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.
Speaking as someone who used to live in Switzerland. Give it more time, I would say at least 1.5 years. CH is not an easy place to make friends and you will have to put in substantial effort. But you can’t really tell you’ll be happy there until you establish your circle. If you still don’t like it even after having a group of friends, move. I lived there for five years, and all my initials problems with the place ultimately led me to move. There are far too many places in the world, and many more interesting cities even in Europe for you to stay somewhere you’re not feeling. The winter is super brutal by the way, I highly recommend getting into winter sports otherwise it will be depressing…