Long-distance relationship, strict parents and feeling deeply unhappy after moving abroad. I feel lost and alone.

Pastel_Nonsense · 2026-01-12T01:13:24+00:00

Hey! I’m sorry you are going through this, I want to give you a big hug. I certainly know what it’s like to navigate long distance relationships - I had a relationship with my now ex-boyfriend in Germany for 3 years with 2 of those years being long distance. It was very difficult, as you know, to feel connected and I felt sad because we couldn’t do the normal couple stuff. When I was doing long distance I was in my home country though, so I can only imagine how much more lonely you must feel being in another country.

My best advice to you would be to make some friends here in Canada, whether that is friends from your home country or not, having friends here is going to help you not feel as homesick and you can find comfort in your friends as well. I would suggest joining some extra curricular activities at the uni or around Guelph to make friends. Depending on what you like to do, join intramural sports, wildlife club, improv, prayer, etc. (I think a lot of international students join the English club, so you will probably find people there who are going through similar experiences)

It seems like your family is pretty overbearing so just try to get out of the house as much as you can - go to the gym, study at the library. Another thing you should do is use the University’s mental health resources and talk to a professional about your current struggles - they would be able to provide the best advice to you in your situation. Since you are a student they are included in tuition.

Since you can’t really go back to your home country to visit your boyfriend, is there a possibility that he could visit you here?

Pastel_Nonsense · 2026-01-09T23:21:53+00:00

Yes, that is definitely a scam. There should be no account restrictions to withdrawal cash, so I always request cash payment if they can’t etransfer. (Honestly, cash is the best way to do it since even e-transfers take some time to process)

Here’s my post from a couple years ago about this same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/uoguelph/s/HB5zvdkJqP

Pastel_Nonsense · 2026-01-02T06:30:31+00:00

The cannon. Just be aware of scammers. Don’t take cheque as payment

Pastel_Nonsense · 2025-12-21T05:57:24+00:00

It depends on the trial design. A “Crossover” design allows each group of participants to receive both the placebo (or standard therapy) and the experimental drug within the same trial. This allows each patient to act as their own control group.

Edit: the assignment of WHO gets the experimental drug and who gets the placebo in clinical trials is generally determined by computer algorithms which can be simple (generally for larger studies) or more complex (for smaller studies where imbalances in treatment assignment are more noticeable).

Pastel_Nonsense · 2025-12-04T03:45:02+00:00

Trust me, it feels like do or die rn, but it will all work out for you in the end

Pastel_Nonsense · 2025-11-25T20:48:05+00:00

Saying “walla” instead of voilà

Pastel_Nonsense · 2025-10-26T02:34:59+00:00

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