Students · Homesickness
A Quieter Ache Than Anyone Tells You About
Homesickness isn't just for freshmen, and it isn't just about missing your house.
Homesickness rarely looks like the movies suggest. It's not always tears at the airport. More often it's a low, background hum — a specific kind of loneliness that shows up in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday, missing not just people but a version of yourself that felt more known.
It's genuinely common well beyond freshman year, and it doesn't mean you made the wrong choice by leaving. It usually means you're grieving something real while building something new at the same time — both can be happening at once.
Naming it as homesickness, rather than a vague sense that something's wrong with you, is often the first real relief.