Jeannette remarked to her friend after returning from studying in korea, "i wonder why american's health care system is so compl
icated and so expensive? In korea i could drop into a small hospital (they were on almost every corner) see a doctor and pay $7." jeannette is experiencing
Jeannette is experiencing <u>"re-entry shock."</u>
Re-entry shock, additionally alluded to as reverse culture shock,is REAL and it is NORMAL.
85% of individuals coming back from abroad have some sort of trouble with reentry. In the event that you are experiencing issues re-acclimating to life in the U.S., you are not the only one.
Re-entry shock can be astounding and testing in an unexpected way. You hope to experience a change period when living in another nation. However, you don't hope to need to re-conform to life in your nation of origin. Sometimes you don't understand the amount you've developed and changed until the point that you return home.
Identity vs role confusion occurs when and individual is at the period of time when he/she is trying to find what is the purpose of their life. People commonly reach this stage when we are transitioning from childhood (when our roles are fully determined by our parents) to adolescent.