This is something molto importante to be aware of if you're going to live in another country. Some people experience cultural shock even within their own country. For example a person who lives in a small town who goes to live in a big city. Then if you move from a place that has a different dialect to another place of another dialect such as the way people in the U.S. speak in New York and way they speak in the south of the U.S.

When moving to another country that has a different language, food, reglion and cultural values, culture shock can really be tough!

Culture shock' is a term used to describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within an entirely different cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country. It grows out of the difficulties in assimilating the new culture, causing difficulty in knowing what is appropriate and what is not. This is often combined with strong disgust (moral or aesthetical) about certain aspects of the new or different culture.

The term was introduced for the first time in 1954 by Kalvero Oberg. Other researchers who have subsequently worked on culture shock include Michael Winkelman.

Culture shock is a research area in intercultural communication. Recently, some researchers claim that culture shock does have many positive effects on intercultural sojourners, like increasing self-efficacy [1] and helping improve self-motivation [2].

Contents [hide]
1 Phases of Culture Shock
2 Symptoms of culture shock
3 Coping with culture shock
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

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The only time I have felt like that was a trip to Morocco when I was 19. Trying to find my way through the Tetouan Medina at night with two young women (who were advised to walk behind me)and a group of about twelve young men looking for tips (or more)shadowing us.

Then in front of me another man appears and says "this way, the medina is not safe at night". I wasn't about to argue...

I have heard that Tetouan is much safer now, the police have really cracked down on the tourist violence. But I keep my berber rug as a reminder that I will never visit that den of thieves again. Marakesh, Fez even Rabat I will visit but never again to Tetouan.