Thread: coping with home sickness

Am I the only one that gets home sick often? I feel that way heh. It will suddenly happen and I have boughts of it, other times it is not there. I miss my mum heaps and heaps. Does anybody else feel the same way? How do we cope?

not anytime soon she can't, but i will be going back there next year to visit. my mum is single and i am an only child, so i feel guilty about being so far away. My mum has the family round her close at hand, but she does live alone and i worry so much. I just dont want her to be sad. I have lots of committment here now and making my life here, but the home sickness and guilt makes things hard. I miss certain things about the uk, but i have been told by Brits that it is a much better life out here and i know that i have a better life here than what i did in the uk. It is just hard sometimes.

No I don't get home sick and don't think I will. I have nothing left in England now. I have no need to go back.

yes my mum will eventually move out here, but for now she has my nana and grandad, her two sister, 3 nephews, so that keeps her busy. this forum is great but there does not seem to be many members around.

Hi Ebby,

I don't get homesick as such but there are times where I wish I could just pop around to my best friends for a cuppa (actually it always turned out to be wine .. but the intention was there). Someone gave me the tip that if you're really homesick, as hard as it is, try not to 'phone home' all the time, it tends to make that sense of longing worse and you end up feeling awful when you come off the phone rather than better. Ali x

Goodness Sheena I don't know where you get all the time from to be on all these forums.
Ali x

I'll be temporarily working full time again whilst my boss is off on leave so will act up to clinical nurse specialist. Also try to contribute to Tims other site for Perth People and I'm being 'a mate' for a the south metro health service for new migrant which is something that's just getting off the ground. Cals tried to get me to do a relocation business, but I don't think I'd like to do it full time ... too much like hard work, especially ontop of the stuff the kids do. I'll meet myself coming back some days i'm sure

oh i dont mind who replies lol as long as somebody does, as long as you dont mind my random pointless threads haha well i talk to my mum about twice a week, it helps to know that things are ok and that she sounds happy. sometimes i think, oh i would like to pop round my mums now or take her shopping, but i guess that time will come when she is here. i get so stressed and its causing a flare up of psoriasis on my legs. having a bad week lol

Hubby hates it though ... good job we've been together along time. Not really looking forward to being working full time again, only just got used to 4 days - still no weekend working which is a perk I guess. The stuff for south metro is more one to one, being asked to contact and correspond with people coming to work for our service , but i'm not sure how organised it is yet lol.

Ebby,

Make some relaxation time, candles nice music. Do you know any relaxation excercises? You'll be able to get a realxation tape from shops - the ones that sell smelly candles etc.,

My dad is 70 and now on his own in the UK, but although he was sad at our leaving, having been to aus himself, he knew that it was a good opportunity for us as a family. We were in our early 40's too so time not exactly on our side. My dad is visiting in November and staying over xmas. When you need to 'talk' just come and post on here, people will try to understand even if they've not been through it. I had one day last month where I could have just cried, I didn't want to go back to England or anything I just felt this wave come over me ... it went as quickly as it appeared, but it did help me appreciate what some people may be going through when they feel that day in day out.

Ali x

how did you get rid of it sheena? i have a bit on my elbows, but suddenly it flared up on my legs and i had such great legs too lol going docs tomorrow but dont know what to do. does moisturizing help?