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Symptoms of culture shock
• Physical
• excessive washing of hands • excessive concern over…… • headaches • stomach/back aches • difficult to sleep well • tend to feel tired
Reverse Culture Shock
You are no longer completely comfortable in your home country . It may take a little while to become at ease with your home culture.
Rejection Phase
The newcomer may encounter many problems in transportation, shopping, or interpersonal communication. You may feel that people may no longer care about your problem, and they don’t like foreigners. The newcomer may start to complain and reject the host culture.
◆当人们去到一个与自己原来的文化迥异的地方时,绝大多
数人都会经历一种心理上的迷惑,这就是文化冲击。 ——Robert Kohls(Survival Kit for Overseas Living)
It means strong feelings of discomfort, fear, or anxiety, which people may have when they enter another culture. People's response to culture shock : vary greatly, from excitement and energetic action to withdrawal,depression, physical illness, and hostility. Keep in mind : First, most people experience some degree of culture shock whenhey go to a new country. Second, culture shock passes with time.