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I recall being thoroughly disturbed when I first started dreaming in English. This happened after only having lived in the US for 5-6 years. It was part sadness
by ahurmazda 5y ago
I recall being thoroughly disturbed when I first started dreaming in English. This happened after only having lived in the US for 5-6 years. It was part sadness and part shame for betraying my mother tongue as a grown-ass man.
That was almost two decades ago. The article brought back some memories.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoPresumably it's conversations in your dream that are in English; or do you narrate your dreams or something? Prior to that would you dream of situations (ie inspired by things) that happened in an English language context but translated? Reflecting on my own dreams I don't recall ever speaking/reading in them (and I don't narrate/monologue in general; my thoughts are neither primarily language- nor pictorially-based).
- ahurmazda 5y agoIt was a long time ago. But I definitely speak in English in my dreams now. What is more curious though is that non-English speakers (in real life) also speak in English. I guess we don’t know so much about our brains. Would be fun to talk to someone who specializes in these matters.
- Tepix 5y agoAs a 16-year-old i started dreaming in English after around 3 months.