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Originally Posted by Gr3tta
Someone who has become my good friend on here is a non-native English speaker. I can definitely tell when he is distressed because his sentence structures deteriorate. I didn't realize there was a word for it. I just thought it must be more difficult for him to translate his thoughts under duress.
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Yeah, for me going back into French is a comfort thing. It's what I spoke as a child, and with my schoolteachers and everything. Probably most people retreat into what they know best when they're stressed?
Speaking in English is a big effort for me - sometimes even on a good day. It's especially true of speaking English on the level required for the law or editing.
Also, sometimes there are things I want to say that just can't be said in English!!
There is no word for ESL stress; I just think it gets mistaken for "thought disorder" by psychiatrists -- but the two are certainly not the same thing.
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