When you go home, it doesn't always automatically mean that you are home sick. Going home could be a safe haven for some college kids. For example, when I go home, I feel as though I am disconnected from my school life, and that to me can be very relaxing.
Going home can relieve stress from you, it can put life into a different perspective with getting out of your daily routine for a few days and it can even make you happier. Straying from your daily routine every so often is normal, healthy even! It is good to get out of your comfort zone and to relax.
Straying from your daily routine of college classes, work, stress, anger, etc. actually means that you don't need to think about all of those things for more than just a few minutes, maybe even hours! It gives you that sense of freedom that you do not get while you are just laying around on a Saturday away at school.
Being able to have the ability to remove yourself from the college atmosphere for more than a day is something to be thankful for. You get to see some family that you haven't seen in weeks, maybe even months. You get to see some friends that you haven't seen. You get to see pets if you have any and we all know that if you do have pets (especially dogs) that you are mostly more excited to see them than your actual family. Actually I'm just kidding (sorry to my family who is reading this), but in reality, you get to see so many people who you have missed and you get to do so many things.
A lot can happen in a an hour, or even in a day, can you imagine a weekend back at home, relaxing?
I recommend going home for just a weekend if you have had multiple stressful weeks and just can't put up with your friends or school anymore. Even if you don't like going home that often, just do it so you can get some peace and quiet honestly. You will mostlikly get a home cooked meal and let's be honest, who doesn't like home cooked meals?
