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href=\"Node\/5718\" target=\"_blank\">See an exchange student’s blog on leaving Copenhagen here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expectations and the reality of home life do not always match up, she says:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey expect things back home to be the same as when they left, and may not realise that they themselves have changed and that people at home might have changed too,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<h2>The mourning after<\/h2>\n<p>Students may feel isolated with their new experiences and changed identity, as friends and family lose interest in their \u2018when I was in Copenhagen\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey have had all these new experiences, and met all these new people, and all of a sudden they find themselves back in a boring familiar routine,\u00ab says Anne.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/5726\" target=\"_blank\">See article <em>Volunteering helps students with return panic<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI remember when I myself came back from exchange in Australia I was hit hard. I was not prepared for coming home a changed person. I had had all of these \u2018wow\u2019 experiences, but after a few days people are not as interested as they are when you first get home, so you feel a bit lonely.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/copenhagen-didn-t-live-fairy-tale\" target=\"_blank\"> See article <em> Copenhagen didn’t live up to fairy tale <\/em> here. <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>No debriefing<\/h2>\n<p>The International Office has information about reverse culture shock on their website, and brings the subject up at an orientation meeting in the beginning of the international students\u2019 stay.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe realise that for some people, going home may be six or 12 months away, but we don\u2019t have a debriefing as such when people leave, so that is the only opportunity we have. I hope that just the fact that people have heard about reverse culture shock will mean that they will remember it, and are in some way prepared,\u00ab she explains. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Node\/5711\" target=\"_blank\"> See article <em> Return ticket makes leaving easier<\/em> here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? We would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/how-share-stories-university-post\" target=\"_blank\">hear from you<\/a>. 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