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Steps to Cure Homesickness in College
- By Tom Tessin
- Published Tuesday the 14th, 2008
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Often when students go away to school at first, a majority of them wonder why they ever wanted to go away to school and end up getting homesick. Being homesick is never fun. People get it when they’re on vacation, far away from home and mostly when they’re away at college. Since going away to college is something that is a commitment and farther away it is harder to deal with. If you’re someone who is homesick and away at college don’t feel like you’re the only one. There are many people in the same boat as you. Also, there are many things that you can do to get rid of feeling homesick of things you can do to help deal with it. Need some ideas? Read below and see how you can help with your homesickness.
Keep in contact – You have to remember that just because you’re farther away from home you still can keep in contact. Make daily, weekly, monthly phone calls; write letters through mail or through e-mail. Do what ever you have to do to feel better about your situation. Calling the people your close with will help tremendously. Just hearing their voice and talking about how you’re getting through college is a great way to feel comforted.
Plan a day – Plan a day for your friends, family, or significant other to come and visit you. This will get you excited until they come and will be a fun day for you guys to hang out. Having
them come up to see you will be exciting for both you and them. So plan a few days so you have something and someone to look forward to seeing.
Make it like home – Did you have certain things and home that you just adored? If so, bring those items from home and put them in your dorm room. Make your dorm room as much like home as you can. You don’t want to feel like you are somewhere foreign. Bring your favorite items and make your room like your room at home!
Photographs – The next time you go home take a ton of pictures. Take pictures of the things you love in your town, your best friends, relatives, and pets, anything that will make you happy. Take a ton of pictures and put them all around your dorm room. You can never have too many pictures. The next time you’re bored you can even make a scrapbook with them all!
Go home – Plan a weekend for you to go home. There is nothing more excited than just saying goodbye to the college once and a while and going back home. Make sure it’s a weekend where your friends and family will be home. There is nothing wrong with going home once and a while!
Although college is supposed to be a very fun time in everyone’s life, some people are different. You may be homesick at first, but hang in there you will make a ton of friends and you’ll feel just fine being at school. In the meantime, while you’re still homesick, follow these tips to help cope with being homesick.
Keep in contact – You have to remember that just because you’re farther away from home you still can keep in contact. Make daily, weekly, monthly phone calls; write letters through mail or through e-mail. Do what ever you have to do to feel better about your situation. Calling the people your close with will help tremendously. Just hearing their voice and talking about how you’re getting through college is a great way to feel comforted.
Plan a day – Plan a day for your friends, family, or significant other to come and visit you. This will get you excited until they come and will be a fun day for you guys to hang out. Having
Make it like home – Did you have certain things and home that you just adored? If so, bring those items from home and put them in your dorm room. Make your dorm room as much like home as you can. You don’t want to feel like you are somewhere foreign. Bring your favorite items and make your room like your room at home!
Photographs – The next time you go home take a ton of pictures. Take pictures of the things you love in your town, your best friends, relatives, and pets, anything that will make you happy. Take a ton of pictures and put them all around your dorm room. You can never have too many pictures. The next time you’re bored you can even make a scrapbook with them all!
Go home – Plan a weekend for you to go home. There is nothing more excited than just saying goodbye to the college once and a while and going back home. Make sure it’s a weekend where your friends and family will be home. There is nothing wrong with going home once and a while!
Although college is supposed to be a very fun time in everyone’s life, some people are different. You may be homesick at first, but hang in there you will make a ton of friends and you’ll feel just fine being at school. In the meantime, while you’re still homesick, follow these tips to help cope with being homesick.