Chuanmei Lin
When I got the medication that the second doctor prescribed me (which I felt it was correct), I tried it and my cough has almost fully recovered. I am still recovering my sleep, although the process is a little slow.
Cultural shock is a concept brought up by American anthropologist Kalervo Oberg, meaning individuals may feel lost, confused, rejected and even experience feelings of fear when they lost social and communicative norms as they enter in unfamiliar cultural environments. Cultural shock is different from the shock from physiological senses, it reflects individuals’ psychological feelings such as anxious, depressed etc. because of social isolation. It’s normal to happen among immigrants or when living in one society where the cultural environments where peoples from different cultural backgrounds are changed fundamentally. Under the increasingly globalized world, the issue of cultural identities among immigrants has been an ongoing social phenomenon, which accelerates the cultural shock situations. It brings new challenges to diaspora for social integration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_shock#Oberg’s_four_phases_model
Hi Chuanmei,
I am really interested in your topic because we just talked about that in our French class! For me, I have been in Montreal since last August. But I do have found some cultural differences. The most impressive one for me is different attitudes towards life. In China, we need to study hard, to work hard. But here, people are more likely to relax. The pace of life is not so fast. Study and work are important, but it is not the whole life. I won’t say which one is right or which one is wrong because it really depends on the country, culture, etc. What we can do is to respect these different and interesting cultural differences.
Yi Hu
Hey Chuanmei, how are you? It was the same in the first month when I first came to Montreal. The huge cultural impact made me unable to find my identity and position. Gradually I stopped paying more attention to cultural differences, but learned to accept them. I hope you can get better soon～
By Shuhang
Hi Chuanmei,
I feel you there because I am experiencing exactly the same process and even worse as we last coversed.
But don’t feel alone, I am here, and you can talk to me anytime!
We will get through this!
-Zoe Yu