I found your original post, Homemakingirl!
There is no reason for your daughter to feel the way she does and continue to stay in college so far away, that is a giant step! It works for some but it's not for everyone. Hopefully she can find a college nearby and stay close to home. It sounds as though you and her both were stressed out over the whole thing. It will all work out and I am happy for you all!
As most of you know, my daughter is a Junior this year at college, this is her third year living on campus away from home. This is a very ironic conversation, because my daughter called me Saturday evening, she was crying and she wanted to come home. We got her and it was mostly stress related, having to deal with living with strangers, not sleeping very well, taking 5 main classes and of course, with her just being away from home, and not sleeping in her own bed (has made her homesick)...
She came home, ate a good meal, played with her bunnies for awhile, hung out with mom and I and then she slept for about 12 hours. It was a mutual decision that starting next year, she is going to live at home and drive to school every day; that makes me happy!
You know, as adults, we can be overwhelmed by so much stress at times, but we have experienced it before, and in most cases, we get through it.
But, the level of stress that takes place at a college level, I'm sure, can be too much at times for most of them, having not to have experienced that before.....
HMG....I honest know and feel for what's going on, at times, I'm there as well~
