Over holidays like Christmas or Easter, when the city empties out of students going to see family, staying behind can be hard for many of us. Seeing everyone find a group and fit in easily may also affect us and make us feel even more homesick and wish we could run home. Freshers’ week is a time when first years are adapting to student life and may wish for home often. Homesickness can be exacerbated at different stages of university life. This can translate into anxiety or depression-like feelings as well, as thinking of home makes us scared of the unknown of our new environment. Many times, these symptoms include feeling tearful, sad, isolated and, at times, trapped.Īt other times, many people may be feeling “emotionally wobbly” and not be able to identify why, and it can be a repressed feeling of homesickness. Symptoms of homesickness vary from person to person and are not always associated with “home” it can be related to people, food, experiences, or a feeling of nostalgia for a time in your life. I hope that by reading this you will better understand why we feel homesick and also find some suggestions of what to do next time you find yourself feeling this way. Navigating these feelings can sometimes be overwhelming, but remember, you are not alone.
It sometimes happens when I see family pictures and wish I were there, or I eat something and am reminded of how good it is at home, or smell a certain scent and I am taken back to a memory. Although homesickness isn’t an isolated event that only happens to international students, as a Latina away from home, I know that it hits different when you feel homesick and don’t know when you can go home.Īfter three years at university, I have noticed that homesickness hits me at the weirdest and most unexpected times. The Student Housing Company reported that three-quarters of students at UK universities feel homesick. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Student Champion Victoria writes about how she deals with homesickness.Īs we get closer to summer the idea to go home and see loved ones becomes more tangible, but this isn’t the reality for all of us.
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