HOMESICKNESS 😔How to deal with + overcome being homesick while travelling 

Also a little tip: watch a tv show in your native language/set in your country. Sometimes being surrounded by a foreign language all day can stress you out.

At the moment! I miss my friends however I don’t want to go home... I want them to come TRAVEL WITH MEEEE

I vividly remember sitting in a cafe in London super teary on my first solo trip and searching ‘how to deal with homesickness’ in RU-vid! Wish I had this then, well done! Surrounding myself with other people was the best possible solution, but it gets so much easier the more you travel and grow

Really needed this, popped up whilst I was crying in my hostel in Moalboal. Thank you Christianne 💕

I'm 66 years old; my parents have both passed away, my brother lives in Oregon & my sister lives in South Carolina. My sister & I have always been really close, so much so that we have spent the last 20-some odd years living together. But now, I've decided the time has come for me to move to the place I've always wanted to live: Pennsylvania. I don't know anyone in Pennsylvania; but I have a friend who lives in Salem, West Virginia & a friend who lives in West Orange, NJ. Knowing that I have them as warm, loving friends really means a lot to me. I will call a travel agent in the morning & make arrangements to move. It won't be for retirement yet but for work...maybe keeping busy will help as well. Wish me luck! 🍀🍀🍀🍀😀

i really needed this🙏🏼 i’m currently in the Philippines, i’ve been sick for over a week and it’s Christmas time in Canada. i was so close to buying a plane ticket back home, but this video made me think about why i travel and made me realize that i CAN push through this homesickness and that it’s just a phase!! thank you so much💛💛💛

I'd love to see a similar style video about dealing with the end of the trip and coming home back into a 'normal' routine! xx

i adore travel and going to new places, but the feeling of homesickness is so real. i'm currently in japan and i can only think about my home over in california. everything's about an ocean away. i'm returning in 3 weeks and i'll be home eventually, but this feeling is so taxing

I’m currently on my first solo backpacking trip at 19yo in Costa Rica, and god, I have been feeling so homesick the last few days, and I don’t want my trip to be wasted because of this homesickness…. Thanks for the vid, it was really helpful 🥰

One thing that I do as a rule wherever I go (even if it's for two days) is that I make myself at home, I take out my clothes, I hang a postcard on the wall, I put my scarf (or whatever large piece of fabric I have on me) on my bed. When you are travelling for a long time you kind of want to feel that you are your own home, so it really really works for me, whenever I don't do it I find myself feeling realhomesick. Sometimes I even take a picture of the place, and it kind of makes me feel like I have a portable home. (I've found really creative ways to do this on hostels as I usually can't just unpack everything)

Not related to the topic of this video, but I love how you look so relaxed! Glad you shared these amazing tips, they're super helpful ❤️

Ahh right in the feels 😭 We're from Australia and have been living in the U.K. for the last three years to work, travel, and create videos. We miss home all the time, especially because it's not easy to go back to visit. We find that the best remedy is to keep in contact with people from home, and to also focus on the reasons that we're overseas and be grateful for the experiences we're having ❤️ Brb, should probably call the family now, it's been a while 😅

Even though I came here to get some tips for future travels I may take, I walked away with so much more! A lot of things you said could apply to what we're going through right now with being stuck at home during Covid lock downs. You helped me to calm down my anxiety over it and helped put me back in the right mindset! So even know this may not be what you intended this video to help with, it helped me so much! Thank you and hope you are well!

This is a really helpful video and made me feel a lot more comfortable with my homesickness. I’ve just moved to the other side of the world for 6 months and am feeling all sorts of homesickness.

Just love this, never been backpacking, but have missed home when away So many people will relate to this right now while they are away from home Probably just the boost they need, and knowing it happens to most of us xx

So glad you made this. Sometimes the distance is tangible and it hits you in a physical way! It’s really sad! And I couldn’t agree more, don’t distract yourself with going out clubbing if you feel down. It’ll only Make things worse!

That helps a lot! I'm currently in Australia on my first working holiday visa, and having traveled Thailand and southeast asia for 2 times (total of 6,5 months) by myself, I thought coming to Australia is going to be as easy and fun as my previous travels. It's not! Finding work and living here has been so much harder than I ever thought it could be. Talking to my family very often has definitely helped me sooo much. My parents are so motivating me to not give up and do what I really want to do, although they'd be more happy to see me back home. Anyway, it's a great video, thank you!!

I feel homesick like the 4th day of all my trips 🙈 Even if im having the best time ever! I miss my bed, my dogs ...

Really needed this. Only have 4 days left of my trip but felt so homesick tonight. This is just what I needed. Thank you so much! Going to make the most of my last couple days!!! ,🧡💙💙

Thank You Im in Medellin, Colombia South America as of now been here over a month so far im feeling homesick missing the US but thank you this have giving me a better positive direction on acomplishing my travel goals ..

I've been struggling with anxiety and depression for the last 3 years. 2 years have been spent staying in the house for the most part and I'm going on a somewhat vacation tomorrow with people I don't even know.. I can't sleep, I'm nauseous, and very hot. So thank you for making this video.

I’ll be flying as a unaccompanied minor with my older sister in a few months to spend two weeks at my grandparents house, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to get homesick. Once I reach the week mark I’m probably gonna cry. Will be saving this video for when that happens.

Needed this, my first year going to a military university 2000 miles away from home… and it’s rough.

Very insightful reflections and tips about feeling homesickness. Thank you!

Really good video! I especially like the tip about engaging in sport and keeping active which can be difficult to remember when indulging a little too much. I've currently been in a foreign country for 2 months so these tips will help me with homesickness. 😊

The tangible item that reminds you of home is a very important one and the one thing that works for me - at night at hostels if I feel uneasy, homesick or lonely, opening my favourite books on my kindle brings me back to comfortable and home-y feelings. It’s not quite like hugging your family, but I’m very grateful to have that when I travel 😊

Great video lovely Christie!!! ❤ I always feel a little homesick when on holiday!

Getting out of your comfort zone is great advice for other reasons too. I've read that new neuron pathways are made with new situations. So, in a sense, you'll get smarter!

Needed this so much, thank you.

You're a mind reader. Feeling really lonely in my hostel in Cairns. Thank you. ♥️

Both of the last times I felt homesick and was technically solo I ended up going home early. In those situations it was definitely right for me since I ended up dealing with depression. This time I'm going I decided to see a therapist before I left to help me stabilize myself before going and to help me develop coping mechanisms for being alone and anxious/unsure, since that usually leads to homesickness for me. One of my favorite things she told me was when I was talking during one session about feeling naive and not very adult. She responded, 'Do you have proof of that?' Come to think about it, I didn't. As a matter of fact, I only have proof of myself being responsible and self aware! This next trip I'm taking that statement with me. If I don't have proof of a negative statement, it isn't true! 😊

Thank you so much! I was crying during my family vacation in Penang. Thanks :)

i am traveling across the country this friday and am leaving my sweet cat at home!:( i also currently have bad anxiety about the idea of traveling due to covid but this has helped and i have it in my mind to enjoy this trip and that it will end very quickly and ill be back home working !

Very helpful advice for those who struggle with being homesick.

Hanging in my hostel in Sydney. Missing my Maui home but grateful to be here 💖

This couldn't come at a better time! I left Japan today where I also went through a breakup so felt very emotional this morning when flying to Bangkok. Since the breakup (which happened two weeks ago) it has honestly been really hard to beat the feeling of being homesick while going through this without any friends from home or family around. Thank you!

I moved to the UK this autumn and I was so freaking homesick the first 3 weeks. Then it got better but I have brief flashes of homesickness every now and then. Just have to make it through 3 more weeks and then I get to go back home 😭 although I don’t regret coming here (met some amazing people!) it’s still hard. Excited for the rest of my gap year 😍

My top tip would be booking yourself onto a group tour for a few days, keeps you really busy you meet new people and get to connect over little things like cooking and eating together - instant friends :)

Really true about alcohol-- I had the worst panic attack of my life in a hostel in Berlin after a night out. I was overtired from the redeye i had taken to get there and drank quite a bit that night (which is fun, don't get me wrong!), but it really affected my mood and worsened my anxiety (thus making me incredibly homesick). Hostels are not fun places to have panic attacks so it's important to prioritize your wellbeing over a night out!

i didn't say a thing about missing home neither cried to myself for 6 months when I moved to another country but today I just couldn't hold it in, cried for a whole hour thank you for this video

I needed this video because I’m leaving to go on vacation tomorrow because I’ve bad anxiety. Also thanks for the tips

whenever i go anywhere that isn't my house i get homesick. wether its school, my friends house or just anywhere else, i get homesick. i try to remember i'll be home soon but it makes it worse. im from north wales and im currently in london for a week with my mum and my grandma, and at night i get super homesick. the fact i overthink doesn't help either, especially with the storms going on, i can't help but thing something might happen at home. i always try to think on the positive side but my mind always thinks about the worst case scenarios. my dad phones every night and again, it makes it wore, even if all of my family is with me. it makes me scared, knowing im going to get homesick. i feel like it restricts me from exploring the world but because of this, i don't. all i want to do is be at home. all i want to do at the moment is go home and i'll cry for hours just wanting to be home,, im sorry for ranting but i thought it would show others that might be feeling the same way as i did that they're not the only one :// p.s the reason i came is because my family made me go, i didnt want to but now im here :(

Haha this is THE MOST relaxing video!! Totally agree with the eating fav foods from home - right after high school I went to turkey for two months and the first month was amazing and then I started missing home the second month - finding this little bakery that made DELICIOUS pizza was a game changer - made me so happy (and helped me put on a bunch of weight that I had lost lol)

Ty i just moved from Hawaii and I lived there basically my whole life I was 3 when I moved there I’m 11 now I miss it so much 😢

It’s interesting, when I left for my working holiday visa I was only homesick 2 or 3 times (although they were pretty bad). Now that I’ve returned home, I find myself feeling homesick for Sydney, which was my base for the year. one of best and worst parts of travel, you miss things so much, but it makes realize how lucky you were to be there!

Homesickness is a real thing. We always feel that whenever we travel.

Hi that was really helpful of you because I really miss my house and I’m at my grandparents house in Atlanta Georgia

I'm feeling homesick because I'm on a beachy holiday and I'm stuck inside due to severe wind and rain. My whole trip is like this. Can you do a video on what to do when your holiday doesn't go to plan?

You could also try a different city or change the scenery in the country coz sometimes the city or the area is just not right for you. From experience, I felt a bit down in Dublin (mainly coz I hated Dublin and everyone in Dublin seems to keep to themselves) but as soon as I got to Galway, everything started feeling better.

Great video!

I've been in Albuquerque for 3 months staying with my Grandpa and i miss my mom and siblings besides people, the thing I miss the most are my things, like my clothes and my room, living out of a briefcase sucks, and I left all my clothes back home and bought all new clothes here so I have nothing from home to comfort me

I'm on vacation right now and for the past two times I've went to Florida so I'm really far from where I live and I really miss my home and dog, but I absolutely love traveling and getting away so I'm a complete mess right now

Im at my grandparents in Florida, and all I want is to hug my parents!!😖😖😖😖😖😖😖 my parents are all the way In Washington!!😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

My parents are split up and I’m a bit more attached to my dad. I like to go on vacation with my mom but I always get very homesick. It really only happens once while on vacation but it gets pretty bad. Not the last but second to last vacation I went on with my mom was 3 years ago and I cried and had an anxiety attack and my mom comforted me. After that I was ok and didn’t really get homesick but I couldn’t sleep well. My mom is planning another trip for next month and I am preparing this time for a homesick “attack” but I don’t think I will have one. I went on a weekend trip with her last year and I didn’t get homesick.

I got homesick for the first time just a few days ago, I suggest breathing in some cold air and just look around, it clears the head

Also can you talk about the opposite? I feel a lot of us struggle with the downer of being back, not immediately, but after a few weeks I really miss the excitement and I feel kinda blue

Great topic. :D

I can’t even call my mom because I have my moms old phone!!! Please, someone!! I can’t do this alone!!!😖😖😖😖😖😭😭😭😖😭😭😖😭

I just arrived in US for college for the first time I'm currently waiting for my connection flight and all I can think about rn is my mama and my friends back in my country I miss them all I feel so lonely and depressed....

Im in Guatemala and for me is « tchaoooo » i buy à ticket to return and im not feel bad, im realy exited to return in my country 🇧🇪

Watching this on my first solo trip, I made it half a day before getting panicky🙃

Which airline review is most likely going to come out next and can you give a time approximate

Hi Christianne, could you put up a video about tips of preparing to go through airport security? , I get easily nervous going through security.

Hey Backpacking Bananas! Not really relevant to this video but I'm currently in Australia on a gap year (I got the idea and confidence to do so from you!), and like you, I love travelling to get out of dreary South England. Anyway, since I'm so close, I'm planning to go to Bali next month and was wondering if you could recommend any companies to complete a Freediving and Scuba Diving course there. Thank you :D

i moved in with my mom after 8 years of living with my dad and almost a year later i’m feeling heavily home sick. 😓 not a good feeling honestly

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i’m going to arizona with my dad for 15 days and i don’t like being away from my mom🥲 so i’m nervous.

I misss my home am at some where nice but I miss a lot of stuff at home

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Please get to actual solutions fast- really appreciate your video

Christianne please!! I need some advice!!😖😖😖😖😖😖

I just moved & already missing my friends & family. I feel so lonely 😭

Theres this place that i used to go to with my family and we dont go there anymore its the only place i really felt at place kinda? Idk what to do i really miss it to the point that i cry a lot like a little child and start hyperventilating and stuff😅

I hate sleepovers because I get homesick but I want to do them any tips

Any possibilty of doing a packing list video for New Zealand in Decemeber???

Going to Spain from California in March 2022 and I’m already homesick and missing my family lol. It’s a school trip and I’m thinking of refunding and I’m just sad lol

It's hard when your homesickness becomes literal sickness to where your anxiety is making you stay up all night puking. I just feel like I could handle it better if it weren't for the nausea. Night time is the hardest because you can't really use distractions. You're just laying there, trying to sleep, but you feel sick to your stomach.

I like Jello 🌚✌️

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How to deal with homesickness? - Go back home, and never leave again.

I am neither bc i am being forced to go to my grandmas bc my parents arw going on a rrip for 2 weeks

Please!!😭😭😭😖😖😖

I’m on an exchange year, currently sitting back at home tho, and I reallllyyyyy don’t want to go back, I just want to stay at home :(

Hi. 😊

i haven’t even reached my destination and im already homesick 🥹

I’m going to summer camp in about a month and i’m so nervous. i have this feeling where i’m feeling scared to go, and this helped me. I’m still a little nervous since it’s my first time, and i’m gonna be surrounded by strangers, but I’m looking forward to make some friends and have fun. I’m gonna be away from my home and family for 9 days, and the longest I’ve tried is 4. wish me luck haha 🥲