Homesick after the holidays

lullinatalk
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:22:31 +0000

I am a high school senior, but my parents live on the other side of the world and I have been going to a boarding school for the last 3.5 years, so I might have some advice for you. I still get depressed whenever I have to return to school from breaks, and this is not because I am antisocial. I have no friends in my home country, and all my best friends are day students at my school, so you would think I am not homesick. No, in fact, I am still homesick. A non-traditional advice I can give you is that you should not talk to your parents or anyone from home. I mean, only email or IM them for a while, maybe two weeks to a month. I feel like this helps reduce the emotional attachment you still have to home.