Did you know that Homesickness is normal

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Homesickness Homesickness is a normal experience during transitions. It is when you have difficult emotions about being away from home. It can be seen as a way of dealing with the loss of people you care about, the loss of feeling comfortable in your environment, the loss of routine, the loss of feeling confident and the loss of familiarity. Because you know home is still there and you can go back to it, this makes dealing with its absence and focusing on university life that much harder. Homesickness can also be described as separation anxiety because you have moved away from home and are separated from all that is familiar. Being homesick is often a sign that you have happy, healthy relationships with people back at home and that you are missing these important people It is really important to realize that you are not the only one feeling homesick and that it doesn't in any way mean you are inadequate. You have just moved from a relatively secure and small set of relationships to become an anonymous member of a twenty thousand plus community where you know no-one. Many students coming to university, and maybe leaving home for the first time, feel homesick. Even those who didn't ever expect to be hit by homesickness can suddenly find themselves missing the familiarity of home and friends, and don't know quite how to cope with the resulting emotions. This is entirely normal and passes, usually in the first term, and often within the first few weeks. So don't be too harsh on yourself for experiencing something that is completely normal. In fact by accepting that these feelings are normal you will usually feel better quicker.