homesick during study abroad

hi reddit,

so i’m an upcoming international exchange student for one semester in seoul and i arrived here with a friend just last week (a little earlier just to settle and everything). i didn’t think i would be extremely homesick or anything- i assumed the city would cheer me up enough to forget about that. and don’t get me wrong, the city is awesome of course. however, i haven’t been able to stop crying every single night since i came here. it’s not that i miss my home country necessarily, it’s truly because of my family…i can’t stop thinking of my mom, dad and siblings. it gets worse at night when i’m all alone in my room. i have already tried everything, from distracting myself to reminding myself how blessed i am…but i truly feel depressed right now and wondering if i made the right decision and whether i should even do this. the idea that i won’t see my family in real life for another 4+ months is so scary to me, it truly keeps me up at night. can anyone relate to this, and does anyone know if it gets better? any advice? :’)