<p>So I dunno what happened.</p>
<p>But all of a sudden, I'm talking to my mom on IM, and I find myself crying. And not just a tear or two...like tears rolling down my face.</p>
<p>What do you guys do to take your mind off of homesickness?</p>
<p>This happens to me all the time. And I really have nothing to do about it.</p>
<p>Hopefully you brought something to remind you of home? Something to curl up with, look at, or hold? This usually helps. I moved away to a dorm at school at 16 and I didn't have much of an issue, but I did bring a stuffed photoframe with a picture of my dog in it (seemed better than a stuffed animal I suppose). When I felt homesick just holding onto something helped... didn't touch it after the first few days, though. It'll gradually go away when the foreignness of the new place wares off. Now here's hoping I won't need any of my own advice when I move across the country to university as a 21 year old this spring.</p>
<p>Getting and keeping busy is really a good antidote to homesickness. Some folks found it helpful to have friends from the same hometown (personally for me, I preferred friends who had never been to my home town). Try talking to folks around you -- work out at the gym together, go to a concert, do some new activity.</p>
<p>I left home when I went to high school, and until now. Every student have to go through this stage. It is a little hard for somebody, especially girl, to get through for the first time. All of you can do is becoming strong (I am afraid that I don't use a proper word here.). Hope you be happy.</p>
<p>it will wear off overtime as you get use to your new surrounding and meeting new people</p>
<p>Aww...homesickness is tough, but everyone feels it (at least to a certain extent) during the first few days. Once classes pick up and you get involved in some activities it'll get better.</p>
<p>Don't worry. It'll pass or at least fade. I'm a sophomore this year and the homesickness just hit me. I loved being here last year but this year for some reason I just want to go home.</p>
<p>Yeah, we all pretty much know what you're going through. When I first closed my door to my dorm room, and I realized that I would not be seeing my family / dog every day when I woke up, it hit me like a brick. But knowing that I could call home whenever I felt like it, and that I had great times awaiting me at college, I was able to get over my homesickness for the most part.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the comfort and tips guys. :) Today went MUCH better, probably because I had classes to occupy me again.</p>
<p>I feel like that sometimes!</p>
<p>Except when I'm at home, thinking of school...</p>
<p>totally had that moment when i was a freshie, (when I couldn't find anybody to help me, freaked out and called mom across the pacific ocean and cried) don't worry you'll get used to school :)
my friend however.. who goes home every weekend still hasn't gotten over it. You just have to stay away from home for awhile for it to work lol</p>
<p>yeah you do have to stay away from home for a while, it may eventually turn into not wanting to go home much, the more you go home then the harder it to be to transition between. I remember my first week i went home because i didn't feel like i liked the changed yet and wanted to go back to what i was used to, but now i rarely want to go home.</p>
<p>wow I wouldn't want my mom to have AIM...</p>
<p>I do my best to think of my dorm as my home. So find things you love about your new 'home.' So you might love X, Y, and Z from your hometown, but find things A, B, and C in your dorm/campus that attach you to it and make you love it. Do an activity, join a club, whatever.</p>
<p>And, yeah, it's easy to feel homesick when you are talking with someone from home. That's pretty natural- it's not the same as crying in the middle of the day for no reason about it. If you start feeling intensely homesick during the day, do something to get your mind off of it.</p>
<p>The first year is the hardest. My suggestion keep busy. Meet people go out become familiar with your new surroundings and soon you will feel at home. When you go back I am sure you will also miss your new digs too and your new friends. Best of luck.</p>