go find the Messiah of Silence and destroy her and Hotrua, Usagi suddenly starts banging on the glass and complaining that she was going to puke. She never actually does though. And of course, Haruka has to go and make fun of her.
Haruka:"Not even Super Sailor Mon can battle the forces of gravity." Damn, she can be so mean sometimes.

* Units in ''{{Achron}}'' glow softly right after you [[TimeTravel chronoport]] them. They're perfectly functional, with the one exception being that if they chronoport again before the glow wears off... they'll be destroyed. The effect has thus earned the nickname "rechronoport delay".

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* Both played strait and averted in ''CwensQuest''. Travling forward it time is painful and draining, however when you go backwards it actually has the opposite effect and temporarily gives you super powers.