Study Abroad Diaries Ep. 3 - "the one about homesickness"
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2022
- This is the third epsiode in a series of videos about what I have learned while studying abroad. In this video I am covering the topic of homesickness in three parts:
the stages of homesickness
how to overcome homesickness
and what happens to your life when you accept that homesickness is a natural part of the experience.
I discuss tips on how to avoid feeling excess sadness over leaving home and how to use your tim abroad to it's full extent.
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Age: 21
Year in School: Rising Junior at The College of Charleston
Major: Arts Management & Creative Writing
Where I'm From: Washington, D.C.
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Since I was 17, I left my hometown to go to another city to study. And despite the fact that 3 years have passed, each time it feels worse, I don't think it will ever go. I feel so lonely here, I only made a real friend and she goes back to her city on vacation so I'm alone again, and I can't talk about it with anyone because my parents would worry and and I don't want them to believe that all the effort and money they spend for me to be here is in vain. But I miss my home so much, my pets, my siblings and my parents. When school starts it's a little better just because I'm too busy to feel sad about home, but when I have nothing to do the sadness hits me and I need to go back home but I can't. I feel such like a baby because I'm crying and the worst thing is that I have social anxiety so I'm locked in my apartment all the time if I have to go out it's torture but I go crazy locked up with my thoughts all the time. It helps a bit to see that I'm not alone in this and there are several people going through the same thing, I send a hug to all of you. Possibly no one will read this but I needed to get it out of my system.
Your not alone 🫂
@@jhopesspriteee Thank u🥺💕
U are not alone sweetheart I know how it feels to do something for your parents efforts for u to study spending so many expenses but at the same time seeking all those familiarities you r use to 🫂💗
Hope everything gets better ❤
go to your college and talk to others, I know social anxiety can make it bad but its better to go through that phase of being anxious when you're first time talking to someone over being alone at your apartment. and once you're over that phase, you're gonna have really great friends so cheer up. :)
I’m having a really hard time trying to adapt to life in Canada. It’s been 9 months and I feel like i’m not enjoying as I should, I feel sad most of the time and miss home so much, it’s literally all I think about all day long. I’m trying to overcome it but it’s so hardd, it seems like I’m stuck in the past. How to let go of the past and enjoy the present is the question I’m trying to answer. Anyways, just wanted to leave this here if anyone else can relate, you’re not alone :) But thanks so much for this video, it gives me hope🫶🏻
Hey r u in Waterloo/kitchener? I’m from there if u are I can be ur friend! Ik that sounds creepy lol but um I was born in Canada and I gotta tell u Canada is such a boring country you’re not alone, try to use this time to focus on yourself and self improvement remember there will be a time when this is all just a memory.
I go to a boarding school in scotland, and only 15, i get homesick all the time, but things do get better!! Thanks for the advice!
Im all alone. Idk the language that well. Idk anyone here. I live with 2 strangers. Im gonna manage everything on my own. I miss everyone and everything back at home. I miss the little things and big things. Idk when itll get better for me if itever will. It hurts to much i cant stop crying nor can i sleep. I miss my cat so much. I just miss the comfort and safety of home so much. Im so scared.
i’m living this reality right now! i’ve only been here a couple of days, but my anxiety has made me sick to my stomach each day so far. im hoping things got better for you!
@morganflusche8641 hey.. things are better for me. I found 3 good friends who are the legit reason ive made it through some hard days recently. And yeah, i still feel like an alien here sometimes but i am doing a lot better than my first 2 weeks which i thought would never happen.
your videos feel so cozy and this couldn't come at a better time. i'm struggling with home sickness right now, and it feels nice to know i'm not alone in this feeling
It can be such a struggle sometimes!! Hang in there ♥️
It's being 1 year that I left my country my friends family to go and live with only my dad in France, I miss my mom and my friends, I just get diagnostiqued by depression or homesickness... idk when I'm going to return but I know that I will see everyone again, in my experience homesick it's one of the worst feeling it can make u enter in depression and being isolating yourself from everyone and not wanting to meet new people. If you fell into depression for being away from home, I want to tell you that you are not alone in this, there are several people who are going through it, I know you can handle this, you will return home one day and you will see all your special people.
Katie thank u for the video it made me feel better
seeing this now really helps me a lot as a first year in uni/college
Katie this video is literally so good!!! I really love your channel, it is helping me feel so prepared for going abroad at the University of Edinburgh in the fall
hey! i'm also going to Uni of Edinburgh in the fall!!!
Ah I’m so glad!! :) best of luck to you next year you’ll have a blast 🥳
Whilst I love the rest of your videos which are very playful and showcase your adventures, you've really made this particular series honest, heartfelt, and wonderfully expressive. It's great to see another side of someone I thought I knew through their other videos. Stay in the uk as we'd love to have you 😊
Oh my goodness thank you so much! It’s always a little stressful to try out something new so I really appreciate it :)
im so glad i found your account cause im planning to move abroad for university next year and im so excited yet nervous !!
wow! absolutely loved this!!! needed this, thanks a lot!!
love these videos. I like to be prepared before jumping into something so here I am watching other people study abroad before I do
Thank you for this video! I was feeling homesick but I’m feeling much much better now💗
this deserves millions of views
The video is so informative. Thank you so much. I'm on my fourth stage and really feeling homesick 😞. But after this video, I hope I'll get better
Thank you so much. I really needed this, especially during the festive months where I couldn't go back home to celebrate due to not having enough money.
thank you katie, i've been watching your content for a while, and my study abroad semester in edinburgh is coming up quickly, so, thank you for this. i know i'll need it :p
Amazing!! Thank you :) you’ll have the best time
Moving to Scotland in September! I'm at that stage where I'm anxious because it's less than a month away
This is such an amazing video 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
I love this series!! Thank you so much! I am going to study abroad in wales for a year this fall and I feel so encouraged and equipped from you videos, thank you !!!
Thank you for watching!! :) best of luck to you!
your videos are so therapeutic to me atm ! I am taking a gap year to live in Germany before college, and while i am very excited, i am also very very nervous. the experiences may not be exactly the same, but your advice and commentary have been calming my nerves for the past few days, so I wanted to say thank you :) keep up the good work !
Oh I’m so glad! I hope you have the best time in Germany!! ❤️
I really appreciate this video a lot. I've been looking into a lot of schools across the UK and Edinburgh has stuck out the most for me but I'm also scared of getting there and regretting it and wanting to go back home from missing it so much
It can be really hard but worth it 🥲
Here i am. Just reached to the new country. Everything feels like a huge mistake yet i know i need all this. I don't know anyone here and im already so inaccessible but feeling like this is making me even more inaccessible.
I didn't really have the good first few days since i couldnt,roam around but definitely at the good cry stage rn.
Thank you for this video i desperately need this right now.
Me too I’m definitely at the good cry stage 🥲
@@khadidjaghanem9169 :( i hope things get a lot better for us both soon.
Hey, just checking in... Did it get any better?
@broad.daylight hey. it did get better.. i know the place more, i have 3 good and true friends at this point and many other acquaintances. ive accomplished plenty already and there are many days n nights i enjoy outtings and such but there are still nights i feel low n heavy and miss my mom and cat till i break down. i guess that'll always come and go naturally. thanks for checking up tho
Moving to Leeds in September (from Texas) for a 1year post-grad program & your videos are helping me so much rn 😭Thank you for making them and for all of your wonderful insights ~ 🙏 💓 🙏
Ah so exciting!! Wishing you the best for next year :) and thank you for your kind worlds they mean a lot 😊
It was inspiring I needed it❤
U explained it perfectly
Yea it’s gotta be tough to be 21, 22 and maybe away from home for the first time for as much as a year.. I mean, ok UK culture is cool and exciting but I really just want some of Grandmas pecan pie right now.. I moved to Germany when I was 16 for 3 years so I can relate ✨
Also really liking your music choices on your vlogs⭐️
Thank you!! Haha I can totally relate to the pie thing thanksgiving really hurt this year 😂🥲
Inspiring!
Thank you very much
New comment here. Im going to study abroad for the first time at age 18 and I am pissing scared and I have anxiety!!! Im going to live with 2 other guys and oh my god IM SCARED...
Im currently also new to a country for study all alone for the first time. I know how youfeel and how u will feel.. i just wish you luck and keep hope with you, let yourself feel ur emotions and take ur time adjusting.
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Same feeling, but my problem is that the place I consider as home is not actually my home, and I can't live there anymore. But the place (I hate) is supposed to be my home, so am I stuck here forever?
Every day (4 years till now), I feel so uncomfortable when I meet most of the people her .I feel like one day I will get back to my childhood place, but it's impossible.
I wish I had been born in my real home 😞
i love your videos
Im on my Exchange in Germany and its all so new to me and i have cried everyday since i got here. And this helped alot, thank you❤️
How are you doing now?
@@katiestandfield9149 Since i wrote that it was my first 2 weeks on my exchange, now its been 4 months since and i have never gotten homesick ever since. I love it here, had to change familys tho but its ok. I know how to speak to people now in another language and i have traveled to so many new places. 🕺❤️😁
But ofc its different for everyone and feeling homesick its totally normal
Hi Katie! I love your videos... what camera do you use?
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You are my favorite human
HHahah oh my goodness 🥲 thanks for watching!! ♥️
Why do your videos make me so emotional 🥺 I haven't even done a study abroad lol
HHah oh my gosh 😂 it’s the royalty free music 🤌
@@katieblake bahahaha 😂
Can I lurk in your channel? I just need to find people feeling the same deep murk I am starting to drown into... which is homesickness and reality.
That’s why everybody loves Mexico
I think my homesickness is permanent because i stay away from home for 5 years and again stayed in home for 5 years and now again I'm staying away from home to study and feeling so bad
YOU SHOULD WRITE A BOOK!
Hey Katie, I was wondering if you are going to be studying abroad for the 22-23 year as well?
Just this year!