Cat acting strange after traveling a state over

We traveled from an apartment in Texas over to Louisiana, she was perfectly fine while traveling. However she has been acting extremely strange lately and I was wandering if it was due to stress/depression

Note that she is Fixed and Vaccinated for Rabies, and that my cat was very lovable and affectionate before traveling over. She feels like an entirely different cat and I have an extremely strong bond with this cat

There is a change in environment as well, where we live was in a neighborhood close to a city, we are now in the woods and not near any towns or cities. I only planned to stay here a week but I am more then willing to go back to where we live if my cat is this Stressed about it.

My cat is about 5 years old and is a mix, though we dont know what she's a mix of, we believe she's part Maine Coon

1. My cat has been hiding from me and other people a lot more. She almost never hid before this, and would even sleep out in the open and would love attention

2. She has an addiction to boxes. If she sees a box, she must jump in and sit in it. She has yet to jump in any boxes and other things she enjoys doing such as catnip she doesn't do anymore

3. She barely touches her water and food

4. She is almost never aggressive. Today was the first day I saw her be aggressive to another animal. She bonked my dads dog nose and attempted to bite his leg once he got close to me. She's never done this to any other dog or cat, she actually has been passive to the same dog years before.

5. Also what happened today was a total freak out. I've never seen her freak out like this before, though I'm sure it wasn't a seizure. She randomly started jumping around, hissing, and even hissed at me before landing and coming to her senses.

6. She would randomly perk her ears up and stare at walls and randomly meow at them and the ceiling. Whilst I do see her hunting cockroaches and she's always done that, sometimes she does it and there are no cockroaches around. She just stares at nothing it seems. Whilst I know this is a normal behavior for most cats please keep in mind she's never done this until we traveled a state over.

If anyone can help me please comment, I really want to know if there's anything wrong with her and how to get her to feel better and more comfortable. This cat has helped me through so much of my depression and has made me genuinely happy in times I was down. Any help is absolutely appreciated

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