2. Reverse culture shock
1. Feeling excited about returning home
2. Feeling frustrated, lonely, angry. Missing the host
culture and friends. Looking for ways to return.
3. Gradually adjusting to life at home. Things seem
more normal and routine, but not the same.
4. Incorporating the new experience and knowledge
in your life and career.
3. But! But… But what about everything that
happened?
• You come home excited with your new experience, but
things in your home country are the same, nothing has
changed and moreover - everybody expects you to be the
same.
• You feel like you don’t fit in here anymore...
• No one really understands what you have experienced
• A lot of returnees admit that it is much harder to come
back
• BUT - All that has been learned can be integrated into
lifestyle
