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Is it normal to still feel like a visitor after months?

Fatima Al-Rashid ⭐ Helpful member
2 May 2026, 20:10

We're coming up on 5 months here as a family and I keep waiting for the "okay, this is home now" feeling to kick in. Logistically we're sorted — kids are in school, we found a routine, the checklist on here is basically all ticked off. Emotionally though I still feel like I'm visiting someone else's life.

Does this actually go away, or do you just get better at ignoring it?

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Paolo Bianchi ⭐ Helpful member
24 Jun 2026, 13:31

Does this feeling ever come back after it's gone, or once it fades is it gone for good?

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Marco Rossi ⭐ Helpful member
4 Jul 2026, 06:23

Paolo — comes back for me around visits home, oddly, more than anything local triggering it. A strange kind of reverse culture shock each time.