No place like home: Tips for dealing with homesickness 18 Articles

by K. Thomas

Tips That May Help With Homesickness: Remember that it is okay to feel homesick. It is also okay to allow yourself to fully embrace the present moment. It will not be in any way disloyal to those that you miss if you go...read more

by Ted Sherman

This may sound like a very bad movie script, but it is all true. I spent 11 years in an orphanage, and then went from there directly into the Navy in the middle of World War II. The orphanage was nothing like the Oliver Tw...read more

by Randy Mills

The saying goes, "it's no place like home" which is true, but to deal with it is sometimes easier than you think. When traveling overseas, or going out of town, you are generally excited and ready to immerse yourself into ...read more

by Angel Liu

Tears at the NAIA I am finally checking in for my return flight to Los Angeles. It is Sunday, December 2nd and the NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) in Manila, looks deceptively crowded from the outside. Mai...read more

by Joseph Aaron Friedman

Sweet Home Chicago Robert Frost wrote: "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." My home is Chicago, Illinois, and I love my home. I've bounced around this country a b...read more

by Keesha Maitland

When I was 16 years old, I migrated from the small island of Jamaica West Indies to New York which did live up to its name "the big apple". I remember before I left, my parents had a send off party for me and invited all m...read more

by a.con

As much as I love to travel, there is definitely no place like home. While traveling can be an escape from the so called "real world" of life, it can be lonely sometimes. While I was traveling through Australia for 6 mo...read more

by Shel

Having a close knit family is an amazingly wonderful thing. Being away from them can be both emotionally and physically draining. There certainly are many simple remedies to at least minimize this, until you can return ho...read more

by De Ette Stewart

I travel for business and frequently find myself getting homesick towards the end of a long trip. I've found a couple of things I can do to cheer me up until I land back at my home airport and give my little purple car a ...read more

by Clacky McSnackins

It seems that no matter what group you are in, someone in the group is going to miss something about being at home. This could be their dog, their boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, friends, or who knows what else. The real...read more

by William Baylis

After spending months away from home traveling around the world i felt extremely homesick. Nothing can prepare you for that yearning feeling in the bottom of your stomach for normality and your everyday life back HOME. W...read more

by M. Sparga

You find yourself far from home in a strange place, and nothing can bring you any closer than the passage of time until your trip ends. If time feels to you like it's crawling, don't worry. There are plenty of things you...read more

by Talin of Aion

It happens to everyone, not just kids. Homesickness is a normal part of travel, especially if you are in a place that is very different from your home. But how to deal with it? It's easy. Just use these seven tips, a...read more

by James Sabasa

The anxiety that comes from homesickness can be irritating among other things. Homesickness can be described as nostalgia, reminiscence, wistfulness, sadness and even melancholy. Although homesickness is seamlessly normal,...read more

by Chuck Nixon

Throughout the day, my walking was endless. I took few breaks and discovered the water fountains en route. There, I satiated my bladder with what was left in my bottle, filled up, stretched my arms above the head feeling m...read more

by Melissa Marshall

You just got settled in your new apartment. And you are sitting comfortably in front of the T.V. and suddenly you glance over at a picture of your family and the cute pet dog you left behind. You start to feel homesi...read more

by Liz Honey

You awaken slowly, reaching for your clock on the bedside table, but it's not there. You sit up in bed, rub your eyes, look around. Then a sinking feeling runs its course from the top of your groggy head down through your ...read more

by Angelina Duell

Being far away from home doesn't mean that you can't take a piece of home with you. Whether you are traveling, on business or at school, it never hurts to take some little reminders with you. Take a small something with yo...read more