How do you deal with "home"-sickness?

[Meerie]

I'm currently swinging in and out of short, acute depressive episodes, and when I analyze them I keep coming back to this ideal vision of me, living in a big red brick house with all my friends and family, studying, talking, learning from each other and just enjoying each others' company while the snow falls and accumulates outside.

Wow! this is my "vision" of an ideal life too (okay, I don't necessarily need the snow, but I def dream of living in a big house in the countryside surrounded by loved ones).
You are not alone in this, my friend.
Much love !
To answer your question, much of my homesickness has been relieved by finding people whom I resonate with, here at b4th. Even if we connect only thru the online-mode.