Should I leave a good school if I'm miserable there?

Lizardly
Sun, 01 Oct 2017 13:28:55 +0000

I am late to this thread. I am glad you are going to see a therapist to help you figure out what is going on, whether you are depressed or homesick or just unsure.

I am going to suggest that it isn’t so bad to want to come home and live at home in the place you grew up. I grew up in a small town where people were not very well off. It was not unusual at all for kids to live at home while they worked and went to college. That was the norm. Going away and seldom seeing your family was unusual. The same holds in other cultures. It isn’t unusual for kids in other countries to live at home while they go to school.

A few years ago I asked a young man where he wanted to go to college. I was just making conversation. His answer was “I don’t know, but somewhere here in town. Everyone and everything I love is here.” Maybe you are like him.