I just moved back to school from being at home all summer and I am feeling VERY homesick. I actually only live 20-30 minutes away from campus, but I still feel homesick. I have every opportunity to go home, but I feel like I am miles away. Last year I did not have this issue, but this year I’m feeling homesick. I just appreciate my family so much and everything they do for me. Any advice? Hopefully with classes starting tomorrow I will be busier, but still miss my house/parents/siblings/dogs.
@twalke34 Most likely, “this too shall pass.” Perhaps you had an especially nice summer and felt extra close to your family making the separation a little harder, or perhaps all the excitement and newness of college from last year has kind of worn off and you know what is ahead of you, the studying and hard work that goes with college. Take advantage of texting or daily calling or Skyping for the first week or so with your family, then dive right in to everything that is school, your classes, studying, activities and friends, and most likely the severe homesickness will pass.
I live a long way from where my freshman daughter goes to college because I live overseas for my job (which I have had for 15 years) and the night my husband and I left her at school I was complaining to my mother, who I haven’t lived with for about 36 years, that I was so sad leaving my daughter behind in the US, and she told me that the pain of separation from you kid doesn’t end when you drop them off at college for the first time. And she reminded me that this missing the other person is a two way street. She went on to say that it is very hard for her when I leave the US at the end of every summer and don’t come back until the following June. I guess what I am trying to say is that throughout your life you are going to have times when you more or less miss your family and wish you were home. It is a normal feeling, even if you are a sophomore. It means that you are loved and that you love someone. That is a wonderful thing.
If you’re 20-30 min from campus, why wouldn’t you just live at home? It seems like renting a dorm/apartment is just a waste of money, plus no where as nice as a real house and all the comforts of it.
If there is no way to get out of your lease, why not just move back in at home?