<p>On the whole, I'm alright, but I sometimes get these awful bouts of homesickness, and I don't know how to deal with them (help me)</p>
<p>Keep busy. That’s the best way, in my opinion, to stave off homesickness.</p>
<p>if you’re missing home and you can easily get home. then go home for a weekend or if that’s not possible then call home. sometimes hearing a loved ones voice really helps. and get busy! join clubs, focus on school work, and find friends to hang with. it’s normal to miss home. also i find it help to be in a place with a lot of people around. typically when i feel down i will go to the student center and grab a snack and do some hw. just being around other people makes me feel better even if they aren’t talking to me. just having random people around is comforting. good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks. Usually I find that keeping busy really helps, but right now I’m at my dorm with a cold 
And it’s really bringing me down. I just miss my family a lot.</p>
<p>Aww, that sucks It’ll probably get better when you’re not sick anymore. Maybe you can call your parents or your old friends just to chat. Parents always like to hear that you miss them =D</p>
<p>I’m kinda different I guess since talking to my family just makes me feel even worse. Watching my favorite TV show always makes me feel good. Or Netflix. I noticed that when I’m around people I tend to feel less sad. If you don’t want to be around a large crowd you can always just chill with your roommate (if you have one and get along) in your dorm/apartment.</p>
<p>Get out of your room. If you’re sad and you isolate yourself in your room, it makes you feel even sadder. Just go sit somewhere else, even if it is by yourself. I usually like to sit in the student center, just eating and being on my laptop. Even if I don’t talk to anyone it feels a lot better than doing the same exact thing in my room.</p>
<p>Sometimes I get those bouts too, usually on Mondays when the school week is just starting, or when I’m just stressed. Unfortunately, I’m too far to just go home on a weekend. Usually, I have too much work to think about it, and I’m more stressed about my projects / work, but then again I do miss my family. It’ll get better with time, and when you have fun with good friends it will get better.</p>
<p>You could just call home or ask for someone to email you pictures of a park you liked going to or your room. Or if you’re like AE girl, try doing something you like like sports or watching tv or hw and then waste time thinking about useless stuff.</p>
<p>I know I’m dating myself, and the “back in my day” talk probably doesn’t help much…but it just feels like there are so many ways to stay connected to home now compared to when I was in school. Between parent weekend and trips home, the most I dared hope for was a weekly phone call on the public pay phone in the elevator lobby. lol. Now between cell phones and texting and facebook and instagram and skype and facetime and emails…I feel like I speak to my son more now with him 6 hours away than I did when he was living in my house! It’s OK and normal to feel homesick and vulnerable when you’re sick. You’ll feel better soon!</p>
<p>Odd I never felt homesick. I wouldn’t care if I even go home for Thanksgiving. I’m just going just cause. Maybe it because my mind never really crosses home.</p>
<p>descuff.</p>
<p>go away.</p>
<p>(nah, I’m just kidding).</p>