@katiecal
Katie Callahan
@katiecal · 1:21

Coming Home from College and Feeling Like an Imposter

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Hi, guys. I'm back home from school for spring break. I'm visiting my family because I'm staying in College or staying in Chico this summer. To, like, work and kind of be with my friends a little bit more. And I was just wondering. Wonder if anybody else feels, like, kind of weird coming home when they have breaks from College. I feel kind of weird coming home. I know this is my home. This is, like, where I grew up
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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 3:18
And a lot of the time I was dedicating it to my family and to my girlfriend. That did not go over very well with one of my friends in particular who just couldn't understand that I was at this new place in my life and that I was always his friend and I would always see him. But like some friends you have and you don't see them for a while and it's okay because they're one of your best friends and you can go on like that
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@Dee94
Darrisha Daniel
@Dee94 · 2:19
I didn't have money to buy plane tickets all the time. And so it would be like a long breaks of like a year of not seeing my whole family. And so I would go maybe like twice a month or not twice a month, like twice a year. And then I'd go like once a year. And then it would be like, okay, I don't know where I'm coming back
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@studentlife
Jas (They/them) Martin
@studentlife · 1:06

@katiecal

This is a great topic. This one definitely hit home for me. I'm an older reentry student, so I don't really go home on breaks anymore. But when I was younger, my first time around in College, I definitely felt so weird going home because I had this established this whole adult life in College, like outside of my parents house. And so it was so weird to have that feel like my home and then go back to what recently was my home
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@amandaz
Amanda Zeitawi
@amandaz · 1:30
Hey. So I completely relate to this. I feel like I spend more time switching back from College to home since I come back every other weekend, since I switch off with my boyfriend who who's still home. And I feel like I just never have time to fully develop either. I'm there for weekends sometimes in College, and I do get to bond with people there, obviously. I have great friends there. I love them. I'm so thankful for them
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@gsalzer
Grace Salzer
@gsalzer · 1:34
I feel like I've outgrown it almost. And I like my life where in College and coming here, I feel like young. Like a high schooler again. And I don't know, I'm almost reverting back to what I was. But maybe it will get better as we grow up. Don't know, but yeah, I can relate to this. It feels weird
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