As the title, I relocated to Switzerland 10 months ago.
In the beginning I had the usual normal anxieties of moving away from home for the first time. However as time went by, adapting to living in Switzerland became harder for me.
I feel a bit defeated because Switzerland is a beautiful place and there are so many good things I love about it, but I just cannot seem to be happy 😔 winter is now here and I feel a bit worse.
I am thinking of moving back to my home country. The thought of being back around my family, the things I love to do, my old friends is making me want to go back more and more. I had an easy life but my salary was not the best hence why I wanted to move.
Is it normal to regret? I am very disappointed in myself for feeling like giving up and going back. But I have been quite depressed for the last 7 months.
When I said the words out loud that I want to go back home I felt a huge sense of relief…however I am still hesitant to lose the opportunity to live here.
I am welcoming any advice you can share. Thank you everyone.
I moved to Switzerland from Rio (I’m from the US but was working in Brazil) after marrying my Swiss husband. I lasted about a year. I also found it very hard to be happy there. Weather was miserable (in my opinion),people weren’t friendly and I realized that despite trying to learn German, unless I at least understood Swiss German I would probably continue to have a hard time integrating. People speak English but in social situations I found they prefer to be able yo speak Swiss. I also couldn’t find a full time job as a teacher bc there are only a few international schools and none had openings. We moved to California and have been here now 3 years. I have said I’d consider trying it again but only if I had a full time job there to at least keep me occupied and be able to afford to escape during the winter as much as possible.