Nostomania

From WordSmith:

Nostomania (nos-tuh-MAY-nee-uh, -mayn-yuh) noun


An overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places.

[From Greek nostos (a return home) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or madness).]

You can consider nostomania to be an extreme form of nostalgia (literally, pain for home).

Honokohau Harbour, photo by Lehua ©2002