Culture Shock

When a person moves to a new culture, he faces many challenges due to differences between his own culture and the new culture. If a person fails to understand, manage and overcome those challenges, he may get a culture shock which can badly affect his life. We all are prone to culture shock. When we get used to certain situations and suddenly need to adapt and adjust to different situations, we may find it difficult. The reason may be a culture shock. When a person, after his return from another culture, finds it difficult to adjust in his own home culture it is another a kind of culture shock called reverse culture shock. The degree of cultural differences, person’s psychological development and maturity play a major role in determining the intensity of culture shock. Cultures vary across the world. Lack of cultural understanding may make one mistake others. The best preventative measure against and the best remedy for culture shock can be proper inter-cultural education and awareness. This book aims at bringing about awareness on culture shock and educating people on preventing culture shock from ruining their life.