How to overcome homesickness for a place where you never lived

[Nobody]

Hello,
I should like to get rid of the yearning for a place which I never saw. It is not the dream of a beautiful country, but a poignant feeling similar to homesickness. I shall never be able to visit that country, therefore I should like to overcome this uncomfortable sensation of "the lost homeland."

 

[Tinkerman]

Hello and welcome Nobody,

I understand what you are talking about. But, rather than a desire to get rid of it, I have learned to embrace it. Yearning for those places and people is actually a very soulful experience. Part of believing or "knowing" past lives is to often yearn for those lovely experiences of the past. I would suggest you try to honor it. I have a rather large painting of a special place from the past hanging in my living room. I see it every day and it makes me sad sometimes, homesick sometimes, and joyful sometimes, but most times it's simply a very peaceful serenity.

These special places are a part of who we are, then and now, even though we cannot go there. The yearning is a gift, I suggest you learn to honor it. It might take some time, but in my opinion, the journey will teach you all sorts of things.

Again welcome! Blessings!
~Tman

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

Hello Nobody,

past life homesickness isn't uncommon here. You are not alone.
It will fade over time. And come back again in waves, but it will become easier to deal with´and will return less often. That's my experience, at least, and I have heard the same from some others.
As Tinkerman said, embrace it.
Find pictures and videos (of reconstructions if it was a bit longer ago), play with google art&culture or what ever. When it won't go away, you can as well delve into it and do what ever you feel like.
Express yourself which can be just writing posts here if you aren't into visual arts, music or what ever else.
All the best to you on your journey. Enjoy the ride.

 

[Cyrus]

Hello,
I should like to get rid of the yearning for a place which I never saw. It is not the dream of a beautiful country, but a poignant feeling similar to homesickness. I shall never be able to visit that country, therefore I should like to overcome this uncomfortable sensation of "the lost homeland."

One gets used to it with time. And it becomes something one can't go on living without.
Even if one visits those places in this life, one won't be able to visit them as what one once WAS, only incognito.
But just to stop in front of that so familiar old door and to walk slowly along that narrow climbing street one knew so well, makes it worth while all the tears and sweet sufferings one has undergone.

IMHO

Nikos Ikonomopulos "I've returned":

 

[silvergenji]

The Welsh have a term for it: hiraeth. It's an extremely nuanced term that's basically summed up as "homesickness for a place that can never be returned to". This article from the BBC is a really nice read on it.

As for dealing with it, embracing it is about the only thing I can recommend as well. Bring small pieces of that place into your everyday life. Savor the bitter-sweetness of it all. And know that you are not alone in it. Most of us feel it from time to time.

 

[Jody]

Have you ever looked into Google Maps? Pretty much every place with a street or a road can be explored that way, from street level! If the place you're homesick for is a city or some famous site, chances are someone has posted a youtube video of it on a bike trip or a walking tour.

 

[Emma66]

Have you ever looked into Google Maps? Pretty much every place with a street or a road can be explored that way, from street level! If the place you're homesick for is a city or some famous site, chances are someone has posted a youtube video of it on a bike trip or a walking tour.

Yes that's what I did. I got a Russian name in mind while sleeping. Googled it and the place is like in my dream. Of course not the buildings but the landscape was exactly the same in the 18th century .
I found a Facebook group "old pictures of..." My hometown in my previous life. But I am not sure it really helped me, I think it increased my homesickness. I couldn't comment: " Hey I lived in this street, remember the old fire station..." Watching a video makes me cry when I saw the War Memorial in the park, my PL name is written on it .