College Freshman: How to Get Over Homesickness

College life can be a big adjustment. Use these tips to ease the transition.
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Bella i left a comment earlier...i just wanted to update how im feeling...believe me i goes away it may take a while, but i have made great friends here at college, i still have moment when im like i want to go home, and not come back, but for the most part i have adjusted, i dont go home every weekend any more, but some i just wanted to tell you guys who feel homesick that it does go away even though you may not think it does,it will, i though the same way, and now ok 11/1/2009
Mansour I like it. It is valuable words

thanks Miss. Fee
10/27/2009
Wallpaper I am a very shy and introverted person. I just started college and moved into the dorm last week. I have trouble making friends, it is very hard for me to meet people. I am very sad, alone, and ashame to be alone. I missed my mom and my cat Tabby. I cried myself to sleep every night. Does college experience ever get better? 9/26/2009
unknown I've been having a really hard time too. And I think it would be a lot less hard if I could visit my family every now and then, but there is no chance of that, we're about a 5 day drive apart. I can't even go home for thanksgiving. It's just so hard, and it's not getting better. I just feel so alone... 9/12/2009
Bella yea i know how all you guys feel i went to a college 10 hrs away from my house i was there for a week and a half and i transferred to another school like 45 min from my house but i still feel homesick a little even though i go home every weekend it is is just so hard and i dont understand why especially when there are people here that cant go home on weekends i feel so bad when i get to and i talk to them about cuz there so far away from their family and im not, i just want to stop feeling like this, its been like 3 weeks 9/9/2009
Sad Why does it have to be so hard? I just moved in too. 8/17/2009
Misham mehadi Thank you very much for giving me the knowledge about the homesickness , it helps me a lot..

Again,thank you verymuch.
6/5/2009
Jaime Excellent advices, I am in the last year of high school so this will help a lot, thanks 12/26/2008
homesick i never thought id miss my family this much. i used to spend long nights with my friends and not think of my family at all but now that im so far away. alone, i miss them so much. i have 5 brothers and i used to do everything with them. i miss them so much that just writing about them right now is making me tear up. and my parents were always there to make dinner, yell, love, care about me, but now they're not with me anymore. i miss the closeness that my family and i had. i honestly am thinking about moving back home or transferring to a college closer to home. but at the same time i dont want to let them down, so i really dont know what to do. i miss them so much that i cry every night before i go to sleep in my dorm room. 9/23/2008
qtnd i still wanna go home.. 9/23/2008
Boo. Oh man. I go through this everyday. I'm not even all that far. Just six or seven hours by car. Haha, but i end up crying most of the time. I know exactly what you guys are talking about. I seriously miss my family, and am considering transferring. I promised myself and my mom that I would stick it out for a year. I feel like a jerk too, because I mainly just talk to the few people that I know here about being homesick. Haha, at times, I am okay. But then it hits me and I can't help it... I suppose getting the feelings out are good though... We'll see how my year goes! 9/4/2008
Cooper HEY everyone , Homesickness is just a temp thing its a minor thought. this uaually happens when you are alone or Right before u go to bed. Try talking to your family. maybe set up a web cam. Have things sent from home,
Dont worrie, you will be fine, Im 18 and i am doing it, :)
6/23/2008
JVJV Awesome advice. Thank you. 3/25/2008
Viraj Patel i'm studying abroad in bulgaria at the university of sophia to study medicine and i feel homesickness tremendously because i miss home i have been here for 3 months and don't know how to deal with my problem i read the suggestions but am really not sure if i can mature

please give me your feedback
thanks!
2/18/2008
anonymous I am crying right now too, and I really miss my family, especially my mom because she is my best friend. I am so homesick that I might end up transfering to a school closer to home..anyone else feel like this 11/5/2007
Anonymous Yep, going through that same exact situation!! 10/29/2007
Kristie Gibbons I think this is great information. Is there a way to get permission to reprint this article or could we print the link? 10/11/2007
Walter im crying right now, and its not even funny.
i really miss my parents and my sister and want to go back home.
im so depressed.
9/26/2007
jordan brown this helped me thank you! 5/16/2006
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