Are you an expat returning home?

When a person who has spent several years abroad returns to their native country, the sensation of becoming an emigrant in their own country is profound and complex. 

It involves nostalgia mixed with the euphoria of returning, disorientation in the face of changes, language and cultural amnesia, and the difficulty of readjustment.

Ultimately, the feeling of becoming an emigrant in your own country is a combination of complex emotions and experiences that stem from personal transformations and changes in the surrounding environment upon returning to one's homeland.

What strikes you when you return to your home country after many years abroad is a strong sense of confusion.

Although your native country should feel familiar and comforting, you find yourself caught in a whirlwind of changes that you can't fully explain. It's as if you're looking at a puzzle of your personal identity, and some pieces seem not to fit anymore.

This confusion can lead to an acute sense of alienation, of disconnecting from what you once considered an inseparable part of your own being.

What can you do about it?

I recommend to everyone returning to their native country after a long absence to seek a job that allows them to maintain some connection to the country they left behind.

And perhaps, even unconsciously, many expatriates end up doing just that. In some way, all of them want to preserve the advantage of the language they know well because this detail always facilitates the transition.

But it's certainly about more than just the advantage of language. It's about preserving a sense of familiarity and belonging and ensuring a gradual transition to the local culture. In my opinion, this experience serves as a "transitional experience."

This way, you can retain a part of your cultural and social identity while gradually integrating into a completely new environment.

So yes, returning to your home country it's a complex and often challenging process, but one that can bring opportunities for growth and a deeper understanding of your own identity.

Above all, I want to tell you that returning to your native country is possible. 

Just arm yourself with patience when you start your job search, look for an international job that allows you to retain the advantages gained abroad, make new friends, and strengthen existing ones.

Oh, and don't forget to adopt the "it doesn't bother me" attitude and maybe even prepare in advance your response to the perennial reaction like, "Seriously, you've returned home? OMG, but WHYYYY?!"