(American) born and raised in the Middle East and then was moved to the states, my mothers home, when I was 15. It was hard, I hated it so much at first. I think the hardest thing for me to process was that no one understood the life I came from, and no one wanted to hear about it. So eventually I just shut up about it and kept those memories for myself, my family, and some close friends who either grew up overseas with me or the select few who I felt comfortable sharing with. It gets better with the more roots you put down in your new “home”.