Though I can see how you can adjusts like Foolish1 says, though it probably is not good for your long term health like that articles says.
But why go through that pain of adjustment if there are funner and better alternatives?
I've found that when I was in Hong Kong, toward the end of my study abroad I was totally alone, just seeing people made me feel better, because I could not speak to anyone because they all spoke cantonese.
I describe this in this post here of
how I was riding the train, vs just going out.