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MUOhio82
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: Am I losing my mind? |
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So I'm a pretty laid back person. I've been here going on 6 months now, I go about my business, I live my life, and I generally have no complaints.
That said, for the past few days I've just NOT been having good days at work, mainly because I'm talked to like I'm three years old and just peed my pants. So that puts me in a bad mood, which carries over into my class, which carries over into my getting shoved around at Home Plus, and finally into my almost getting run over because why on EARTH would anyone stop at a red light here?!
I don't hate Korea, I don't hate Koreans, I think I've just generally had a REALLY horrible past two days, and being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
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waltjocketty
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
You now understand the sole purpose of Dave's.
Welcome. |
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MUOhio82
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Hahahaha, that made me laugh for the first time today
No kidding though eh? |
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Whirlwind
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| No, you are not crazy. You just happen to live in a crazy place(Korea). Picture Korea as a big psych ward and it's filled with patients(Koreans) who suffer from all sorts of disorders. If you consider the way that they run their world here, it's no wonder. Oh, and as a foreigner, you don't even merit consideration here. Sure you can take the elbow shot to the back the first couple times in the subway and laugh it off. But when it happens to you over a thousand times, you feel more like picking them off with a rifle. And the demeaning talk and treating you like a child, well, that's how Koreans view non-Koreans. Just watch some tv and you'll find plenty of examples. |
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mssinmymind
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
| being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
| waltjocketty wrote: |
You now understand the sole purpose of Dave's.
Welcome. |
That is why I ask so many questions on here...and I'm not even in Korea yet. I want to know how others view the situations they're in. And having others relate, seems to help me understand what to anticipate in the long run. One person on a different thread said I wouldn't learn anything about the teaching world in Korea from this board...I totally beg to differ!
Good luck, take a deep ( noooo DEEPER hah ) breath and try to let those kind of issues pass...remind yourself that it's probably not a personal issue with you but more than likely just a general difference in cultures ?? Wish I could offer more. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| There are also plenty of people who would love to get to know you ... just finding them or coming across them takes time and chance. |
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bundangbear
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: www.youtube.com/bundangbear
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:22 am Post subject: |
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HUGZ!!!!
BEAR HUGZ!!
From the one, the only, the original, since Feb. 2004,
www.youtube.com/bundangbear |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| mssinmymind wrote: |
| One person on a different thread said I wouldn't learn anything about the teaching world in Korea from this board...I totally beg to differ! |
Yah, you won't.
If you have a degree, fine. Go to your local District and get a sub certificate and teach for a month. If you still want to teach kids, come here.
If your degree is in a major with an education rider, then you've got teaching experience.
If your degree is in "education" with no practicum, good luck. Love ya on the other thread though. |
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You_are_a_seed_foot_nom
Joined: 26 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| doesn't sound like a big of a deal to me |
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shoeboy
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| mssinmymind wrote: |
| I want to know how others view the situations they're in. And having others relate, seems to help me understand what to anticipate in the long run. One person on a different thread said I wouldn't learn anything about the teaching world in Korea from this board |
You really won't... |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
So I'm a pretty laid back person. I've been here going on 6 months now, I go about my business, I live my life, and I generally have no complaints.
That said, for the past few days I've just NOT been having good days at work, mainly because I'm talked to like I'm three years old and just peed my pants. So that puts me in a bad mood, which carries over into my class, which carries over into my getting shoved around at Home Plus, and finally into my almost getting run over because why on EARTH would anyone stop at a red light here?!
I don't hate Korea, I don't hate Koreans, I think I've just generally had a REALLY horrible past two days, and being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
WHY DO YOU STAY HERE??????
No one is forcing you to stay here.
Maybe you're just not cutout to live overseas. Go back home and enjoy the comfort of being with your family. No one would think any less of you. |
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The_Source
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
| which carries over into my getting shoved around at Home Plus |
This always happens to me on a bad day. But that's mostly because when I'm in a bad mood, I'm less likely to walk around other people and more likely to try to walk straight through them.
Look out, coming through... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
So I'm a pretty laid back person. I've been here going on 6 months now...That said, for the past few days I've just NOT been having good days at work..., and being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
It's called culture shock.
The first few months the little annoying parts of life are ignored and more importantly, the stress of living in a culture very different from the one you grew up in, where you don't speak the language etc finally builds up and takes its toll.
Do the things you need to do to take care of yourself--rest, food, growth--and you'll be able to return to your normal mental state. Avoid dwelling on the negative. (Venting is not really the best way to deal with stress. It just means you are re-playing yet again a negative experience.) |
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Davew125
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| MUOhio82 wrote: |
So I'm a pretty laid back person. I've been here going on 6 months now, I go about my business, I live my life, and I generally have no complaints.
That said, for the past few days I've just NOT been having good days at work, mainly because I'm talked to like I'm three years old and just peed my pants. So that puts me in a bad mood, which carries over into my class, which carries over into my getting shoved around at Home Plus, and finally into my almost getting run over because why on EARTH would anyone stop at a red light here?!
I don't hate Korea, I don't hate Koreans, I think I've just generally had a REALLY horrible past two days, and being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
i remember once going to a conference in Seoul where some guy showed us a happiness/time graph and it matched my experiences perfectly. The graph was U shaped. The first three or four months are new and exciting, lots of crazy experiences and interesting things going on and generally good times are had. The next few months get steadily worse as you begin to realise that your job can sometimes be as boring as a job anywhere else in the world, you start to really miss things from back home like food, friends, family and a TV that you can understand. All the things that were new and quirky about Korean just become really really annoying ( im thinking this might be you ). But then you just get past it , you learn to let it all slide off your back and think '*beep* it', theres some good things here and theres some damn awful things here and you just focus on the good things that you like doing and ignoring all the shit that goes on around you and as such your happiness improves.
you basically just have to suck it up for a while, things will sort themselves out and getting through the shit days make the good days seem much better when they arrive. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Am I losing my mind? |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| MUOhio82 wrote: |
So I'm a pretty laid back person. I've been here going on 6 months now...That said, for the past few days I've just NOT been having good days at work..., and being in a foreign country away from people I can vent to is just really getting to me. I'm pretty family oriented, and being away from the for some reason has just really gotten me down the past few days. I want to wake up in the morning and be back to my unangry self and not hate the world.
Does this happen to anyone else here, or am I going completely crazy? |
It's called culture shock. |
Textbook case. |
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