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little spot in my heart and mind that will hold those experiences in me to the grave. In fact, for all my fear of returning to the deep depression that I left in my home country last year, I remain more content with my life than I have ever been.
As for culture shock, yeah, I’ve got it. My eyes are wide open to the differences I’ve never seen before. I’m surprised by a lot of things. At first, it was how rich people are here. There are so many available amenities: drinking fountains, free internet, constant electricity, personal cars, heating and cooling systems. It is strange and wonderful but makes me sad and confused about the developing country I’ve so recently come from.
I have begun to see things I don’t like, as well. There is a startling dichotomy between the obese and the too thin. I feel the pressure to be skinny and sexually attractive closing around my neck like a noose. I remember a trip to the science museum I took with my sister and grandmother a few days after my return. We were walking through a museum exhibit, ironically on body image, when a