So I attend a university that is 1,000 miles and a 13 hour car ride from home. I am on a sports team here. I am going into my second semester here at school and I can’t shake this feeling of homesickness. I actually don’t even know if it would qualify as homesickness. I did awesome in school my first semester and awesome in my sport as well and yeah I missed home but its nothing like I am feeling right now. I don’t feel like I can be myself here at school anymore and I don’t really like it. I told my parents and some of my good friends and I understand that I should wait it out for a little to settle back in but I really just want to go home. I can’t stop crying. What should I do?
This is a normal reaction. You have returned to school after a break from the pressures of your new life. You got to slip into your “old” life for a few weeks, comfy and cozy like and old favorite pair of jeans. The excitement and newness of college has worn off a bit and you know what you are in for as far as the work and living of being in college again. You do need to give it time, settle in, and get right back at things. Going back won’t solve the problem. Keep talking to your friends, and consider using the campus counseling service to work through this. Most likely this will pass. Leaving your family hurts for a while no matter how old you are and even if you are excited about it and know that college is where you are supposed to be right now.