Culture Shock

             When I moved to another country, I felt depressed and tired. Did only I feel these feelings or someone else felt same things? Were these feelings normal? Experts explain that culture shock is just feelings belong to people who move to another country. People who moved to another country feel like "a fish of water." They feel like fish because they had been swimming in their own culture. Experts called this feeling "culture shock" in 1958. Culture shock is almost like disease; it has a cause, symptoms, and a cure. Culture shock may not be felt at home, but it occurs people's whole life.
             "Feeling tired or depressed? Experiencing headaches or sleeplessness? You may be suffering from culture shock, a stress related phenomenon that afflicts all expatriates. Culture shock occurs when you trade all you've known for all that's unknown. And, whether you are moving to France or to Fiji, this can lead to physical and psychological symptoms. Culture shock is not a disease, but it may feel like one (intercultural communication)
             Person who is suffering from culture shock feels depressed and unable to concentrate. Daily activity may change. For example, he or she who is suffering from culture shock may not sleep at night and sleep late into the day. The symptoms of cultural shock can appear of different times. Some of the symptoms are;
             • Sadness, loneliness, melancholy
             • Insomnia, desire to sleep to much or to little
             • Changes in temperament, depression, feeling vulnerable, feeling powerless
             • Anger, irritability, resentment, unwillingness to interact with others
             • Identifying with the old culture or idealizing the old country
             • Trying to hard to absorb everything in the new culture or country
             • Unable to solve simple problems
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