#homesickness tag

1 week ago

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump's America. Will the British weather force her to return? | Arwa Mahdawi

Many Hollywood figures who vowed to leave after Trump's election either stayed in the U.S. or returned for comfort, often citing homesickness and climate.

Mental health

3 weeks ago

Homesickness is a form of loss which may never grant closure. But a heart in two places can still find joy | Gaynor Parkin

Extended visits home intensified Suzanne's sense of dislocation, causing grief over missing ordinary family moments and deepening longing for physical presence.

Relationships

1 month ago

My boyfriend and I moved from Minnesota to Oregon on a whim. I hated it for the first year, but I stuck it out anyway.

After moving from Minnesota to Oregon, initial isolation gave way to regained confidence, active efforts to build community, and a renewed appreciation for Oregon.

History

fromwww.npr.org

1 month ago

Once upon a time, nostalgia was epidemic among homesick soldiers

Nostalgia is a complex emotion that evolved from 17th-century homesickness into a temporal longing and a tool used in modern marketing.

1 month ago

I graduated from college and moved to a new city alone. Despite my best efforts, I'm ready to go home.

That was the mindset I had when I decided to take a job opportunity in Pittsburgh and live alone for the first time, shortly after graduating from Syracuse University. Although I'm used to pushing myself outside my comfort zone - I moved halfway across the country for college and studied abroad alone - this move felt different. My friends were supportive, saying that if anyone could move and start over, it'd be me,

Mental health

Parenting

fromScary Mommy

You Should Only Be Reaching Out To Your College-Aged Kid Once A Week

Weekly, positive check-ins with college students and avoiding questions that solicit negative details support adjustment and reduce homesickness.

Mental health

I never felt as lost as I did right after graduating college. Getting a full-time job changed that.

A graduate returned home, feeling adrift, anxious, mourning college friendships, and facing uncertain adult responsibilities.

Higher education

I was lucky enough to land a full-time job before graduating from college. But I wasn't prepared for the real world.

Graduating and starting a full-time job created emotional loss, reduced social freedom, and difficulty adjusting from college routines to adult responsibilities.

Medicine

I'm a first-year medical student at Stanford. From working on cadavers to 12-hour lecture days, this is what a week in my life is like.

Starting medical school at Stanford involves intense coursework and cadaver labs, homesickness for family across the country, and forming a supportive new community.

#immigration

3 months ago

Film

My cultural awakening: Jackie Chan films inspired me to become a kung fu instructor

US politics

'It's just bad food. Meat is completely different. Dairy too. I miss the butter': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

US politics

'Nobody checked our phones at the airport': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

3 months ago

Film

My cultural awakening: Jackie Chan films inspired me to become a kung fu instructor

US politics

'It's just bad food. Meat is completely different. Dairy too. I miss the butter': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America