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Originally Posted by aberkok
You need some friends.
Sounds like me about a month ago. I was in Hong Kong playing a gig in a hotel. I couldn't really get along that well with my bandmates, and the loneliness ruined any excitement I would've got from exploration. The only thing that really helped was when I finally made some new friends there, but it was too little, too late.
My advice is to pull yourself out of your funk and go make some friends now! It's hard, trust me I know, but it's the only thing that can really fill the emptiness. Relationships with others will cure your isolation. Sure, you'll miss your friends overseas (and it is worse than you expect when you first go...trust me I was pretty much depressed for several weeks), but at least you'll have some substitutes.
The benefits of a friendship will take some time to nurture, so go, get involved in a club of some sort, go to the pub. It's hard to introduce yourself to new people, but the odds are that there's a lot of people who want to meet you too!
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Yeah, I think a lot of the problem is friends too. They won't replace what I have back home, but they'll help keep me from dwelling on it. I've met one kid that seems pretty cool; hopefully more will come.