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When assimilation creates linguistic identity impostor syndrome

I learned English as a refugee child and now my success feels fake because I think my real self only exists in my forbidden mother tongue.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Survival-based language acquisition has created a split between authentic cultural self and socially successful adapted identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Language learning and cognitive effects?”

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