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When Emotional States Become Tied to Specific Languages

I speak six languages but feel most myself in the one I learned during my year of depression in Berlin.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Languages acquired during intense emotional periods may carry unique access to particular psychological states or memories.

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