Culture shock refers to the stresses and strains associated with adapting to life in a new and different cultural sphere.

Group shock refers to the stresses and strains associated with traveling with a group where norms of personal space and time may be disrupted

Symptoms: frustration, disorientation, mental fatique, failure to relate to others, ennui, loneliness, etc.

What can you do?

• Accept that there will be uncertainties, frustrations
• Be mindful of the traveling / culture shock U curve
• Remember ways in the past you have handled stress
• Accept the challenge of learning to live and study in a new setting
• Recognize the advantages of living in group setting
• Recognize your progress in adapting to the field school
• ‘Check in’ with yourself