tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post4252832294800123906..comments2018-10-09T16:29:59.383-07:00Comments on Methinks: For Anyone Who Will Listen: Is There No Cure For Homesickness?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02299157790885185703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-71482790081656772182014-02-28T12:42:03.565-08:002014-02-28T12:42:03.565-08:00What an amazing blog =) I really appreciate that. ...What an amazing blog =) I really appreciate that. Well I'm an immigrant here in the UK as well, and I gotta say it: I LUV THE UK, it's just fantastic. It's my 9th month here, and I keep loving it more and more each day. <br /><br />Wish I could live close to you guys there (Southampton) , we could go for a full English breakfast at a PUBon a Saturday ahaha, cool huh? <br /><br />I don't know your name... but, I wish you all the best here, for you and your husband. Never give up your dreams ...<br /><br />Ciao Ciao bello<br /><br />=)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174612025983281660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-22313668791147317222014-02-11T20:19:46.796-08:002014-02-11T20:19:46.796-08:00Only you know whether or not your decision to go o...Only you know whether or not your decision to go overseas is the right one for you. I wish you all the best for you and your husband. I think since you have you made a life in the UK, you should make an honest effort to try your best and stand your ground there. Besides you never know, you might surprise yourself and enjoy the new experience. I think you owe it to yourself and your husband.<br /><br />Think of the future and all the exciting things to come! Right now you have a lot of time on your hands and a lot of time to over think. Right now you have a lot of down time, soon things will pick up. I know things are not going as fast as you like but try to immerse yourself in the culture, talk to your husband, make friends where you live. You could also volunteer for something if you have time. Maybe you can talk to your husband to let you run some errands for him, like pay bills, pick up medicine. Go on dates with your husband, hang around his family more often if you want. Hope these options help! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977605069382452335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-2791322064486732612014-01-31T17:21:35.126-08:002014-01-31T17:21:35.126-08:00Thanks for the compliments. I like writing, and I ...Thanks for the compliments. I like writing, and I think I'll be quite active on this blog. I always, without fail, struggle to keep my videos brief and concise. I think it's easier to get my point across clearly and quickly through writing. Of course, I'll still be making videos.<br /><br />I have never been to Seattle, but I hear good things and I know a few people who live/have lived there. Before I moved to the UK, I had plans to move to Seattle. I had a couple of friends who were lining up a job for me and who were offering to let me stay at their house until I got on my feet there. It would have been a good opportunity, but for obvious reasons, it wasn't meant to happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299157790885185703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-57074942651183737282014-01-31T17:17:39.812-08:002014-01-31T17:17:39.812-08:00Thanks for reading and for replying with some thou...Thanks for reading and for replying with some thoughts. I am on a low dose of antidepressant, but my doctor is looking to take me off of it in the next few months and she's encouraging me to go to one on one therapy. I went to group therapy for a few weeks last summer, and it was helpful.<br /><br />George and I have discussed living in America in passing. I don't think either of us really want to live there. We'll see what happens in the future, but for now, we really aren't considering anything like that at all. Still, it's good to know that it's an option.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299157790885185703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-22282840502510021782014-01-31T16:17:51.572-08:002014-01-31T16:17:51.572-08:00> But the pains that homesickness bring get to ...> But the pains that homesickness bring get to be too much<br />> at times. . . I'm not sure what can be done to help relieve<br />> me of the horrible sickness.<br /><br />It's conceivable that what you're interpreting as homesickness<br />is actually depression. I went through a bad period a little<br />while ago where I was having anxiety attacks and couldn't sleep<br />because I was ruminating on the past and feeling panicky when<br />I couldn't remember past places and events in sufficient detail<br />(I felt like I was being smothered by the blurriness of<br />recollection, but I couldn't stop the obsessive rumination).<br />That was a kind of "homesickness", in a way.<br /><br />I was forced finally to go back on (a fairly low dose of)<br />an antidepressant I had thought I could afford to discontinue<br />a year earlier. And I was even, for a while, on a<br />benzodiazepine for the anxiety, but I was able to discontinue<br />that and just continue with the antidepressant.<br /><br />So you might want to consider that, if you haven't already<br />(I know you've spoken in some of your YouTube videos about<br />being anxiety-prone, so maybe you're already on medication<br />of some sort.) At least, in the UK, you've got the NHS<br />to offset the expense.<br /><br />> Would I move back to the US? No, probably not.<br /><br />Have you at least discussed the possibility with George?<br />Now that things are changing in the US (with the Feds<br />recognizing gay marriage and all), it would at least<br />be a legal possibility.<br /><br />Short of that, it would surely help if you had a powerful<br />distraction of some sort. A job you were really into, say.<br />Is there any chance you could go to school in the UK?jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682535725566578491.post-72189458733099629952014-01-31T15:54:36.074-08:002014-01-31T15:54:36.074-08:00Your writing evoked emotion in me. You make fantas...Your writing evoked emotion in me. You make fantastic videos, but you are a writer at heart. <br />We all have to find a place, and find people who makes us feel whole. <br />I am from Ogden and moved to California when I was 18. I am 29 now, And recently, I moved to Seattle. <br />I have finally found my home. And it's a feeling that I wish everyone can experience. <br />Anywho, keep up the good blog work. I added your blog to my netvibes to get updates. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com