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You can feel homesick for a place you've never seen

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You can absolutely miss a mountain range you have never actually seen in your life. Fernweh is the peculiar psychological state of feeling intensely homesick for a distant, unknown place. It is a testament to how aggressively our minds prefer fantasy destinations over the mundane reality of our current living situations.

You can feel homesick for a place you've never seen
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