Is anyone else struggling with social/cultural differences?

Just need a bit of support I guess. I was taught not to lie or to take advantage of people. Where I’m specifically from in the US I don’t see it very often. If they are lying they are good at it at least.

Where I am staying right now there is constant lying and people trying to take advantage of others in a very aggressive and mean way. I’m in a group for foreigners and many people have said they experienced the same thing. They said they feel like they have to be ready to fight every day. We all feel we have to be on guard to prevent someone taking advantage of us.

It’s exhausting me. I am traveling outside the country more to get a break, I met my boyfriend here so I am slightly tied to this country for the short term. He travels for work so when he does that I leave the country to visit another close by.

Is anyone else struggling with some cultural/social differences in their base country?