Empty Nest Syndrome in Festival Season — ChaaiCoffee
By: Chaai Coffee
Tags: Alone, Empty Nest, Empty Nest Syndrome, Empty, Loneliness

A lot of Indian Students were struck there in their Drooms, and Apartments with No Work and No Flight to Come back in this festival season and Season’s Holidays. Most of their Parent back home already missing their kids for a long and going through the condition of Empty Nest Syndrome.

The Windling Up Year 2020 of Shakeups, Lockdowns, Pandemic, and hope of Vaccination of Covid19 hits another blow recently with the outbreak of New Type of Stain in the UK. International Flights are canceled and Lockdown on places in most of Britain.

Empty Nest Syndrome Meaning

As Wikipedia says, “Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of loneliness that or guardians may feel when one or more of their leave home. While more common in women, it can happen to both sexes.”

Children are the apple of their parent’s eyes, from the moment they are born, or rather even conceived. The parent’s world revolves around the children and they are their main focus of life. But as time passes, the little kids grow up into teenagers and adults and soon leave their parent’s care & home for greener pastures, be it a college education, job, or marriage.

Now, the phase that the parents go through is called the “Empty Nest Syndrome”.

Empty Nest Syndrome Psychology

Empty Nest Syndrome is a period of loneliness and feeling a void in one’s life and home due to the going away of the children. And if the parental or the maternal bond with the child is exceptionally strong, the Empty Nest Syndrome is a very painful experience.

The children move away to their own worlds, set up a family in some other part of the country or globe, and are busy in their own new-found entanglements, whereas, the parents stare at the empty void in their lives and home too.

Empty Nest Syndrome is a rite of passage. It cannot be wished away entirely, but of course with maturity and with the knowledge that ‘it is inevitable’ it can be dealt with in a proper manner.

Empty Nest Syndrome Quote

This quote by Anonymous aptly describes the Empty Nest Syndrome experienced by parents,

“ I sit alone a lot, but I do not mind it. I’m just waiting for something clean to fill this emptiness, but it’s been so long, I think I may never find it. You worked for a bit, I could look in the mirror and smile, I felt complete with you near me .”

New Roles with an Empty Nest Condition

How to overcome ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’ Condition

Here are some ways to deal with this crucial yet painful junction of our lives:

Prepare Yourself Mentally Beforehand, so that the blues don’t strike suddenly.

Look at everything in a positive manner. Like the Extra Space in the house can mean newer hobbies/maybe Paying Guest Accommodation in case you were a single parent or had a very big house.

Look back and see that you did the same to your parents, in your endeavor to get a good education/job or settle down in your marriage. Understand that it’s a rite of passage.

Instead of being sad for yourself, Be happy for your children that they are building their lives/careers.

Volunteer at a Social Cause to get the feel-good-factor and to have something to do with the free time that you now have on your hands.

Practice Yoga for Depression

Pick up something new and challenging that can occupy your mind, body, and soul so as to take your mind off the void left behind by your children.

Take a Break, now that you don’t have to 24X7 look after your children so you have time for yourself too. Take an exciting vacation to rejuvenate yourself completely.

Look after your grandchildren, if you have them from your older children who flew from the nest earlier

Set Goals and challenges for yourself, be it doing anything that you haven’t done earlier due to lack of time, effort or money.

Exercise. Yes, exercising releases the hormones that make us feel good about ourselves. Plus you will get in super good shape too.

Simply, Treat it as a new beginning of life, and I assure you everything will fall in place!

Studying Psychology, Just Another Poor Philosopher, Foodie, Netflix Fan, Food Reviewer on Zomato, Digital Marketer By Profession & Aspiring Entrepreneur. Went to Both for Studies ITI & IIT-D