| Homesickness. How do you define it? A little niggling | | | | is the silent killer that gnaws away at the sufferer |
| at the pit of your stomach. Constantly thinking about | | | | who pretends that they are fine. In fact, for some |
| what you left behind. Feeling depressed. In my | | | | strange reason people would admit to murder before |
| opinion, you can't really convey it with words as it | | | | admitting that they were even experiencing a tad of |
| affects people in different ways. Some people cry, | | | | homesickness. |
| some people drink, some eat and others, well, they | | | | There is so much shame confessing that there are |
| just can't help flying back "home" at any opportunity. | | | | elements of your home country that you miss. And if |
| Others choose not to think about home and focus | | | | you do admit to even the slightest twinge of |
| their attentions on their new life. This is probably the | | | | homesickness, be prepared for the born again |
| most positive way of dealing with it, although some | | | | Spanish to jump down your throat reminding you of |
| might say it involves denying your true feelings. | | | | the so called hell that you left behind. It is deemed as |
| Not everyone experiences homesickness, in fact | | | | ungrateful to have a less than positive experience in |
| many are completely unscathed by the whole | | | | Spain whilst they are so many yearning to be in your |
| relocation process. Many factors will influence the | | | | shoes. |
| level of homesickness. Inevitably, those who have | | | | Homesickness can be dealt with in many ways, the |
| family and friends nearby, enough money to afford a | | | | most obvious solution being to return to your home |
| comfortable lifestyle a nice home etc will have | | | | country. But you don't have to take such drastic |
| different experience to someone who has come out | | | | action. It may just require a move to another part of |
| not knowing anyone, on a limited budget and unsure | | | | Spain. For example those living inland might actually be |
| of what to expect. | | | | happier living closer to an expat community on the |
| People tend to think of homesickness as something | | | | coast. So any decisions need to be careful |
| that affects only new arrivals. They just need to | | | | considered, having taken the initial plunge to move |
| settle in and then it will all be better. But this isn't the | | | | out to Spain. One should never compare themselves |
| case, I have heard of people suffering from bouts of | | | | to other people as some people are very good at |
| homesickness having lived abroad for twenty years | | | | convincing themselves and others that everything is |
| or more. In fact some people experience | | | | great and they haven't experienced a single day's |
| homesickness everyday of their lives but just suffer | | | | worth of homesickness. |
| it out because it is easier that way rather than | | | | The best advice that anyone can give you is to take |
| uproot again and return. | | | | each day as it comes and not beat yourself up about |
| Many people feel alone with their homesickness | | | | feeling the way that you do. It may be something |
| especially when every other expat around them is | | | | that you eventually overcome as you feel more |
| proudly declaring that they love Spain and can't find | | | | settled or you may find yourself experiencing bouts |
| any fault with the country. In a sense, homesickness | | | | for as long as you live abroad. |