So you’re living  in a new and different country, and one day you wake up feeling angry and fed up with everyone and everything

Some people call this ex-pat anger syndrome

You’ve been here for some years and you’ve really tried to fit in. You do your best to accept the cultural differences and to be open-hearted and accepting but sometimes you just feel so angry you could scream.

People ignore you, they do annoying things like barging in front of you in queues as if you didn’t exist. Or they don’t say ‘thank you’ when you let them pass.

The streets are dirty and when you do find a green place it is strewn with litter.

People don’t smile at you – they all look totally miserable and they sometimes stare at you in the street as if you were an alien. Continue reading →