"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 sh

ock 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;

* Learn about your destination before you go

* Feelings of being lost, overlooked, exploited or abused (Dr. Carmen Guanipa)

* Maintain your sense of humor (Dr. Mustafa Ozen)

Cultures have different rules, so people can misinterpret the person's behavior who is foreign to the new culture. Also the person can misinterpret theirs. There are a lot of stories about misunderstanding. For example,

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