homesickness

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Tanmoy Moulik @tom_view (6569) • Kolkata, India 29 Apr 23

I was feeling quite bad for few days.As I stay away from my home ,the feeling of loneliness comes sometime.So,when there was 3 days leave in office,I could not miss the opportunity to come in my native place and enjoy.It feels...

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Plan for Next Weekend

Yanzalong @yanzalong (19091) • Indonesia 25 Jun 19

Hi everyone. What's your plan for next weekend? My plan is to travel to my hometown. I feel that there are things I'd like to do there. I know the trip back from my hometown to where I am is extremely tiring but nothing can cure...

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A Reminder of Home

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 12 Sep 18

A hundred years ago today, a young man - a poet and an artist - sat in his tent in a dusty and hot land far from home. He was just one small cog in a senseless and brutal machine. His job was to lay and maintain telephone lines so...

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She is there now.

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 20 Sep 17

I am referring to my colleague Miss AGPR, who left for Oman last week. She left without informing us. I knew she was there already when I messaged her on chat, if where she was on that date. She answered she was in Thailand,...

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My Daughter ate Something

Kathryn Koivogui @Frischy (119) 3 May 16

Last night I told you about my daughter who seemed to be on a hunger strike due to her homesickness. Before she got up, my husband went out to look for fruit. She loves fruit, but we have had some trouble finding fruit here in...

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My Daughter is suffering from homesickness

Kathryn Koivogui @Frischy (119) 2 May 16

My family is stuck here in Senegal for at least another month, and possibly longer. My poor daughter, who just turned 18 years old, is very upset about it. We were only supposed to be here two weeks, and during that time get a...

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Anyone from Hyderabad or suffered homesickness ?

MANISH K RAO @mkrnex (785) • Bangalore, India 24 Oct 15

I am a fresher to Hyderabad and experiencing a bit of homesickness!! Would be nice if someone have some good tips to overcome it. I guess most of the people have undergone this feeling? So share it and reduce my...

Dreams that open your eyes.

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 20 Oct 15

For several years I dreamed that I was in London trying to find my way to London Bridge Station. I never found it although in one dream I got as far as Waterloo. Sometimes I would wake up feeling lost. I also dreamed frequently...

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Do ex patriots have a distorted view of their homeland?

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 24 Dec 12

When people leave their native countries they often get homesick. This results in a view of their own land as being superior to the one they have emigrated to in various ways. As an ex.pat. myself I can see the dangers as this...

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Coping With Homesickness

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11944) • Legaspi, Philippines 30 Jun 12

Two weeks ago when we came to this place for field immersion as part of our training. We will be staying here for three (3) months and we're only given 6 one-day passes which we will have to use during the 3 month period. I had...

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home sick....

cac2010 @cac2010 (41) • Philippines 6 Aug 10

Home sick is when one left his home and got located to a new place, where the new conditions make him/her very difficult to cope with and hence causing his/her mind perturbed in a very unsafe state and eagerly wants to be back...

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How long have you been far away from home?

niuniu1 @niuniu1 (166) • China 4 Dec 09

how long have you been far away from home?are you homesick,i just make a call to my parents,make sure that they are all well and let them know i'm well here too.what can we do for our parents do you think to ensure them happy when...

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Have you ever been homesick?

theweerouss @theweerouss (982) • United States 12 Oct 09

I've been away from home for extended periods of time several times in my life, but I've never really gotten

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Homesickness

EnglishTeaDuck @EnglishTeaDuck (862) • United States 28 Aug 09

Is anyone out there homesick? Would anyone like to share their experience, or encourage someone else who may be where you once were? I am English, but five years ago I married my American man and moved to Massachusetts, USA. I...

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Depression drains you.

rudynahcapone @rudynahcapone (50) • United States 13 Aug 09

City girl moves to the countryside, I'm talking about yours truly. Don't you think that's depressing? Oh well, maybe a little. There may be days when I totally miss the old things I used to enjoy back in the city where I was born...

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homesickness...nostalgia...how to deal...

hazbung @hazbung (17) • United States 24 Mar 07

more than 7 months ago i first set foot in the unites states. i am doing well now, but still extremely missing my boyfriend, my friends and other siblings. the last 7 months has been officially the worst 7 months of my life....

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How do you get over homesickness when traveling alone?

luintaurien @luintaurien (972) • United States 12 Mar 07

I am sitting in Lynchburg Virginia and home os in York Nebraska. My husband and son are home. I am so homesick and want to go home but I have a class I am taking here for my Masters degree in marriage and family therapy. I will...

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if you are away to your family how can you avoid homesickness?

sheramel @sheramel (228) • Philippines 2 Feb 07

for me i just focus my attention to my work and i make my family as my inspiration..then i`l go out to met some friends..

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Homesick? According to Doctors this is a Real Illness!

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14347) • Canada 2 Jan 07

I read an article this afternoon which went on to say that homesickness is really an illness. They explained a story of a young girl away from home attending college for the first time. She would drag herself to class but when she...

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When was the last time that you cried?

GetpaidHavoc @GetpaidHavoc (160) • Brazil 15 Dec 06

Im from Brazil, sorry for bad english u.u.... So..i cried last night coz im missing some friends... o.o so..post here.

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