Anyone who has lived abroad for an indefinite amount of time, is familiar with the excitement and fear it entails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moving to a foreign country is a huge challenge and requires courage, resilience and adaptability to a whole new kind of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It gets even more challenging if you must learn a new language, since we are all aware of how communication influences our social and everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Italy is a complex country, with a complicated bureaucracy and a very solid cultural identity. Expats moving to Italy may experience so called \u201cculture shocks\u201d, and will have to get used to different habits and routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the excitement and curiosity, expatriates could experience something called \u201cexpat blues\u201d: a recurring feeling of loneliness and homesickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously, every county in the world is different and has its own peculiarities. So, an expat\u2019s concrete struggles in Dubai may be different than those experienced in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social life is obviously one of the main aspects involved in moving to a foreign country. The need to recreate a group of friends suddenly emerges and at the same time you deal with the fact that you are leaving your significant others behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It takes time to process what you are leaving and to learn how to embrace a new home away from your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mental healthcare is fundamental while facing such a lifechanging event, but it can be hard to find an English-speaking therapist in the country you are moving to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Language barriers are always tough to face but they are especially insidious in the healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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