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I moved to Australia just about 2 weeks ago and I’m struggling hard to make friends. With my job as an au pair I don’t have coworkers so I feel extremely lonely. My host family seems to take advantage of me, and it’s really draining me. I haven’t left my room other than to work, and I’m feeling so homesick and unlike myself. I’ve struggled with depression in the past and can normally shake it off and find coping mechanisms but I feel like being here in a new place has made it even harder to want to feel ok. I miss my parents and boyfriend back home in Canada so much, but signed a 6 month contract and am going to be here for a while. I just feel so heavy, and unlike myself and it’s really becoming hard to go out and make friends, or even sleep and take care of myself.