Happy Thursday. Let me say here that doing something for your mental health (in the realm of normal) is never a bad thing. You are the only person that can care for yourself and look after yourself. I am hoping when I go back to Germany that I will be in a better head space to tackle the negative energy that is floating around the country :( I know that it is a temporary problem and it is not how I know German people to act.

1 years in Germany is like 10-15 years in prison depressed country

This is my 3rd month in Germany. I'm here as an exchange student and I can relate so much! I've never felt so unwelcomed in any country and I was wondering if I'm the only one. Can't wait to leave.

I left Germany after 5 years. It was just too hard to make friends.

How awful. I've been living in Germany for 8 years and one of the main characteristics of German people is unfortunately the lack of tact, sensitivity and empathy. Many people have absolutely no manners. I've been battling with depression for nearly two years now and as a way to get overcome it and open up, I invited someone over and cooked dinner...what I got mostly was a critique of my apartment and questions such as when or if I was going to get the German citizenship. I mean, where is basic human decency and kindness?

I am a native german. and you are telling the truth. We like to complain about other people. i feel sorry about that

I was born white in the US and I have lived in Germany since 2008. Many, many Germans go out of their way to exclude people who are not in their tribe. I have lost jobs (more than one) in Germany because of this tribal mentality. The question is what steps are needed to join their tribe and if it is even worth it. In daily life I regularly receive comments from native Germans regarding how the US mentality is more optimistic and happy than the pessimistic unhappy German mentality. These same Germans talk about moving out of Germany.

Wow, watching this after a year and now as a Ukrainian refugee in Germany, I can tell I had almost exactly the same experience with old people here in Germany, they are the craziest bulliest people I've ever met in my life, sorry you had to go through that.

LOL the fact that many people watched this and shared their similar stories proves a point. I’m 5 years in and I wanna leave too

That's why I left Germany a long time ago. As a native born German I know my people very well and it's not only the pandamic. I don't want to go further in it. But I am an American citizen now an I'm glad about it.

I spoke to some foreigners living in Germany. They have their own life stories and bad experience here. But what their are all agreed with was that they travel back and forth to their country of origin (every 3-6 months) to get back to their normal mental state otherwise "you can get crazy in Germany". The amount of hate and aggression in Germany is enormous.

I am from Hungary and I could not finish my university so I went to Germany to work. From the first moment it was horrible in Bayern . They do not want to talk to you, in the Rathaus loudly saying heavy racist comments . At work constantly you have to smile and ask 1000x wie gehts or the team lead calls you for a talk. There is no socialisation, Germans do not wanna mix with you. You do not get any help or kindness , Germans are cold as ice , no emotions or empathy at all (at the vet office after putting my dog to sleep they called the security and took me out as I was crying very loudly hence I was bothering others….). A lot of time they do not pay for your work, you have to live with 5-10 people in a room without heating, work conditions are poor and dangerous. Germans keep reminding you that you are always lower than them, I call this indirect racism , where they explain themselves indirectly so you cannot say that hey , racism..I live already for 4 years at home , but I still work with germans in IT. Horrible.. Constant humiliation and you are not allowed to talk back. Now that I work in a needed profession every week they call me with an offer to move back to Germany as they need IT. Sometimes I still have a nightmare that I am waking up there in that cold, traumatising environment. I am sorry but Germany is a horrible place where identity and being you is not allowed. Very oppressing culture , kind of robot like. I will never go back to there, not even for holiday.

I'm German and this attitude of Germans is the biggest reason why I live happily in the US for 36 years now. Every time I went back to Germany I got traumatized because I just am not used to this low kind of interaction anymore and don't want to join them.

After 4 years of living here in Berlin, I am finally done with this country and I am leaving. I am the only asian in our apartment building and an elderly couple living above constantly attacks me. It all started from a one time incident of me cooking Pasta with "garlic" in it. Apparently the elderly couple above is allergic to garlic. It left a bad first impression and since then they have been aggressively making me feel that I don't belong. They called the apartment owner to complain about my cooking, it then escalated to my husband's smoking when they can no longer complain about my cooking. They then claim that I am cooking something exotic and I should go back to where I come from. Everytime they know we are cooking, they shout and make loud remarks. I never even cook with spices anymore, my life here has been bland like the RACIST germans living above me.

Unfortunately the ‘nastiness’ had nothing to do Corona. Empathy is not a common trait in Germany and Austria. Many people are living their protagonist lives and everyone else is just in their way.

i had such an encounter with a Racist lady in Düsseldorf Airport. i was taking my Coffee and looking for a place to sit, there was one with electrical socket so i plugged my Laptop i took some time to do some work while charging it. There was a Phone charging near me, one Lady came angry to me and was yelling " Er will mich Klauen er will mich Klauen" , someone Translated to me that she was accusing me of trying to stealing it. Lady i am a Computer System Engineer i almost certainly make multiple times your salary and maybe your entire yearly income in one month. I am no Refugee still they deserve respect and you end up making yourself looking like human garbage

I have been dealing with the same situations for the last 12 years.. my advice, do not move here unless you are desperate.. shitty weather, some people are rude and nasty. Some times its racism, mostly it's just the way they are.. i haven't got used to this kind of co-existance, and i dont think i will ever do.. and trust me, the money is not worth it...

Thank you for your honesty. I left Berlin after 5 years. Tension in the air with angry locals is palpable

We spend most of my life in Germany. Have university degrees, earn above average.. our first languages is German.. But we never felt accepted! These people are full of negativity, hate and racism. Since we have a small baby, we have decided to finally leave this country. It makes me sick to see how much they hate kids, especially when they're not Bio Deutsch.

I lived in Germany before the pandemic and encountered the same rude behaviour almost everywhere I went. So, no excuse. I’m really sorry for your negative experience. I totally feel you. I hope you are in a better place now. X