Welcome my page on culture shock, and reverse culture shock!
What is culture shock?
Culture shock is not something you feel right
away when you change your environment!
Culture shock is a feeling of depression, rage,
or other uncomfortable feeling due to a change
in environment, usually occuing 3-5 months
after arrival.
Recognizing culture shock
Many people have a hard time understanding the feelings they experience
in a new environment. They may become anxious or have mood swings and
not understand why.
Others find themselves constantly complaining about the people around them and feel
like everyone is against them.
Coping with culture shock
The first step to coping with culture shock is understanding it.
Once recognition is made that the feelings experienced are
due to culture shock, the unusual feelings become validated
and one no longer wonders where the feelings are coming from.
For more on culture shock, visit
the UCI Center for International Exchange's
website HERE
http://www.cie.uci.edu/world/shock.html#Shock
month adjustment period after switching countries.
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This image shows stages of culture shock and different reactions/coping mechanisms
used in order to deal with it. Ultimately showing two paths to take, and thier inevitable
outcomes.
My experience of culture shock hit me after being in Japan for 5 months. I became easily irratated,
and began to feel like all Japanese people were against me. I wanted school to be formatted the same
way as at UCI and I wanted other Americans around to share my frustrations with.
But the hardest and most suprising type of culture shock is REVERSE cultue shock!!!
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