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I moved to London from the North East for uni last year, and i'm suffering from pretty bad depression (which my parents don't know about). I have alopecia and i'm finding it really hard to cope. Don't know if being so far away from home is healthy as i'm missing it so much and dealing with this alone.
No offence to Londoners, but it's a depressing place. Mean, mean people. I'm from the North West where people (to me, at least) seem a lot friendlier. The North East even more so. I love the North East.
I had to put up with London for less than an hour on two consecutive days last year and that was as much as I could stand. I was verbally abused both days. If I had to do it for a month, I'd start responding and becoming vicious. I come across as nice here but, if provoked into viciousness, I WILL be vicious. And, in turn, that will make me depressed because I don't want to be like that.
A lot of people like London and it's not my intention to offend them, but coming from where I do (and especially where you do), it's not what we're used to. I'd feel the same way you do. If you think you can sit it out, do so. If not, transfer back up north. You only get one shot at life. There's no point suffering when you have the choice to be happier.
I had the same problem, probably why I am here, because of depression, I'm 19, from south america, and live in the US, It took me 2 years to get the strength to tell my parents i wanted to go back home, I moved out when i was 16, so It's been tough being away from home and all alone, but always go for what makes you happy. So i talked to them this weekend, and im moving back to my country this year after im done with this college semester. So do it man, all you parents want to do is help you be happy and a better person, thats what they are there for.
I never really talk to them, so i wrote them a long email explaining how i feel, and why i think its best for me to be back home, I really never let them see my weaknesses but i had to let myself be vulnerable once and stop all this suffering for once. Its really hard and it took a lot of time to put all the bad feelings aside and truly see what is best for me, not really what will make me happy, but what will make me grow as a better person.