I don't live in my homeland, and I get these pangs of homesickness, even when I see a daft picture like this:




does it ever happen to you?

sometimes ...how old were u when u moved to Australia hun?

I get homesick for a land that exists in memories and dreams. I never got attached to land.

MickG said:

True..I think its homesick for a time...or the way things were

Ocean said:

I was only 7, so my memories are of baking smells and summers at my grandmas. Green fields and blue skies...

MickG said:

EXACTLY! I went back there twice, and I am pining for something that does not exist. The reality of that place is not better than where I am now (especially the weather )

I get sick of being at home...I want to go elsewhere!

sometimes i do

Yes, I do. For a couple different places that I"ve lived.I also have very strong feelings about Cornwall, England. My father and his whole family are from there and I always loved the pictures and the stories they told. I finally got to visit a couple years ago and it felt like home, even got to meet some of my Dad's cousins!! I'm definitely going back for a longer stay in the near future.

Sometimes I get homesick, without ever been to those places that run through my blood. My grandmother was a Jewish woman. Her father was Russian and her mother Polish. I had an incredible strong friendship with her. Whenever I hear 'Klezmer'-music or smell 'borsjt', something starts to run through my blood.

But I guess it's rather some vague cultural identity-thing, that doesn't have much to do with certain places, but rather things I grew up with that are so non-Belgian and hard to share with the people around me, unless they are family.

I want to go to these countries, I want to visit Auswitsch, but I don't have to do it now. I still got a whole life to do this, or this is what I at least presume.

MarieLouise said:

That's how it was for me with Cornwall, but when I actually got there it was an amazing feeling, both physical and spiritual to be there. I hope you get to visit those countries, it could be amazing for you too.

Lizzy7701 said:

Same here. That's what the word "homesick" sounds like it means anyway.

all the time...
but when i go home, it goes right back to the way i dreaded it being - and that's what made me want to leave

so it's really something i gotta get over LOL

i only get homesick when i have to visit family. my "home" is where my stuff and my friends and my life is.

Anxiety said:

and your "Mind The Gap" Mug!

Lleena said:

That's not mine!

Anxiety said:

I thought it was your mug! whose is it?

LleeLlee said:

Endorphin74's...and it's his TV in the picture too! And his wall!

Anxiety said:

okay, for some reason I thought he had bought the mug for you.

LleeLlee said:

I tried to smuggle the mug out, but he caught me and bashed me over the head with it. Which I didn't think was terribly smart of him, because he could have just given me the mug instead of breaking it over my head. Now neither of us can use it!

charlottegelin said:

where are you from originally?

JasmineFire said:

Sweden