Culture shock begins with the honeymoon stage". This is the period or time when we, travelers, first arrive in a foreign country. In this stage, everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffuring from "jet lag" but we are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new kinds of food. This honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure.
Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have settled down into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or living with a home-stay family, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friend, pets. All the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a Foreian culture, This period of cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture. This "rejection stage" can be quite dangerous because the visitor may develop unhealthy habits (smoking too much, being too concerned over food or contact with people from the new culture), This can, unfortunately, lead to the person getting sick or developing skin infections or rashes which then makes die person feel even more scared and confused and helpless. This stage is considered a crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to their homeland or spend all their time with people from their own culture speaking their native language.
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