{"id":110115,"date":"2019-12-06T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/reverse-culture-shock\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:13:27","slug":"reverse-culture-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/au\/reverse-culture-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse Culture Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-110115\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-110115-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-110115-0\"><div id=\"pgc-110115-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-110115-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-110115-0-0-0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>When we leave our country for a long period of time, we are usually prepared for a big transition and culture shock. 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