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Different Culture Shock Phases After Moving

18 January, 15:13, by admin
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In the previous post I have already explained to you about “Culture Shock” and its common symptoms. But here in this particular post I will explain to you about the different phases. In fact, this has been felt by almost everyone of you when ever you tried to adapt to something new.

Honeymoon Phase – This is the first phase and is a good one for moving people. Most of the Culture shock phase begins with a happy note. This is the time when you enjoy the changes. You like the differences and feel excited. Consequently, you feel like exploring more.

Distress Phase – Now you no longer enjoy the differences. In fact you feel as if the new place is not meant for you and really don’t belong to it. So, you are confused and feel left out.

Re-integration Phase – Previously you felt as if the new place is not accepting; now you start refusing to embrace the change and get along with it. This is the most terrific period of your adapting stage. You feel hostile and you get irritated with small stuffs, which really never bothered you earlier. You miss the life back home and you begin to compare the changes with your current one. You start feeling that the current new culture is no match to your home culture. All you have to do at this point of time is to stay calm and tell yourself that you have started adapting.

Anatomy Phase – This stage is the first sign of acceptance that makes you feel better. You appreciate the new things around you. You feel like a part of the culture and thus more confident. Now, you don’t face any problem in coping with the new things and you gladly accept the new challenge of being a part of the new crowd. Again you start living a usual and normal life.

Independence Phase – It’s the last phase of the “Culture Shock” period. It is the time when you start feeling that you belong to the new culture. Now, you have learned quite a lot about the new place and you start to appreciate both the similarities and dissimilarities.

So you have fully revived from the “Culture Shock”. Henceforth your life goes on smoothly.

Culture Shock Symptoms After Moving

18 January, 15:10, by admin Tags: , ,
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We have received ample questions regarding “Culture Shock” after moving. Starting from this post we will answer all your culture shock queries. As most of you go through this “Culture Shock” phase after you move, so we will discuss everything about it, to offer you complete knowledge on the subject. In this post you will learn about the definition and the symptoms of culture shock.

What is “Culture Shock”?

“The definition of culture shock is the trauma you experience when you move into a culture different from your home culture.” This definition is quoted from a dictionary. Let us illustrate the definition, to make it clear to you. When you will move to a different country where you have never been before, you will observe that due to the change in environment, language, food habits, behavioral pattern, dressing sense, custom, religion etc you might feel left out and may have a feeling that you don’t belong to this place. This isolated feeling gives rise to many complications at times (we will discuss about the complication later).

After moving out when you will discover that from the daily informal transactions (like shopping, going for a stroll) to formal transactions that everything is unpredictable and unknown then you start missing your home town. No matter how good the people around you are but still you may feel lonely.

This happens to people who are actually not used to move frequently. Some people who are brought up in a different country and are habitual of moving here and there by themselves might not go through such a phase. Many people suffer from “Culture Shock”. But very few of them can realize it.

So, here are some symptoms that will tell you that you are suffering from “Culture Shock”.

The Common Symptoms

* Do you feel sad without having any reason? Do you feel left out when there are people around you?

* Are you getting too concerned about your health?

* Nowadays, you are frequently suffering from allergies, headaches and pains?

* Are you spending sleepless nights?

*Are you thinking that your culture was better?

* Are you making a conscious effort forcefully to adapt to the new environment and culture?

* Are you becoming too much agitated with the smallest of problems?

* Are you unnecessarily feeling shy, now and then?

* Trying very hard to be clean, as if you are obsessed with it?

* Feeling too much homesick?

* Repenting and regretting for coming to this place and you wish to go back?

 

Then for sure you are suffering from culture shock

Interstate Moves

15 January, 15:07, by admin Tags: , , , ,
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Most of the people get confused with the term “Interstate” move. This term in used by different people in different way in several context. Here we will explain you what it is actually and how you can use it while dealing with your moving company. We will try to cover everything but in case you are not able to find out what you are looking for, then please specify your move and we will surely post your answer within 3 to 4 days.

The process of transporting goods from one place of a state to another place, outside that state ( it can also be a place outside United States), is called an Interstate move. That means you are moving from a place (lets say Dallas) of a state (lets say Texas) to a different place located outside that state. It can also happen the other way round. For instance, you are moving to a place in a state of United States from a place situated outside United States. According to moving parlance, this type of move is also called Interstate move.

The relocation process that is taking place between one place of a particular state to another place outside that state (it is not only a state but also can be a different country). Additionally it is not necessary that the transportation will always have to be though moving vans or trucks, instead it can also be via airways,  railways etc depending on the distance.

To be more precise, if your goods cross a state line or border of a state with the help of a moving company, then without a second thought you can be sure that it is an Interstate move. But that does not mean that a moving van or truck has to cross the state line. However the portion of the move conducted by the moving company is always administered by the Rules & Regulations of FMCSA.

An Interstate move can also take place between two places in the same state, if in case your shipment has to cross a place outside of that state or completely outside United States.

Sometimes, a move begins outside a state. Lets name the state as X. So a move began outside X and moved into X, where the moving company has built their warehouse. But keep in mind this is not the final destination, the moving company just traveled back to their warehouse located in the X state. What would you call this move? Can you call it an INTERSTATE move?