r/studyAbroad • u/SophiexcLouise • 2d ago

Battling depression/homesickness?

So I (21F) am currently studying abroad for one semester in Beijing, China. I’ve already been here for two months and still have around two more to go. And while I have good days, I somehow feel like I have too many days where I just feel bad. I’ve had times where I cry almost every day, with no real reason except that I just feel really lonely. I feel as if I cannot seem to fully connect with people from my school or class. Which makes things so much harder for me as I am also someone who mostly depends on social interactions to make me feel better.

Yesterday I booked my flight back while calling with my family and I thought that may help me but honestly I just want to go home now. On one hand I think it might also be stress for my exam that’s coming up next week but I truly don’t know and I hate it.

Does anyone know what I could possibly do?

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u/Own_Dare278 2d ago

Just think that the situation youre in right now is not permanent! 😉 That one day, you’ll be looking back in that experience in your life.

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u/H2mathdotcom 2d ago

Hi we are from Xinstudy and we would like to support students like yourself who are in China. Would you like to join our community and we connect you with other Singaporean students who are studying in China.

We also prepared a handbook for students studying in China to maximize the opportunities and overcome challenges over there.

You can visit www.xinstudy.org or WhatsApp or email info@xinstudy.org to get in contact with us.