Gemma Spake

Hence why you feel anxious.

Hence why you idealize home.

Hence why you may be withdrawn socially.

You may want to spend more time inside.

You may not be sleeping well.

You may not be hungry.

You may be really worried.

especially social and physical withdrawal.

It's interesting.

Some researchers actually suggest this is a natural hermiting instinct when we feel homesick.

It's trying to drive you to spend more time in whatever space you're in to become more familiar with it or to make it feel like home.

That can obviously not be great if that's the only thing you do, but all of this is this reaction to stress and to not having that homeostasis, that equilibrium.

The confusing thing is that you don't always feel this way straight away, right?

Or all at once.

That's because when we initially enter a new space or a new place, there is always going to be like a honeymoon or an adjustment period.

Basically, there is always going to be a period where your brain is

is like, this is really fun.

And still kind of thinks like, oh, we're just here temporarily.

Like home is still home.

We'll be back there soon.