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When cultural adaptation fragments personal identity

I code-switch so automatically now that I don't know which version of me is real anymore and I'm afraid I've become a collection of adaptations with no core.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Survival-based behavioral flexibility can become so extensive that authentic self-recognition becomes impossible.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Immigration & Cultural Transition?”

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