Depresja

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Takimi słowami udało się komuś dokładnie ująć stan ducha Erasmusów, którzy myślą o powrocie. Poerasmusowa depresja puka do naszych drzwi, by niedługo z całym impetem i brutalnością rzeczywistości wkroczyć w nasze życie. Większość pogodziła się z jej nadejściem, niektórzy zastanawiają się jak uniknąć nieuniknionego. Czy stanę się nieznośny dla otoczenia po powrocie zobaczymy za 3 tygodnie. A tymczasem...

...dostałem zaproszenie do grupy na Facebooku: Jak przeżyć po Erasmusie. Zaskoczony trafnością porad postanowiłem zacytować:

How to survive after Erasmus

All those like me who participated to Erasmus programme, or to a study experience abroad where they could confront themselves with different cultures, feel their life changed somehow; when they come back home they generally feel sad, confused, as if they come from an other planet. It's a syndrome that can last long, but luckily there are some countermeasures ! Try not to despair and not to get depressed, but on the contrary feel lucky for the awesome experience and consider it as a springboard for new fantastic adventures.
Here are my own guidelines :


1) don't think of all the money you spent for alcohol or in clubs : with that money you could probably buy a new car.
2) keep on partying with your friends : organize theme parties, crazy parties, alternative parties; but make them always in your friends' flat.
3) if you still live with your parents, run away as soon as possible before committing murder.
4) bring your Erasmus spirit among your friends : get them drunk of independence, dissipation and fun. But after that find a good job.
5) If you're living in a big city plenty of boosts you're lucky and you won't have big problems to settle down again, but if you're living in a small village or in a dead city well...that's your own f*cking business.
6) Whenever you're down and you would like to come back to your Erasmus life, stop for a moment : have a look to the pictures and to the videos of your experience and feel lucky for what you've done : it's not common.
7) find somebody to whom you can speak English !
8) Join groups and organizations to meet new Erasmus students, such as ESN.
9) go to Erasmus parties and try to meet other Erasmus students in your city.
10) Erasmus students generally come back home in December/January or in May/June: for the first group I'm sorry but you'll get the syndrome. For the second : enjoy the summer at least !
11) Carpe diem.
12) don't be surprised if on Erasmus you had the sexual activity of a porn star, while in your city everybody suddenly look like chaste and pure.
13) start studying the languages of which you learned only swearwords.
14) plan immediately your next experience abroad : stage/internship abroad, overseas programme etc.
15) Plan with your Erasmus friends a meeting : it will be like a second Erasmus