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Why code-switching leaves you feeling like a fraud everywhere

My cousins back home think I'm too serious now and my colleagues here think I'm too loud and I can't figure out which version of myself is real anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Constantly adapting your personality to different contexts has left you uncertain about your authentic self.

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