Hi, I'm sorry about this post but, I honestly don't know where else to turn. I would like to get some advice or maybe some tips and tricks that I could do to help my situation. I am 20 years old, female- and for as long as I can remember I have struggle with homesickness, it started off when I was a child and I would go to a friends house for a sleepover but come 1am I'd be in a taxi because my mom would have to come and pick mme up because I'd be hysterically crying "I want to go home, I want my mom" etc. I know weird? Why couldn't I just stop at a friends house for one night! I still have no idea. I'm now 20 as I have stated, and I can't do anything. I've been diagnosed with anxiety, and i think the homesickness could be connected in some way? When I get homesickness it feels like a big bubble of sick in my stomach and I can't eat, or drink, I can't focus all I do is cry and panic, to the point that I can never leave my home/hometown. For example I went on holiday for the weekend recently (very recently in fact it was Friday 4th Aug I left and I came back early Sunday morning- I did leave the holiday resort at about 9pm but I arrived home at about 3am)... because I was again going into a panic attack and crying hysterically "I want to go home, I want my mom". It's not just if I go away myself because a coupl years ago I went on holiday with my dad and my sister for what was supposed to be two weeks but I ended up coming homin after just 5 days, because I was again being sick and panicking and getting very homesick. It worries me because, I feel as though I can't do anything and when it's time for me to move out and say goodbye I won't be able to cope- which then sets off my anxiety thinking about it. Sometimes I think about trying to cope without my mom- as I think because I'm so close to her she may be part thof reason I get so homesick because I'm so used to seeing her face when I wake up and before I go sleep, when I'm away it makes me anxious knowing I can't see her or be around her. Please help. It's stopping me from doing day to day stuff and even making memories with friends or even just exploring the world. I also have a special event to attend to in October on my own for a weekend, and i am FREAKING out about it! Because I know I'm not going to be able to make the whole weekend!! Please if anyone can give me ANY advice it would be muchly appreciated.
Oh p.s I'm thinking of trying hypnotherapy? Because I've heard that could help with my issue, if anyone has had hypnotherapy, And can tell me how it helped you and what it did to change your life would I would be grateful too!!
Thank you in advance x