The term “Hiraeth’ which has no direct English translation but can be defined as homesickness with a mix of longing and or desire. Some individuals describe it as an a more of an intense form of nostalgia.
You could say that I’m already at home. I’ve never really felt a real “homesickness.” My life could be based around home since I rarely ever leave “home” and never felt sick of it. From my earliest days of childhood where I would play PlayStation 2 with my older brother and twin. We would go downstairs, make breakfast, then go into our colorless basement around 9:00 am and sit around and play old titles like Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club 2 and Crash Bandicoot. We would have a blast until our mother came down to see what was all the commotion was about. We all would get really loud and she’d like to sleep in because it was her day off from work Because her uncle would drive her to wall at the barber shop. It was a time when home was a place that felt like a home but never a true “longing” for it. I distress that home is really a place where I felt at most peace. I feel home is merely a bubble that keeps me from the outside world and experiencing new things. Once I want to pop my bubble. It becomes a lot less comfortable. The anxiety hits me like an iceberg from the titanic. The fear is the sinking ship on its last legs and the pressure is falling into the ocean. Wanting to escape a home that I’m longing for is to leave this feeling of “home”. Maybe my home is to leave a home where I’m not comfortable or a place where I feel like I am in a new home. Being with Different people is one example of how I feel home. You can share whatever you’d like and they can relate to how your feeling. Which is a real “home” for me.
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Katana
2/3/2017 08:09:13 am
I love that your view of this assignment is so unique. I look forward to reading what comes next. I can relate to the fact that home is a safe place where one can feel completely comfortable. BTW crash bandicoot was one of my favorite games growing up.
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David
2/3/2017 06:40:37 pm
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! Also Crash Bandicoot was the bomb when I was alot younger. All those nostalgic times doing a fast play-through with everybody in the family. I'd still play it to this day!
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