https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/how-to-deal-with-long-lasting-home-sickness/m-p/479532#M20483 <P>Hi WheresTheMarmite</P> <P>Welcome to the bb forum and thank you for sharing your story. </P> <P>I can understand how you feel, as I have experienced intense homesickness myself. I came to Australia some 30 years ago to marry the love of my life, yet despite the happiness, I still had some real difficulties at times. Particularly when mothering young children.</P> <P>It's never easy to leave your home country, even if it was for a very good reason. And home sickness is gut-wrenching stuff. I am so sorry that you now find yourself struggling with this issue.</P> <P>What helped me to get through was to <EM>decide</EM> that I couldn't live my life waking up everyday wishing I was somewhere else. And since there was no way to move home, I <EM>decided</EM> to make it work. It was either that, or be miserable. Life is too short to waste time.</P> <P> I had to live my best life, which meant focussing on what I had and learning not to worry about what I didn't have.</P> <P>It's easier said than done, but it can be done.</P> <P>Kind thoughts to you</P> <P> </P> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:41:26 GMT Summer Rose 2020-01-17T09:41:26Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/how-to-deal-with-long-lasting-home-sickness/m-p/479531#M20482 <P>I’m new to this site and this is my first post so I really hope I’m posting this in the right place.</P> <P>I moved over seas about nine years ago after a huge natural disaster. I felt fine about moving at first since I’d be free from what happened, but now after a few years I’ve started feeling really upset about it and I don’t know if it’s normal to feel sad about it nearly every day or two. </P> <P>I probably cant ever go back to that country due to passport issues and financial reasons and I just feel hopeless so I’m giving up on the idea because I’ve been told it’s childish and that I need to get over it. I just don’t know how to stop feeling so upset about it when I’ve been feeling like this for years.</P> <P>could someone please offer some advice?</P> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:52:54 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/how-to-deal-with-long-lasting-home-sickness/m-p/479531#M20482 WheresTheMarmite 2020-01-16T11:52:54Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/how-to-deal-with-long-lasting-home-sickness/m-p/479532#M20483 <P>Hi WheresTheMarmite</P> <P>Welcome to the bb forum and thank you for sharing your story. </P> <P>I can understand how you feel, as I have experienced intense homesickness myself. I came to Australia some 30 years ago to marry the love of my life, yet despite the happiness, I still had some real difficulties at times. Particularly when mothering young children.</P> <P>It's never easy to leave your home country, even if it was for a very good reason. And home sickness is gut-wrenching stuff. I am so sorry that you now find yourself struggling with this issue.</P> <P>What helped me to get through was to <EM>decide</EM> that I couldn't live my life waking up everyday wishing I was somewhere else. And since there was no way to move home, I <EM>decided</EM> to make it work. It was either that, or be miserable. Life is too short to waste time.</P> <P> I had to live my best life, which meant focussing on what I had and learning not to worry about what I didn't have.</P> <P>It's easier said than done, but it can be done.</P> <P>Kind thoughts to you</P> <P> </P> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:41:26 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/how-to-deal-with-long-lasting-home-sickness/m-p/479532#M20483 Summer Rose 2020-01-17T09:41:26Z