Study problems

All kinds of study problems are common among students, since this is a transitional phase with a lot of challenges. For anyone, bit even more so for Internationals who have to deal with cutural shock and creating a new social life. Psychological problems are not uncommon in this period. Rathjer deal with them sooner then later, before psychological symptoms grow into persistent disorders.

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Psychological problems common in this period of life are: fear of failure, perfectionism, procrastination, motivational problems, study choice problems, over-stressing or burn-out. 

 

  

      As many other international students that need to leave their home country, families and friends, moving and studying abroad can be a stressful experience, even after years. The excitement of the cultural shock slowly fades away and the expats find themselves under a lot of pressure to integrate, to speak the language, to socialize and to forge contacts. This can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming. 

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In addition, you can experience all kinds of problems related to student life and this phase of life (in which so much changes and happens), such as: homesickness, adjustment problems, difficulty with the detachment from or establishing a different relationship with your parents, mourning, caring for a neighbor, difficulty in adapting to a different culture, loneliness, social problems, suffering trauma (for example sexual, dying, hazing), identity problems (sexuality, gender, self-image).