From personal experience, it’s difficult. You miss them. Terribly. Sometimes to the point where it physically hurts. The longing to be with them never stops. The wanting to feel their touch never subsides. You find that the sound of their voice, and their face seen through the computer screen, and the online messages become more of them to you then they themselves actually are. You’ll see couples holding hands and kissing and laughing together and you’ll feel envious of them for having something you lack, but want so much. It takes a lot. Trust, dedication, sacrifices, commitment, will power, and most importantly, strength. You’ll need to be strong. The times when you are weak is when the necessity of strength is remarkably amplified because when you are weak, your weaknesses hold the power to dominate your sense of purpose and vitality. 

But, it’s taught me a lot. It’s taught me patience. It’s taught me that I have strength, even in times when I think I don’t. It’s taught me that giving up is easier than to keep fighting. It’s taught me the effectiveness of having a persevering fortitude. It gave me a profound will power to endure and withstand obstacles for the gain of what it is I want. And most importantly, it’s taught me that despite endeavors, if two people have a mutual longing to be with one another, the limitations are no longer limitations, but challenges waiting to be conquered. 

I believe when you have strong enough feelings for someone and that person feels the same, there is only so few things that should stop you two from being with one another.

So my view on long distance relationships is it’s difficult, yes, but very much possible if both of you share the same desire to be with one another.