Anike Adhey, a Nigerian woman living in Germany, criticizes the difficulty in coping with loneliness and despair while highlighting the foreign culture of staying to oneself.
She said that compared to Nigeria, where she could easily engage in exciting activities, Germany lacks the vitality she is used to.
Anike openly confessed to having a deep yearning for her own Nigeria, describing affluent nations as places where people primarily concentrate on their own issues.
In her words;
“Before I moved to Germany; before I came abroad, I used to think all these stories I read online and see people post about depression and loneliness abroad, I thought it was a joke and that they are not being honest. It’s crazy out here and depressing.
“You know, if I was bored in Nigeria, I can take a taxi to a joint and eat catfish pepper soup and everything and go out with my friends. Here, nobody is selling Gala in traffic, no one is selling panadol,” she said in part.
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See reactions that followed…
okogladys said: “If you are in Germany for studies please endure if not come back quick quick. You are too beautifull to waste away in such a place.”
ozzypaul1 commented: “I understand you perfectly because this exactly my experience in Germany.”
Dee reacted: “The only thing that will make me CONSIDER permanent relocation is all out war.”
dorcas zambia said: “I’m 7 years in germany and miss my country everyday. Soon am going back to my country.”