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 travelled and lived abroad extensively before settling down, but when the time came, as much as I loved living in new places, I couldn’t escape the fact that my closest friends and family was back home, and nobody was getting any younger. I felt I had to go back to be with the people I love, because ultimately that was more important than “place”.
But not everyone is like that. My partner is from halfway across the world and, fortunately for us, she’s more than happy to be away from her folks and go there only on vacation. They’re not bad people, but she just loves her independence.
So ultimately my advice is: you know yourself better than we do, what truly makes you happy?