How to deal with culture shock when relocating overseas

It is very common to have a culture shock for new students, and also for international students. This is experienced because of a loss of familiarity with various norms that you go through every single day. Behavior and interactions also matter when it comes to cultural shock. It mostly happens with our familiarity. However, in different countries, these familiar cultural shocks throughout overseas change. That too with the unfamiliar ones. This leads us to completely go blank on reacting to anything in different countries. These include anxiety, confusion, and disorientation.

Symptoms of Culture Shock

Fatigue– Tiredness becomes your routine even after having a good sleep and good food.

Hyperirritability– Becoming irritated by small issues, when nothing has happened that much, is a sign of hyperirritability. It happens due to shallow comments that someone has made. Inappropriate venting of anger and assuming the worst in everything are also part of this.

Depression– This is also a sign of culture shock. This includes being lost, vulnerable, a lack of motivation, a lost sense of identity, and feeling lonely.

Anxiety– You become anxious and are unable to make new decisions. As this frightens you due to overthinking. You bar yourself from meeting new people.

Self-doubt– Struggling with yourself becomes your daily routine. This results in a lack of self-confidence. You start questioning yourself a lot about whether you are making correct decisions or not.

Negative feelings for the host country– Development of negative thoughts towards the country you are living in. Be it the culture of the country or people, place, and food. You have negative feelings and thoughts about everything related to that country.

How to overcome these? Well, here are two points which you can follow.

1. Do a Research

Do research for your host country before departing for it. This will help you to prepare yourself for the unfamiliar atmosphere of that country. Different social norms will not be difficult for you.

2 Learn the Local Language

Learning the local language will help you a lot. Even just a few phrases will help a lot. You will be able to communicate in a better way.

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