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 |  Subject: taiwnese culture shock  Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:18 pm | |
| Culture Shock is a term used to describe the anxiety produced when a person moves to a completely new environment. This term expresses the lack of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate. The feeling of culture shock can usually set in after the first few weeks of arriving in a new country. It is a normal part of adjusting to new foods, customs, language, people and activities, A person with culture shock may experience some of these symptoms: irritability, headaches or stomach aches, overly concerned with health, easily tired, loneliness, hopelessness, distrust of hosts, withdrawal from people and activities, painful homesickness, lowered work performance. This article can help to guide you through some of the stages you may recognize and how you can fight it or learn to deal with it and overcome it's effects. Culture shock can be described as the physical and emotional discomfort one suffers when living in another country or place different from his or her place of origin. Usually, the way that we lived before is not accepted or considered normal in the new country. Everything is different, for example, not speaking the language, not knowing how to use simple everyday items such asbanking machines, getting a cell phone, using telephones, or knowing how to take a bus. Learning the symptoms and knowing ahead of time of how to prepare yourself and how to deal with Chinese culture shock can make it a lot easier to overcome. The symptoms of cultural shock can appear at different times and show in different ways. Below are some of the symptoms you should look out for: -Insomnia, or a desire to sleep too much or too little.-Changes in your temperament, getting angry easily at things that usually wouldn't bother you, depression, feeling vulnerable, feeling powerless.-You have a preoccupation with your health.-You start having aches, pains, stomachaches, headaches, or allergies that you usually didn't have before arriving in Taiwan.-Anger, irritability, resentment, and an unwillingness to interact with other people.-A feeling of sadness or loneliness.-A feeling of being lost, overlooked, exploited or abused.- Identifying only with your own culture and comparing Taiwan negatively to your own country.-You wish you were home and have a strong longing for your family and friends back in your country.- Unable to solve simple problems.- You are trying too hard to absorb everything in the new about the culture in Taiwan.-Feelings of inadequacy, lack of confidence, insecurity, loss of identity, not fitting in, and doubting your ability to succeed.-You start developing stereotypes about Taiwan's culture and the country.-You may start developing different obsessions such as: over-cleanliness; over-tidiness; over-eating; over-drinking.- You feel you can’t have a normal conversation with anyone.-Having a feeling of helplessness, and thinking you need help from people in your own country.-Being afraid to do new things or go to new places. Another example of culture shock that happens to especially Taiwanese students, is when you finally graduate from college or university after so much hard work and then realize something the hard way. You realize that people skills are at least as important as technical skills to get ahead in this world. |
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