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.
You’re home sick and it’s super normal. Everyone back home is moving on with their life and you get a lot of fomo.
I struggle sometimes and that’s after 5 years of being abroad. Every time I go back to my home town I get super anxious so I know I shouldn’t move back but my brain romanticises it.
Imo give it 2 years unless you are hysterically crying all the time. The feeling will lessen as you develop a sense of community in Switzerland.
One thing I will say though is that once you have developed a sense of community in another city you forever carry a burden of ‘what life might have been’ no matter what you do. It’s kind of shitty feeling and you will never be able to reconcile it because you can’t bring all the people you love to the same place. It’s 100% worth it but it’s not all positives.