Just visited my home country (EU) and I am now returning to my expat country (US) and a wave of depression hit me.
I never considered myself to be very attached to my family or my country but after three years and now finally coming back to visit, last night I was extremely depressed. I created an overall good life for myself in the US and I don’t think I would ever see myself coming back to the EU to live permanently, but now I am at the airport leaving and I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sadness.
I’m wondering what experiences other people had in regards to this. Does it get easier? And is leaving after visiting always this sad?
I find visits hard, but for the opposite reason. The things that annoyed me back then still annoy me. If I didn’t have family there, I would never visit at all. I don’t like the weather, I don’t like the mentality, I just try to focus on the things I do like while I’m there, but I’m always glad to be leaving again.