I am going to be moving 2500 miles from home a week from tommorow and there are some family and friends I am going to miss very much. Is there ways to deal with being homesick?
Does it ever get better as time Goes on? I have a feeling I am going to be crying a lot of tears?
2006-12-29 16:49:31 · 13 answers · asked by encourager4God 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Keep busy. Read, rent a movie, write letters. Try to meet new people. Don't sit alone and dwell. You probably will cry a lot, but look at it as a new experience and learn everything from it that you can. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Good luck!
2006-12-29 16:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by wendygirl1000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crying will happen. but the best you can do is bring things that make you feel at home. Lots of pictures, little keepsakes that remind you of people you love. Being homesick wont go away with time, but it will get a little easier. When you start to make friends and get comfortable in your new "home", just hearing from your friends and family back home will seem like enough. But you should ALWAYS find time to visit them. Because not only do you miss them but they will miss you.
2006-12-30 00:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by Lauryn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does take time, but it does get better as time goes on, especially when you start to make new friends. The best advise that I can give is not to cry a lot of tears in front of new people. You should try to be optimistic and look forward to new adventures. Keep a cell phone, call friends and relatives...email them, write them...keep in contact! You will loose contact with some, but that doesn't mean that they don't love you or that they have forgotten about you.:-)
2006-12-30 00:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by What, what, what?? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are going to be crying I've dealt with it and it is so not fun to leave your friends and family behind. But as time goes on in your new place and as you get to meet more people you will like it. You could keep in contact with your friends that's why e-mail and phone numbers exist. Maybe if you try to visit them at least 3-4 times a year it works with me for example i didn't see most of my friends for 2 years and i went to california and i spent a entire weekend with them which was fun but the sad part comes when you have to leave.
2006-12-30 01:12:58 · answer #4 · answered by ~Beautiful~ & ~Gorgeous~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being homesick is not worth it because you cant enjoy yourself, which is dumb because later you will be depressed more. Just meet new people and get settled. Basically dont think about home. It sounds harsh but it will work for sure. As for calling home, it makes me more homesick but i know i have to. Dont cry its just a waste of tears. Those people still love you and you still love them but it doesnt mean you have to get all sad just because you dont see them that much anymore. It will get better for sure. Just make sure you're actually doing stuff and meeting new people etc. Or you will be sitting on the couch with a box of tissues and crying every five minutes.
2006-12-30 01:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its really hard to do if you aren't having fun or keeping occupied. mmake sure that you are never bored, its the same thing with sadness; make friends in this new place and have people to hang out with and occupy yourself. that keeps your mind off things. make sure you call and email your family. not too frequently because you have to be a little more independent. the one person that will always be there for you is yourself, and you cant always depend on others. however, like i mentioned making new friends in this new place is very good and they will help you as time goes on. so yes, after a while as you are more adjusted you wont be homesick as much.
2006-12-30 01:00:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
last year I moved away about 1000 kms so i pretty much know what you mean. I did cry lots, but I wrote in a journal every day until i couldnt write anymore. Some were 5 pages front and back. It will get better though. Especially when you start meeting knew people. Good LucK!!
2006-12-30 00:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by justasking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are lucky this is 2007. You can communicate with all your friends economically via the telephone, maybe daily. Develop your online skills so that you can communicate daily with all your friends and relatives. You will not feel homesick.
I remember a decade ago I was posted miles aways at a remote posting. I could call only one or two people every month. The quality of communication at the remote location was very primitive.
Wish you happy journey and a fruitful stay.
2006-12-30 00:55:14 · answer #8 · answered by wizard of the East 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your feeling is right. you are going to cry. but the point is this: you have the right to be homesick. cry if you want. you're not going to cry forever. it will pass. be busy. continue with your life. if you miss them so much, call them. live your life one day at a time at first. later, you will notice you'll be used to it. just let your contact with your family and friends open.
2006-12-30 00:55:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call home a lot and drive my family crazy.
All in all, I think that's okay, though. It's always tough making a big transition like moving, but the ultimately knowing that your family is merely a phone call away...a plane trip away...makes things a bit easier.
2006-12-30 00:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋