back to life

it has been over two months since coming home and it has been a really hard transition for me to make. i never could have imagined how hard the change from czech culture to american culture could of been. i spent my entire summer immersed in a culture that is almost opposite to the one i was raised and live in. the change at the beginning of the summer into the czech culture was very subtle and honestly i never noticed a huge difference. i mean i realized the major apparent differences, one example is when you are out in public everyone is generally extremely quiet and composed. in america everyone talks loudly and is extremely exuberant in public. the change at the beginning of the summer was an appreciated change, but re-entering american culture drove me crazy. people are so loud in public and honestly i found myself wanting to disengage from people in public all together. when i was out with friends and they were all talking over each other i found myself wanting to leave my group because i felt embarrassed to be around a group that was being loud. this is not written to complain or to bring others down, but to attempt to process what i am going through to help myself work through the issues coming up in my life due to my mini-culture shock.