Missing home?

[jobygirl]

Does anyone misss home? I go to school about 9 hours away from my home. I love it here, and I wouldn't change colleges for the world, but sometimes I find myself missing home. Does anyone have any advice on how to cope with it? I'm not horribly homesick, but I believe that My experience might be even better if my mind wasn't on home.

 

[DailyBlessings]

Home for me is a thousand mile drive, and though I do not miss the place very much, I often miss my family. I have a few friends, but that is no substitute for always having family to talk to or my dog to play around with. Usually when I get really lonesome, I give them a call or IM for a few hours. Do you have a cell phone? You can find good deals on "family plans" that let you have free calls to a few other people at all hours.

 

[fishstix]

How long have you been away from home? I was homesick the first few weeks of university, but the homesickness eased up with time. I'll give you the advice for coping with homesickness that we used to use with kids at summer camp. Keep yourself busy and your mind occupied. If you have some friends where you are that you can spend time with, that can help. If you don't have any, try to make some. Do something that makes you feel needed where you are - volunteer or something like that. It's ok to think about home sometimes, but if you start getting homesickness, then get your mind on something else. Also, it's usually not a good idea to call home while you are homesick - most people end up making themselves more homesick by doing that. And lastly, take things one day at a time. A single day away from home is usually quite manageable. So don't worry about tomorrow or the next day, just concentrate on getting through today.

 

[servingtheking]

Yeah, I go to school about 6 hours from home and it gets rough. I wasn't used to not being home for 5 months or so at a time, so it took some getting used to.

 

[angelbaby12487]

Does anyone misss home? I go to school about 9 hours away from my home. I love it here, and I wouldn't change colleges for the world, but sometimes I find myself missing home. Does anyone have any advice on how to cope with it? I'm not horribly homesick, but I believe that My experience might be even better if my mind wasn't on home.

Yeah, I live in NH and I go to school in Florida, so the only times i get to come home are Christmas, and summer. Is this your first year? I know the first year or even the first semster seems to be the hardest, then once you make friends and get into the college life it gets better. I would suggest getting involved more, make more friends, join a sports team or a club, and obviously call home whenever you can! Hope it goes well for you!

 

[PuppyforChrist]

Last year was my first year at college. I lived 3 hours from home and I ended up calling home many times a week because I did get homesick for my family and friends... and the peace and quiet I had in my own room at home. It was hard and I focused a lot on going home a lot. But now that it's summer, I'm counting down the days till move-in day for returning students and I've started packing and making lists.. and it's not even August yet! Now I'm missing the atmosphere at my own school and my friends there.

So in short, I think as time goes on you'll start to get more used to being away from home. Pretty soon you might start to miss your school when you are home for the summer because you feel you belong there.

Things will start looking up for you. I'm sure of it.

 

[FoogieFighters]

Oh dear, I know excatally what you are talking about!! The best thing I do it just talk with people, that tends to make things better. I don't really dwell on bringing pictures and things like that! This is my first time ever really being away from home. (except a church camp in the 5th grade which was like an hour away.) You know you have all these people here to talk with you and help you cope with stuff like this. Try n make lots of friends haha! I don't know really what to tell you, but just PM Me if you need someone to talk to I promise I'll listen

 

[tryniti]

i am 1500 miles from home at college, and it is really rough sometimes!! I get to go home for christmas and summer, and that is it. The biggest thing that helps me not miss my family is the church I found here. The hard part of college is that you are with a huge group of people your own age, which is awesome, but you really miss the family element. I have several families at my church that will invite me over for lunch, talk to me about life, and really be a family to me. God is awesome to put these people in my life, and it really helps.

Tryn

 

[FoogieFighters]

Awww man that really does suck!! Where do you go to school at?

 

[tryniti]

I go to Letourneau University in Longview, Texas. I really dont like the city, but I am here to fly, and that is what is important I am from Oregon, which makes it really hard to get used to the scenery (flat) and the weather (hot and humid)

What about you?

 

[ZACTAK]

Hey everyone. This topic interested me, because I am going to be away from my parents soon. I go to school at Missouri State University, and one of the reasons I chose this school was because it was a good drive away from home (4 hours) but it wasn't too far that I couldn't come home on the weekends.

I just found out recently that my parents are moving 13 hours away, and it is going to be hard for me to not leave close enough to them and I will probably only see them a couple times a year, and more than likely not on many holidays

 

[missygirlc]

My advice is to get out and get busy. Get involved with things outside of the academic circles. The sooner you establish a life where you are now, the sooner you will be able to miss home without being homesick. It's okay to be homesick, it's not okay to let it hinder you from doing what God has for you. I understand how you feel. I go to a Christian college that's 7 hours away from home. I'll be praying for you!