The Inverse Paris Syndrome

Paris syndrome is something that's experienced largely among Japanese tourists, but also like Chinese, South Korean and Singaporean tourists. It's people who go to Paris and then experience extreme disappointment as a form of like severe culture shock because their image of Paris does not match the reality of Paris. The syndrome is characterized by a number of psychiatric symptoms such as delusional states, hallucinations, feelings of persecution, depersonalization, anxiety,. As well as psychosomatic manifestations such as dizziness, tachycardia, sweating, most notably, but also others such as vomiting.

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