Gemma Spake

Who knows?

Those people are sometimes still in the honeymoon phase.

That's why it looks like it's all working out for them.

I remember when I was at college, I had this friend who, for the first two years that we were there, she was having the best time.

She was the biggest supporter of the university.

She had all the merch.

She would wear like her ANU hoodie everywhere.

She was like the life of the party.

She was having such a great time.

Genuinely, she could have been the school mascot.

And then at like year two, she was like, I miss home so much.

Like, I don't know if I can stay here.

I genuinely was at times thinking like, oh, she's going to leave.

This person who was like the most pro, who just seemed to be adjusting better than anybody.

The homesickness came for her eventually, like it comes for all of us.

You simply just, you cannot compare apples to oranges.

Your time and the time it takes for you to adjust is going to be different.

So now that we kind of understand why homesickness happens, because it is a stress response, because of the sense of safety we need and the place attachment we need as humans, let's talk about...

when you should say like enough is enough when do you know this isn't just homesickness this is something else and also how can you deal with homesickness how can you make yourself feel better during what is a very stressful time we'll be right back after this short break so

You're a dangerous person who preys on vulnerable and trusting people.