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When distance changes perspective

My passport says I'm American but I've lived overseas so long that I feel more foreign when I come home than when I'm abroad and I don't know which feeling is more real.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

She's discovering that physical separation from her country has created emotional separation, questioning which version of herself is more authentic.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with National identity and patriotism examined?”

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