Feeling blue and what to do?

depends a bit on day and time when I am feeling blue but the best thing to do for me is making me a biiiiiig nice mug of coffee, either regular or decaf depending on the time of day or night, and then snuggle up under the blankets and read a good fun book...... LOL

If I cannot see my family, I e mail or call them. If I cannot do that, I come to MyLot. It is family to me in a different way. I am glad your family comes to see you but you probably would also like to see your country again as well.

Ice cream works... A nice trip to Germany for some Eis mit sauren Kirschen would be really nice right now. :D

It is pity to hear you get homesick because your family are staying faraway from you. I understand it since i ever get homesick when i was in college, many years ago. Since you don't have any other alternative way to visit your family, you really need the gut to fly. Same like you, at first i am also scared to fly after hearing so many airline accidents. But i have to have gut to fly because i really wants to meet my faraway relatives. hope you will be able to overcome your fear to fly soon.

I've been down before, especially when I don't get to hang out with my friends or family. What I do is I just surf online, watch some flicks, or just sleep it off. I usually am left alone at home because I'm not really fond of going out and having fun, although I do that sometimes, usually with friends.

I need to go college,but sadly the college is far away from my house.So when i stay at dormitory alone,i often become homesick.But luckily i can go home through taking a ship.So i usually go home when there is a festival coming.

I get that way sometimes. I get to feeling a little down in the dumps. The more I fought it the worse I felt. I had a friend tell me that what I was really looking for was a pity party and just to have one and get it out of my system. You know what? It works. It's okay to feel homesick. When I get like that, I'll write it down and get it out of my system and if I cry while I'm doing it, then I cry while I'm doing it. I do feel better later and it seems that it wasn't all that bad to begin with.

When I'm blue I usually try and find something funny on TV to make me smile. Also eating some chocolate usually helps. I really hope you face your fear and fly to see your family. Life is too short to just sit back and wait. Take an anxiety pill for the flight if you're that worried and scared. It helps me when I fly.

Hi missy! I'm sorry to hear that you are homesick. I hate to fly too, but I have to and I will probably be flying again very soon to see my mom in Florida. It is only a 3 hour flight, but I hate getting on the plane at all! I've been doing it for years now, but it still makes me extremely nervous every time I have to go. And the fact that I leave from one of the main airports in NY makes it even more upsetting because of what they put you through just to get on the plane! Do you have any Pistachio please?

Everybody gets the blues. But one thing wonderful about this is that blues are not permanent feelings. And it all depends on how we deal with it. You have it already right under your nose, you want ice cream. You go for it for it will be good for you. In my case , when I feel blue, I would go to my invisible corner and wallow on my misery for a while.Then I must have this desire to overcome what I'm feeling and that is when I start doing something that will make me feel good.In my blues day, I would go to my favorite fast food chain and eat hamburger and french fries. Being semi-vegetarian, hamburgers and french fries are a big no-no.But I eat them with so much pleasure when I feel the blues trying to destroy my disposition.

this such an attitude of my bf - ICE cream when feeling blue. well, for me pretty much comfort eating - any of my favorites: pizza, spaghetti, ice cream, coffee, noodles

When I feel blue, I pretty much listen to my favourite music or take a short nap. When I do one of the two, I feel really refreshed. Or I just lock myself up in my room and do some movie watching or go out for a walk. it actually depends on my mood and the weather i guess

when i am getting homesick i will call my parents first and then try to play with my friend to divert my focus to other places. a advice i want to give you is trying to find some meaning stuff to do which can make you feel so enrich to decrease you homesick, GOD bless you and have a nice day.

I think you should overcome your fear of fly.Fly is an important experience in our life. When I feel blue,I will cry and then start to do other things, such as reading books,see the movies, and go for a walk.And I will go to travel.

When I'm feeling blue, I usually listen to my favorite songs and sing out loud. After being carried away by the beat of the music I listen to, I can easily forget the blues than pass by. We have the same situation in the sense that I am also living away from my parents and hometown. It's not easy for me to fly every now and then to visit them since I don't have enough funds to do that. Hence I just call them once in a while and if I really feel that I miss them so much, I'll just turn on fave music and sing along.

When I am blue I will try to find some other things to do as a distraction for loneliness. Having something to do will make you forget that you are lonely. Things that I do usually are reading a book, playing video games and playing sports. But the best thing to do for me is to sleep. Lonely time spent sleeping and resting is time well spent.

Hi, I know it is not easy to be away from your family and this is just normal to feel homesick. I experienced this too when I was studying in college in another city. If you are lonely and missed home, you can always make use of the internet. Try to do some video calling using Skype, YM or other messenger available online. Seeing your family and loved ones will help ease the loneliness. You can also call them if it is not very expensive on your part. If you have friends, you can talk to them as well or hang out with them during your free time so that you will not be alone.