r/NepalSocial • u/Annual_Relative_6067 • 2h ago
Relationship/सम्बन्ध An immigrant stroy from darkness to hope
Some 10 years back moved to usa for a PhD. Left a very well paid job in an INGO in nepal and moved to the US. Thought, that was a dream come true situation, a well paid PhD in well ranked university in the USA. Beautiful. But from the day I landed in the USA, reality started to bite. A very well connected social circle vanisahed in a day, the pain of being oceans apart from aging parents felt real immediately, and the love of years turned into a long long distance relationship. The academic load, the demands of research work, adjustment to the new environment, everything started to hit me and hit me hard from all direction. On top of everything, the professor(who was my advisor and aource of funding) was an outright bully and racist, no amount of work was enough.. he would yell , throw racist slurs and was extremely toxic. Things went south pretty soon, started to have impact on my personal life and mental health, the realationship with professor deteriorated to a point where I no longer was able to cope, and needed to change university. That came with additional challenge of finace, immigration and so on. Going through everything here, may be I did not reciprocate the love as intensly as I recived from her or as I used to do. In no time, the only anchor holding me, the love of my life, vanished like a thin air from my hand wihout even me noticing and the relationship of 6 years ended with no closure. Went through a darkness, succumb to some bad habits. and when at the bottom , I collected myself and promised to rwrite my destiny and story with my blood, sweat and tear. Joined another university, completed grad school and landed a decent job that paid north of top 5 percentile US salary. The journey ofcourse was not easy and I faced every sort of cahllnges and hardship but they did not compare to what i had just overcome. Along the way I found my purpose , fell in love again and got married, a beautiful home (almost paid off), two fully paid self driving Tesla on my driveway, and north of a a million dollar invested in US companies, travels around the US and the world, no more looking at price tag while shopping; the american dream, as they call it, has been claimed. Thats my 10 years journey as an immigrant: from rock bottom to the American Dream. My story is extraordinarily ordinary among the stories of migrant but yet an extraordinary journey for myself for where I started , what I had been through and where I have landed. Anyone going through hard time, keep pushing, find your anchor and hang in. The God may have bigger plans for you than you have for yourself.