Even after a few weeks it wasn t so bad. You want nothing to do with this miserable excuse for a nation. It was a mistake to come here. You want to sue someone. You ve reached the second stage of culture shock.
Culture shock is more than just being homesick.
It s a natural even necessary process of adjusting to a new place. Every traveler experiences it, but you can avoid the worst parts if you know what to expect. Daniel Birdsall has had plenty of experience with culture shock. As a student support coordinator at Council Exchanges in Boston, MA, he mediates conflicts between foreign exchange students and their host families. In the honeymoon stage, you re blown away by how new everything is, says Birdsall.