EXTREEM homesickness and nervousness?!

EXTREEM homesickness and nervousness?

ok. here it is. this is a little embarasing but i am 13 years old and whenever i have to be at my dads house, new enviorments or just away for a day or more i get REALLY REALLY BAD homesickness. for example i have not gone on a overnight school trip for a few years because of it. but i do not tell my mom that is the reason. i have OI (brittle bones) and so i use that as an exuese. another example: i have to go to this camp that is all day and it is about 1 hour away from my house. i am freaking out because i know i wont be able to call my mom for 8 hours or somthing. when i am away i get really shaky, nervous, homesick, and feel like i am going to cry. it is really hard for me. also i am not your average teen. i am extreemly nice to my mom and babysitter. i love them more than anything in this world. you could also say that i am a bit of a baby. i still sleep with a stuffed animal. is this normal? what should i do about it?

I get homesick easily too. I know how you feel. I sleep with a stuffed turtle occassionally. So in my opinion you seem very normal-everybody is different.
When I go to my old town and visit family and friends, I get homesick so easily. What I do is this, I take a deep breath and tell myself, "You'll be fine." (Instead of telling myself something that will make me feel worse-I tell myself something that will make me feel better.) I also bring a little something special from home, sometimes it's a stuffed animal and other times its a picture-just anything that will make me feel at ease. I also try and make myself busy so the days go by quickly-when you're busy it's easy to forget about being nervous. Plus, I bring my MP3 player-I put on songs that I love and some soft ones that will help me relax. Try those techniques.
As for going to your Dad's, why don't you tell him how you feel? I've found that being assured by the person you will be with when you might feel homesick helps out so much. It takes a load off your chest. For camp, try and have fun. Again, bring something special from home to help you relax and just try to stay busy. If you DO freak out, go to the restroom and splash cold water on your face. Then, just take a deep breath and then release. Close your eyes and think about something that makes you happy or imagine a beautiful beach, the soft sand and the seagulls and the bright sun. Relaxing will help you see there is nothing to fear. You might even meet people who feel homesick and you will have support-which will help out a lot too.
Don't think that you're not normal-you seem very normal and I'm almost fifteen and experience getting shaky and homesick sometimes too. Plus, there's nothing wrong with having respect for your mom and babysitter. The world needs more people who will have respect.
Don't freak out. Relax, you'll be just fine. I promise!!

All the best!!!