![]() So the origins of homesickness go back quite, quite a long way. But what was so interesting about when I started reading about it was that it did actually used to be considered a medical illness and quite a serious one, in fact. It's not currently considered a diagnosis or a disease at the moment. So is it something that can be diagnosed? MELANIE: Can you tell me a bit about what you discovered? Because I think when I think about homesickness, I don't really think about a medical diagnosis. I never really thought about it in a lot of detail before in terms of the word itself, sickness and what it was exactly and why it was called a sickness in the first place. And at the same time, I was seeing a lot of homesickness in the patients I was seeing at work.Īnd it really got me wondering about homesickness. I guess it was magnified by the pandemic and not knowing when I would next be able to go back. And so I was feeling a lot of these things. Smell of cooked rice, which reminds me of my grandmother's house in Hong Kong. And sometimes just seeing that can make me a little teary. A song on the radio, for instance, or the screensaver, for instance, on my Apple TV cityscape of Hong Kong. So, you know, little things can trigger it. So the last time I was actually back in Hong Kong for a visit was about seven years ago, soon after my son was born.Īnd I guess even though I've created a home and a family and a community for myself here in Melbourne, I still have these moments of homesickness. Well, I moved to Australia from Hong Kong to study at university, and that's now more than 20 years ago. Mel, could you start by telling me a bit about where it is that you're from and what it's like for you to be separated from your home at the moment? MELANIE: Today, GP and health columnist for the Saturday Paper Dr Melanie Cheng on the origins of homesickness, and whether there’s a cure. ![]() Homesickness isn’t an official medical condition but it was once, with soldiers fighting on foreign soil regularly diagnosed after suffering debilitating symptoms. ![]() Lockdowns and border closures have led to a specific kind of grief and yearning - homesickness. The pandemic has kept many people separated from their homes and their loved ones for over 18 months From Schwartz Media, I’m Ruby Jones, this is 7am. ![]()
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