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Catarina :mastodon_oops: | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 "People who recalled a childhood trauma in a second language showed less emotional distress than those recounting the event in their native tongue." 

This explain a lot, probably also related with the fact that swearing in a foreign language doesn't feel as bad 

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/how-learning-thinking-in-a-foreign-language-improves-decision-making
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d749de82 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ab11dda5 I totally relate with this. I am able to go through talk therapy in english, but I can't do it in portuguese, I get too distressed. And I have tried it (pt) both during my teens and recently, in my thirties.
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Carlos Guerreiro | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ab11dda5 

Less visceral and more enjoyable?

https://youtu.be/FNZJneLEsGM?si=tIKTU_SxWAKabZuw
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08199d82 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ab11dda5 
There's a song by the German band Tocotronic that has the line "über Sex kann man nur auf englisch singen" ("Only in English, one can sing about sex.")