choque cultural
Subject: Culture shock
When we think about traveling, we don't usually think about the "side effects" that it might have. Now, I'm going to talk about one of them that is called "culture shock" and try to connect with the experience I had abroad.
Culture shock is a subject that's been studied for many psychologists and can be defined as a feeling of uncertainty, confusion or anxiety that people experience when they live in or visit a different culture.
In the studies they classified that in five stages.
The first stage is known as "honeymoon" in this period of time is when you first arrive abroad and everything is new exciting and kind of strange, you want to see the different social norms, try the weird new food and get into the modes of conversation of the new culture, in this period you might even suffer from the time difference and you body can feel it, but you are excited the discover what that new place has to offer to you. This stage can last for a long while, because it might seem as an adventure. However, the second stage can be a little bit harder, because in this stage is the period that you kind of settled down into that new world, it's the time you can have problems because of the language barrier or with the rules of the house, if you live in a homestay then you also start realizing certain things when you start having your tasks, such as working and studying; if you live by yourself you have to do all the housework, like cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, doing groceries..etc,
In the same stage, you start missing your family friends and things from your house, it might happen even more if you are not welcome in the place you are staying. Something that shouldn't be a problem for you if you were in your homeland, now that you are abroad, it is going to be a problem, and because of this you may develop unhealthy habits (like smoking/ drinking too much, or being so concerned over food or contact with people from that culture) sometimes when it's
When we think about traveling, we don't usually think about the "side effects" that it might have. Now, I'm going to talk about one of them that is called "culture shock" and try to connect with the experience I had abroad.
Culture shock is a subject that's been studied for many psychologists and can be defined as a feeling of uncertainty, confusion or anxiety that people experience when they live in or visit a different culture.
In the studies they classified that in five stages.
The first stage is known as "honeymoon" in this period of time is when you first arrive abroad and everything is new exciting and kind of strange, you want to see the different social norms, try the weird new food and get into the modes of conversation of the new culture, in this period you might even suffer from the time difference and you body can feel it, but you are excited the discover what that new place has to offer to you. This stage can last for a long while, because it might seem as an adventure. However, the second stage can be a little bit harder, because in this stage is the period that you kind of settled down into that new world, it's the time you can have problems because of the language barrier or with the rules of the house, if you live in a homestay then you also start realizing certain things when you start having your tasks, such as working and studying; if you live by yourself you have to do all the housework, like cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, doing groceries..etc,
In the same stage, you start missing your family friends and things from your house, it might happen even more if you are not welcome in the place you are staying. Something that shouldn't be a problem for you if you were in your homeland, now that you are abroad, it is going to be a problem, and because of this you may develop unhealthy habits (like smoking/ drinking too much, or being so concerned over food or contact with people from that culture) sometimes when it's