• plyth@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    emotionally distancing

    when I’m thinking about something that causes me emotional distress.

    Or is English better at expressing emotions?

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      I don’t think that any language is generally worse for emotions than others.

      Ruling something out though, without having anything but your own opinions to justify it, seems like scientific misconduct.

      But in writing that, I had to search my vocabulary for 15 seconds for “opinion”, and I spend considerably longer to translate “scientific misconduct” without being satisfied.

      So I will maintain my hypothesis that speaking a second language, adds an emotional shield by distancing the speaker.

    • Natanael@infosec.pub
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      9 hours ago

      Lol no, at least not compared to Scandinavian languages. OTOH plenty of us might only be experienced in emotions expressed in older poems and songs, not a natural style to copy for most (you know, this whole Scandinavians being introverted bit)