I like school but I hate leaving home?

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<p>I'm a freshman at a school 6 hours away. I can't say I'm totally content with my social situation there, but it's certainly not BAD, and I'm very happy with the school itself and its location. At the same time, I feel like I'm still clinging to home a little more than is healthy. It's not that I don't want to be at school, it's just that I always seem to be thinking about home in some form or another, and frequently it even feels like I'm just biding my time waiting to go home again.</p>

<p>I used to think that maybe I just wasn't settled in enough at school yet, but I'm starting to realize that the problem is a little different... it's almost like I don't want to be totally settled in at school. I always thought that I just needed friends at school as close as my friends from home and that I just needed to get as familiar with the city as I am with my hometown. However, this week of spring break made me think no matter how much time I spend at school and how comfortable I get there, I'm still not ready to let this new place that's not my home and doesn't have my family and friends BECOME my home. </p>

<p>I always end up crying at the end of breaks. I'm fine with being at school, I just hate the thought of leaving what still feels like my real home. It's like I'm only okay at school because I always know that I'll be going home eventually.</p>

<p>Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced it? Advice? Thanks!</p>

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<p>You don’t have to let go of your hometown ever, if you don’t want to. I still consider my hometown my home even though I haven’t lived there for years. I still like visiting my family and my friend from high school. There’s nothing wrong with that. You can have both–a home in your hometown and a home at school. You don’t have to like school over your home, and you don’t have to like your home over your school. There is no right or wrong way to feel.</p>

<p>It’s okay to miss home and enjoy your time there, as long as you are still staying involved while your at school. Keep developing your friendships and doing things that you like and look forward to. Most people leave home at some point. That doesn’t mean it’s forever, and that doesn’t mean you can’t still consider it home. And it also doesn’t mean that you can’t be happy somewhere other than your home.</p>