Hey guys. I’m 25F. I was raised in the Middle East, Dubai/Bahrain and have had a fabulous life there. I moved to italy a couple of years ago and loved it way more than I liked the Middle East. It started to feel like home there. I’m a national of a horrible weak country so I don’t have the option to just pack my bags up and move.

My husband is American so I moved to America about 4 days ago but am finding it extremely hard to adjust. I’ve travelled here before but have not loved it as much so moving here permanently has been extremely challenging. I keep crying everyday no matter what I do, I’m struggling to adapt and fit in.

Any advice to overcome this?

  • pikawali@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Can you at least text or voice or video chat or msg with your friends back home/middle east/Italy? I think it’s important to have friends or family you can talk to casually.

    I came to the US thinking it would be temporary, but ended up staying for my husband. So I was never super happy here and I don’t know if I ever will be… but it gets better… I think for you right now, you are grieving your lost life in Italy. And I think that’s okay. You should probably process it as much as you need. And moving to SC sounds great. I’m sure it’s much sunnier than PA.

    So grieve your lost life, at some point you’d have to move on (hopefully before your move but looking forward to the move could be fun) so just keep living life one day at a time. It sounds like you have good communication with your husband so I think you will be fine 😊