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Can't get out of my head

Guest_15233924
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About a year ago I moved to Australia as it had always been a dream of mine to come. I've struggled very much with my mental health here and wish I never came. I have wanted to go home, but feel like a failure because I have not have a successful living abroad experience. I also feel like I will hate my life and regret leaving if I were to return home. I recently moved apartments as I had a bad roommate situation where they just stopped talking to me one day and we never spoke again (over 10 months of living in silence). That really affected my mental health. Then recently I saw a picture of an ex with their new person. That absolutely broke me (even though we have been broken up for over 2 years, we would still talk up until a couple months ago). I regret breaking up with him and want a future so bad. I can't control my thoughts right now and they're spiralling out of control. I haven't slept the past 2 weeks and I'm just so drained. 

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Scared
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Returning home is not a failure and not having a good experience here is also not a failure.   What is a failure was wanting to go to Aus and not doing it.  You planned on coming here and you did.  How is that a failure.  Its not.  Give Aus another go for 3 months and try your best to make it work.  If it doesnt work out then go home with your head held high because you achieved what you set out to do and that is success in its self.  I think you have been looking at this in the negative way when in truth its been positive.