What is psychological homesickness, and do you have it?

On being homesick for a feeling, not a place – and how it impacts our relationships and choices.

If you’ve ever lived in a different country for an extended period of time, you’ll be familiar with the feeling of living in two places, but never entirely belonging in either. The feeling of having your heart spread thinly across geographical miles but not really pumping 100 per cent at any fixed longitudinal and latitudinal point. The experience of ha…