Here’s my two cents.
We’re immigrants trying to find our feet in a society and system that are completely different from what we’ve always known. Many of us came here believing the grass would be greener, but the reality is often much more complicated. While we’re trying to adapt, there’s also this constant pressure to justify everything we sacrificed to get here. The money, the time away from family, the expectations back home, they all sit quietly on your shoulders every single day.
That kind of pressure changes people. It can make you impatient or emotionally unavailable. Before long, those frustrations begin to show up in your relationships. Sometimes it isn’t that the love has disappeared; it’s that you’re carrying so much that you no longer have the capacity to show up as the person you want to be.
I also think it’s important to remember where many of us are coming from. Back home, money felt like the answer to almost everything. Once you had enough of it, a large part of life’s struggles became easier to manage. Here, money still matters, but it isn’t the only thing that determines whether life feels fulfilling. You can have a decent income and still struggle with loneliness, the pace of life, or the feeling that you don’t quite belong.
2026-07-10 09:16:17
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Tomkeh :
Let me borrow you my advice..
l eat and sleep and ignore anything bothering me
l received a letter from tax is repayment oooo l hide it my mental health is importanf. l will attend it to it at right time.
The most important part is
Trust GOD.
2026-07-10 10:25:04
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Just Ray 👑 🇬🇧 👑 :
Sister try to create your own happiness. All this sha pass 😁
2026-07-10 08:31:33
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Ijenwaeze :
I Reject every negativity in this video in Jesus Name Amen 🙌
2026-07-10 10:35:32
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" " :
I think its a curse at this point...my mind is soo restless
2026-07-10 07:28:06
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pat_destallion :
Nne m pick shift. You’ll be fine k promise
2026-07-10 07:33:20
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Beauty :
Not just uk it’s the world I find my happiness through God
2026-07-10 03:51:45
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Sir Tinto :
The system is designed to stress you
2026-07-10 08:49:13
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Awanger :
Can’t relate. I will scroll now okay, take care sis
2026-07-10 08:34:22
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K8_H🇧🇼🏴 :
sorry sis... but coming here was the best decision of my life as a nurse. have studied and improved my skill, no debt, no child... hope things work out for you.
2026-07-10 10:18:24
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mystapaapi 🇬🇭🇬🇧 :
if U want to be happy you will be happy.. it depends how U arranged Ur things
2026-07-10 08:41:40
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Kimora🥰 :
I am in the UK and I have peace of mind ooo and nothing can ever disrupt my peace of mind
2026-07-10 10:52:39
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Bewie :
have you checked the £5 note
2026-07-10 10:38:21
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Sharifa Hassan :
😂There’s peace of mind dear , is just our dreams that don’t let us rest 😅we’re chasing our dreams 😅😅
2026-07-10 08:23:36
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Ujukevin♓️🤩🤩🫶💋🌹 :
Learn to be happy my sister nothing is worth taking my joy in this country.
2026-07-10 09:03:43
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Fish and food supply — Nigeria :
it is well with your soul 💞
2026-07-10 09:34:23
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Sharon_axa264 :
Trust me it's so true
2026-07-10 08:41:17
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Chartty💋❤️ :
hmmmmm💯😔
2026-07-10 07:20:26
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silveria938 :
some people there are happy doing very well
2026-07-10 06:38:43
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Sunil_Ben :
I’m telling u…since i come here i never rest😂💔. Sorry dear
2026-07-10 02:07:39
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abimbolaomooba1 :
I came to a conclusion 2 days ago, as immigrants in foreign countries, we just need to take things easy. We aim too high and expectation of people back home is too high. We should just calm down and do what we can, we can’t have it all in short term. Let’s be content and happy with whatever we are able to achieve, don’t overate yourself or be too hard on yourself. I no fit kpai myself with life’s goals. Slow and steady win the race.
2026-07-10 09:42:08
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Sandy_k :
You can be “happy” or have peace if you pray and believe God is with you in the storm. The storm will come but it gives joy to know God is there with you. Secondly, realizing that your life is in his hands and he is your provider. Once you commit everything to him, he makes a way. Don’t allow the enemy to triumph in your trials ..
2026-07-10 08:40:58
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user61191175853776 :
It’s a hamster wheel 😂
2026-07-10 04:18:46
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ENYINNA 🇳🇬🇬🇧 :
Just surrender all to God and ask him for peace, believe me he will grant you peace. Whatever you can just be happy
2026-07-10 03:43:04
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