The document discusses culture shock and the process of adapting to a new culture. It describes culture shock as a generalized trauma that affects individuals in a new culture due to unfamiliar signs, collapsed interactions, and a threat to personal identity. Culture shock occurs in stages as one first observes as a spectator, then participates while adjusting to daily life, experiences shock as problems surface, and eventually adapts by developing new relationships and assimilating. Adapting well requires maintaining an open and positive mindset, flexibility, perceptiveness, and personal values.