To feel or not to feel…when away from home.
I often consider myself to be exceptionally fortunate. I can truly say that I have experienced love.
Love from the family who raised me, from the friends whom I grew up with, love from a spouse and love from my children. More so, I have loved.
The problem with being an emotive person (aside from being liable to cry when trying to have professional business conversations) is that you truly feel.
Helpful when you can help feel a friend or a patient in pain and truly understand them and attempt to understand what they are going through. But it can lay the path for a rather turbulent adventure.
When I love, I deeply love. When I’m happy, I’m ecstatic. But when something hurts, it really cuts deep.
One of these emotions is encapsulated within my complete and utter inability to leave home and those I love for long periods of time. Yet, conversely, I love to wander astray and want to seek and try new things and live in different places around the world.
So living as an expat excites me, provides wonderful life experience that I would not otherwise have had and gives my family the opportunities to meet people that they would not otherwise have met.
However, it comes at a significant and painful cost, that I know others go through too.
It can feel, at times, like grief. Grieving those that I love, those that know me and that which is familiar.
Despite saying at 10- ‘I don’t want to live in rainy England when I am older,’ at 12 I wrote this little song demonstrating that what I was seeking was already at home with my mum and dad.
#life #wellness #homesickness #adventure #emotionalintelligence #feelings #mentalhealth #home #mydubai #medical #happy
To feel or not to feel…when away from home. I often consider myself to be exceptionally fortunate. I can truly say that I have experienced love.Love from the family who raised me, from the friends whom I grew up with, love from a spouse and love from my children. More so, I have loved.The problem with being an emotive person (aside from being liable to cry when trying to have professional business conversations) is that you truly feel. Helpful when you can help feel a friend or a patient in pain and truly understand them and attempt to understand what they are going through. But it can lay the path for a rather turbulent adventure.When I love, I deeply love. When I’m happy, I’m ecstatic. But when something hurts, it really cuts deep.One of these emotions is encapsulated within my complete and utter inability to leave home and those I love for long periods of time. Yet, conversely, I love to wander astray and want to seek and try new things and live in different places around the world.So living as an expat excites me, provides wonderful life experience that I would not otherwise have had and gives my family the opportunities to meet people that they would not otherwise have met. However, it comes at a significant and painful cost, that I know others go through too.It can feel, at times, like grief. Grieving those that I love, those that know me and that which is familiar.Despite saying at 10- ‘I don’t want to live in rainy England when I am older,’ at 12 I wrote this little song demonstrating that what I was seeking was already at home with my mum and dad. #life #wellness #homesickness #adventure #emotionalintelligence #feelings #mentalhealth #home #mydubai #medical #happy
Posted by Dr Jenna on Monday, September 30, 2019
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