Culture Shock and The Cultural Adaptation Cycle [What It Is and What to Do About It]

Travelling overseas is all about excitement and adventure, right? For the most part, yes. But SPOILER ALERT: there’ll be highs and lows but it’s all part of having a one-of-a-kind overseas experience. Even for seasoned travellers, the chance of getting a dose of “culture shock“ is real every time they step on the plane. In this video, the team at The Global Society get into detail about the “Cultural Adaption Cycle“. This is the process of you adapting to a new environment, also known as “culture shock“. It’s a weird, if somewhat predictable, occurrence. You land somewhere new. Things are different to back home. You feel out of sorts and experience an emotional “slump“. And progressively, you come out of that slump and see your new environment with new eyes. You’ve “adapted“. Congratulations 🥂 What many people don’t realise is that “culture shock“, or cultural adaptation, can affect you anytime you go into a new environment. That means you can EVEN get culture shock when you come home