I think you cannot generalize that. Personally, I made the experience to feel safer in speaking English, because growing up German was more so the shame language. When I learned english it felt more loving and empowering. In real life this you can find I first practice and share my work in English and when I feel save enough to do so, I create the same and similiar content in German. At this point I don't have a different personality, however I would say, there is still a difference, also in terms of knowledge. When I left germany at 20 I had my "teenie vocoabulary" and my academic training took place in English. It means I can be more acamically in English then in German. However, in German I feel more, which in English I did not or it was not included so much in learning. (Very interesting now that I think about it!) How is that with you?
After getting diagnosed with MS last year, I decided to get more involved into foreign language learning so that I can get my brain exercised and keep my cognitive skills at top form. So far I feel it has helped me significantly.
As a 63 year old, this video really reinforces that I need to get more serious with my language learning (been slowly learning Russian for several years).
I gotta say, if not anything else, learning Japanese has given me a new sense of purpose and a tangible goal to strive for. Its a great feeling to enjoy learning something new.
Learning languages makes happy to such a degree that I will never stop. It keeps me going in many areas, exercises my memory, concentration on one target for a long period of time, expands intelectual horizons, gives access to the world and it's a skill for life.
Wow ,that is amazing. I have been suffering from panic attacks that ruined my life and thanks to cbt therapy i have managed to reduce them. And now im learning a new language as well.
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails." - T.H. White. I finally found my motivation - I learn vocab, only vocab for now and I make flashcards by hand and group them in tens. Then, whenever I learn those ten words I put them to: learned box. I also have to learn box and it gives me this tactile proof I am progressing. Learning languages keeps me sane. Big Five is nowadays THE foundation of looking at personality and personality disorders in modern psychology, so it's good to know what it means.
As Indonesian speaker who learn Japanese It's interesting how we do share some cuisine that require for the rice to have both sweet and tasty flavour, despite the entirely different kind of process of making it
This is HIGHLY interesting. I have experienced a couple or so abusive relationships (nothing physical). This explains why I do feel Happy when I am In Language. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You are awesome, Olly. I have been listening to you for a few days. You are so knowledgeable and inspiring. What you say here is so true, and it is inspiring to hear someone describe what I've discovered this month by starting to learn Russian at the age of 57. My mental health has improved so very much. It is such a buzz. I enrolled in your Russian Uncovered course yesterday. It is perfect! Everything I ever hoped for, and more than I expected. Thank you so much for enriching my life, and for being so positive and sharing your skills.
Not sure what chakras have to do with language learning but I'm happy to see your B-roll visuals (I teach on the chakra's.) Love also that you feature Robin M. he has some of the best lang learning content on RUclips in my opinion.
5:20 as someone learning 3 languages and struggling with mental health issues i can relate to this. I find myself wanting to express my emotions more in dutch or portuguese compared to english or even korean. And when i do, It feels like every negative emotion leaving my body. I also find that i'm much more receptive to relaxation or meditation vids more when they're being presented in my target languages. Or just listening to the language spoken also helps me relax and calm my mind.
I really really love ur videos, you explain yourself really well and the topics are always interesting! I’m not an English native speaker but I understand you perfectly
5:36 I find that when talking to my friend in Portuguese I am very open with her. But in English I don't tell or show anyone my emotions. Well besides if I'm happy.. became best friends with a person in a different continent all because in a game I saw her and thought "wow.. this is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen" and decided to message her 😂 and from there I started learning Portuguese (almost 3 years ago) still not fantastic with it..but I can read and understand most things she writes and I can respond. Sometimes needing the translator for a word or two, but not always. life has changed so much since messaging her and deciding to learn this language ❤
I can totally relate. I met my portuguese friend as part of a language exchange, well, it was actually him looking for someone to share languages with. I actually wasnt thinking of learning portuguese at the time because i was already preoccupied with dutch and norwegian, but after having a conversation with him i couldnt resist. And we've been best friends ever since. My portuguese is slowly progressing but i enjoy every bit of it, and we're beginning to have conversations somewhat entirely in portuguese now. ,
I agree: I finally reached mental stability after acquiring my fourth language, Italian. Idk for anyone else but now I truly feel ‘balanced’ 😂 well, time will tell what other state of mind I will find myself in as I learn new idioms x)
To be honest learning of different languages help me feeling really awesome when I'm achieving something what ethereal for me in that language which I'm learning to, and to be honest I really like this feeling, because this makes me continue learning more and more information about different countries and their language and like this I started go into languages more and more deeply and that awesome because I really love study different languages, this makes my brain encourages me for each successful step in one of different languages which I'm learning at current time.
See these are the types of fact based, double blind, peer reviewed studies i like. "My brain is fried and broken" encompasses all the feelings ive felt absolutely
Can i give you an advice friend? Read a lot of books While listening to conversations obviously through tv or whatever. I myself picked up german pretty quick just by reading a lot of books.
Albanian language is my 🥰. Crush... I feel in love to learn Albanian, even after so many gaps of days in my learning session... I still keep the language close to my heart ❤️...
A fellow ADHD'er I follow said that using BSL (sign language) helped her to slow her brain down enough to allow her to fully articulate the maelstrom that is her brain as she was having the translate it on the go. So she became fluent quicker as it was a huge coping mechanism for her that actually made her life easier.
I ve had the same feeling . Some kind of happiness .english, american, italian, french , german all have more or less beauty in themselfs. To me it is a happiness .you know i am from montenegro and my understanding of your english is 99-100 of procent .the same thing is to german , italian , french and american .i could say i feel as a superman in mental sence . Your story is a full hit ; exactly as i see it
I've always been interested in languages. It can be a struggle, but it's so rewarding. On top of that, I think I'm most likely at risk of Parkinson's, and I want to to prevent it as much as I can.
Je regarde ta chaîne RUclips depuis longtemps et je viens de réaliser que j’ai acheté ton livre de « Short stories in French ». Il est incroyable, merci beaucoup d’être un super professeur
Governments across the globe should tap the idea of institutionalizing teaching two foreign languages simultaneously from the primary school level (Spanish for the Philippines for example) if they want their citizens to be mentally sound in their 80s.
@@incredulity then mass media and civil service should make the adjustment by allowing the usage of a foreign language as a medium for TV programs or social media content and require governments to offer basic government services in a foreign language.
Actually I lost my mental health after learning german.It has been 2 yrs I have been learning German and still can't go to Germany for my higher studies. All my hopes have been gonee. Now I am not good in English and also in German
If my understanding is correct, the monoamine hypothesis, which attempts to associate depression with a deficiency of serotonin, norepinephrine, and/or dopamine in the central nervous system, hasn't been proven even though it's been advocated for long. This is not to say the hypothesis is completely irrelevant but it's been seen as a bit obsolete for a while nonetheless. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
@@YogaBlissDance You're right - I just assumed that it would be the case. Isn't it? Or maybe the effect wears out after a couple of decades ... Maybe I should follow @annettg1202's suggestion and learn a 6th language. Arabic would be interesting.
I asked one of our formans at work if the company pays for knowing more then one language (it employs a lot of foreign language speakers) he seemed upset at that question, this was right after he said "anyone have any questions about work?" He told me "why would we pay you for knowing more then one language?" I told him some places give extra if you know more then one. He said " I never heard of such a thing"...then he asked "how is you knowing more then one language going to benefit this company?" On my crew we don't have have anyone that speaks another language, but I've been on another crew in the company that does (that is how I started learning spainsh). A simple no would do...really pissed me off, thinking about only speaking Spanish to him next time I see him.
Lol, my brain works in four languges and I cant choose the next one. I tried japanese, korean, spanish, italian, russian... but because I am always self-taught I abandon when life gets busy.... I guess I need to find teacher or native speaker and I will persevere :)
Se há alguns brasileiros aqui que gostaria de trocar línguas por favor diga me. Eu sou americano e quero falar ao fone but ninguém quer fazer isso comigo. Please let me know for a language swap (talking on the phone) :))
When I went on pension at age 65 I decided that I need exercise for my brain, I joined duelingo and is busy learning Russian, I do lessons every day . This vidio let me understand why I feel so good about studying. A language
Me too 😂 I did it cause 1 I was depressed and 2 it was a Michigan winter (part the reason that made me depressed, and bored) and also because my friend whom I just recently met from a game was Brazilian and I wanted her to like me. so I started learning Portuguese (almost 3 years ago now) still not fluent btw.. not close.. upsetting.. but being able to write to her daily and read what she says is pretty cool.. since before I didn't understand anything.. really wish my comprehension and speaking was better.. but.. it's improving.. well. All mt skills are. I should add that I quickly dropped Duolingo after a hundred and some days and used various various different apps and learning methods. I kinda want to revisit pimsleur.. it was super hard back then.. but now I think it would be perfect since my brain will be able to keep up.. I also just tried Duolingo Tonight after a few years of not. I'll see how it is in the future.. it's super easy rn since I was only on unit 5.. I really prefer LingQ and the story learning short stories. Also RUclips, or course. Oh and best of all me and my friend are best friends now. I hope we can meet some day. My dream is going to brazil :')
If you want to stick to your one and only mothertongue and learn no other languages here's something to think about. There's a tribe in the Amazonas whose language does not have a name for numbers. Consequently the tribe members have no concept of quantities. Zero mathematic skills! All because of their one and only language's limitations. What's even more terrifying is when the explorers who first met them tried to teach them basic maths the adults could not grasp the concept of mathematics at all, only those still young enough started learning what's 2+2 etc. Start learning languages as soon as you can because certain mental doors will close in front of you at certain ages, never to be opened again.
I'm pretty sure they just have a different concept of numbers say if someone picks 1 fruit or 2 fruit they must have a way to indicate things like that, on a practical level.
You should try and keep learning then return to the video then you’ll probably better understand the perspective, don’t get so stuck in a language that you miss the message/concept being presented. No one bats an eye when you say follow your heart or your gut even though everyone knows your brain is responsible for feelings and emotions
You should speak a little slower since you are talking to people who are learning English and not native speakers, this speed in your speech does not help at all! 🤷
Can learning a new language change your personality? 👉🏼 ruclips.net/video/NZDGYKQSd1k/видео.html
Me slamming Anki reviews instead of seeing a therapist
I think you cannot generalize that. Personally, I made the experience to feel safer in speaking English, because growing up German was more so the shame language. When I learned english it felt more loving and empowering. In real life this you can find I first practice and share my work in English and when I feel save enough to do so, I create the same and similiar content in German. At this point I don't have a different personality, however I would say, there is still a difference, also in terms of knowledge. When I left germany at 20 I had my "teenie vocoabulary" and my academic training took place in English. It means I can be more acamically in English then in German. However, in German I feel more, which in English I did not or it was not included so much in learning. (Very interesting now that I think about it!) How is that with you?
After getting diagnosed with MS last year, I decided to get more involved into foreign language learning so that I can get my brain exercised and keep my cognitive skills at top form.
So far I feel it has helped me significantly.
learning languages helps my brain become good at clicking on videos really fast
I hear that
Yes, the video is like one of the many that does nto say how
As a 63 year old, this video really reinforces that I need to get more serious with my language learning (been slowly learning Russian for several years).
Keep it going.. Even if it's slow... Don't quit 🤗
20 minutes by day, Just it
Slow and steady is fine!! I am 64 and started Ukrainian in January.
The truth guys like this one don't tell you, is that learning a language is slow and does take years
I gotta say, if not anything else, learning Japanese has given me a new sense of purpose and a tangible goal to strive for. Its a great feeling to enjoy learning something new.
I have recently started learning Japanese as well! Been about a month and a half and I'm really enjoying it so far
Learning languages makes happy to such a degree that I will never stop. It keeps me going in many areas, exercises my memory, concentration on one target for a long period of time, expands intelectual horizons, gives access to the world and it's a skill for life.
Wow ,that is amazing. I have been suffering from panic attacks that ruined my life and thanks to cbt therapy i have managed to reduce them. And now im learning a new language as well.
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails." - T.H. White.
I finally found my motivation - I learn vocab, only vocab for now and I make flashcards by hand and group them in tens. Then, whenever I learn those ten words I put them to: learned box. I also have to learn box and it gives me this tactile proof I am progressing.
Learning languages keeps me sane.
Big Five is nowadays THE foundation of looking at personality and personality disorders in modern psychology, so it's good to know what it means.
Yup. Totally agree. Whenever I pick up a language book, life always gets joyful.
As Indonesian speaker who learn Japanese
It's interesting how we do share some cuisine that require for the rice to have both sweet and tasty flavour, despite the entirely different kind of process of making it
This is HIGHLY interesting. I have experienced a couple or so abusive relationships (nothing physical). This explains why I do feel Happy when I am In Language. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You are awesome, Olly. I have been listening to you for a few days. You are so knowledgeable and inspiring. What you say here is so true, and it is inspiring to hear someone describe what I've discovered this month by starting to learn Russian at the age of 57. My mental health has improved so very much. It is such a buzz. I enrolled in your Russian Uncovered course yesterday. It is perfect! Everything I ever hoped for, and more than I expected. Thank you so much for enriching my life, and for being so positive and sharing your skills.
Not sure what chakras have to do with language learning but I'm happy to see your B-roll visuals (I teach on the chakra's.) Love also that you feature Robin M. he has some of the best lang learning content on RUclips in my opinion.
5:20 as someone learning 3 languages and struggling with mental health issues i can relate to this. I find myself wanting to express my emotions more in dutch or portuguese compared to english or even korean. And when i do, It feels like every negative emotion leaving my body. I also find that i'm much more receptive to relaxation or meditation vids more when they're being presented in my target languages. Or just listening to the language spoken also helps me relax and calm my mind.
I really really love ur videos, you explain yourself really well and the topics are always interesting! I’m not an English native speaker but I understand you perfectly
5:36 I find that when talking to my friend in Portuguese I am very open with her. But in English I don't tell or show anyone my emotions. Well besides if I'm happy.. became best friends with a person in a different continent all because in a game I saw her and thought "wow.. this is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen" and decided to message her 😂 and from there I started learning Portuguese (almost 3 years ago) still not fantastic with it..but I can read and understand most things she writes and I can respond. Sometimes needing the translator for a word or two, but not always. life has changed so much since messaging her and deciding to learn this language ❤
I can totally relate. I met my portuguese friend as part of a language exchange, well, it was actually him looking for someone to share languages with. I actually wasnt thinking of learning portuguese at the time because i was already preoccupied with dutch and norwegian, but after having a conversation with him i couldnt resist. And we've been best friends ever since. My portuguese is slowly progressing but i enjoy every bit of it, and we're beginning to have conversations somewhat entirely in portuguese now. ,
I agree: I finally reached mental stability after acquiring my fourth language, Italian. Idk for anyone else but now I truly feel ‘balanced’ 😂 well, time will tell what other state of mind I will find myself in as I learn new idioms x)
To be honest learning of different languages help me feeling really awesome when I'm achieving something what ethereal for me in that language which I'm learning to, and to be honest I really like this feeling, because this makes me continue learning more and more information about different countries and their language and like this I started go into languages more and more deeply and that awesome because I really love study different languages, this makes my brain encourages me for each successful step in one of different languages which I'm learning at current time.
Thanks Ollie, very helpful video. It's true, I'm way happier when I am learning a new language.
im on a german course and my brain is fried and broken now.
See these are the types of fact based, double blind, peer reviewed studies i like. "My brain is fried and broken" encompasses all the feelings ive felt absolutely
i've always thought the fried and broken feeling is the brain's version of "oughh i'm so sore from going to the gym yesterday"
Can i give you an advice friend?
Read a lot of books
While listening to conversations obviously through tv or whatever.
I myself picked up german pretty quick just by reading a lot of books.
Is there a German word for having a brain that is fried and broken?
Wait until you start learning kanjis
Albanian language is my 🥰. Crush... I feel in love to learn Albanian, even after so many gaps of days in my learning session... I still keep the language close to my heart ❤️...
I got my LDS mission call to Germany, I’m do excited to see the effects of language learning and experience the famous MTC language course!
The 2nd language learned and onwards helps view things more logically and not an emotional reactive response compared to the mother tongue.
Learning & acquiring a new language is the best decision any1 could ever make.. 👏 👏 Try it
I am from Pakistan you have changed my mindset how to a new language
A fellow ADHD'er I follow said that using BSL (sign language) helped her to slow her brain down enough to allow her to fully articulate the maelstrom that is her brain as she was having the translate it on the go. So she became fluent quicker as it was a huge coping mechanism for her that actually made her life easier.
I ve had the same feeling . Some kind of happiness .english, american, italian, french , german all have more or less beauty in themselfs.
To me it is a happiness .you know i am from montenegro and my understanding of your english is 99-100 of procent .the same thing is to german , italian , french and american .i could say i feel as a superman in mental sence .
Your story is a full hit ; exactly as i see it
I've always been interested in languages. It can be a struggle, but it's so rewarding. On top of that, I think I'm most likely at risk of Parkinson's, and I want to to prevent it as much as I can.
Je regarde ta chaîne RUclips depuis longtemps et je viens de réaliser que j’ai acheté ton livre de « Short stories in French ». Il est incroyable, merci beaucoup d’être un super professeur
Parabéns! Muito bem cantado em português e bem tocado no violão! Talentoso!
I loved this video, thank you.
Parabéns pelas habilidades com o violão! Und nun zum meinem Deutsch Unterricht
Muchas gracias por el video😊
Bro, How cool to see you singing in Portuguese hahaha ❤
Governments across the globe should tap the idea of institutionalizing teaching two foreign languages simultaneously from the primary school level (Spanish for the Philippines for example) if they want their citizens to be mentally sound in their 80s.
You can't properly teach a language in school
@@incredulity then mass media and civil service should make the adjustment by allowing the usage of a foreign language as a medium for TV programs or social media content and require governments to offer basic government services in a foreign language.
Governments want government schools to teach the governed they need governing by the government.
Can we achieve C2 level in any language if we learn as an adult from 0.And how many hours will it take means instructional+study and practice hours?
Actually I lost my mental health after learning german.It has been 2 yrs I have been learning German and still can't go to Germany for my higher studies. All my hopes have been gonee. Now I am not good in English and also in German
Would you publish short stories in Esperanto, or Latin, please?
If my understanding is correct, the monoamine hypothesis, which attempts to associate depression with a deficiency of serotonin, norepinephrine, and/or dopamine in the central nervous system, hasn't been proven even though it's been advocated for long. This is not to say the hypothesis is completely irrelevant but it's been seen as a bit obsolete for a while nonetheless.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.
I speak 5 languages quite fluently. That means that my mental health should be over the top - but thats not always the case :-)
So you have to learn a 6th one for new dopamine. 😅
You can imagine how terrible it would be if you were monilingusl😂
The studies didn't say that knowing MULTIPLE languages is additive...or did I miss something? It's a slightly different issue.
@@YogaBlissDance You're right - I just assumed that it would be the case. Isn't it? Or maybe the effect wears out after a couple of decades ...
Maybe I should follow @annettg1202's suggestion and learn a 6th language. Arabic would be interesting.
I asked one of our formans at work if the company pays for knowing more then one language (it employs a lot of foreign language speakers) he seemed upset at that question, this was right after he said "anyone have any questions about work?" He told me "why would we pay you for knowing more then one language?" I told him some places give extra if you know more then one. He said " I never heard of such a thing"...then he asked "how is you knowing more then one language going to benefit this company?" On my crew we don't have have anyone that speaks another language, but I've been on another crew in the company that does (that is how I started learning spainsh). A simple no would do...really pissed me off, thinking about only speaking Spanish to him next time I see him.
Thank you from Moscow.
The Free story learning link doesn't work.😢
Just fixed it!
@@storylearning Thank you!
Lol, my brain works in four languges and I cant choose the next one. I tried japanese, korean, spanish, italian, russian... but because I am always self-taught I abandon when life gets busy.... I guess I need to find teacher or native speaker and I will persevere :)
Just knowing English is enough
I like the way my brain feels when I'm speaking Spanish.
Nice video🎉🎉🎉🎉
Se há alguns brasileiros aqui que gostaria de trocar línguas por favor diga me. Eu sou americano e quero falar ao fone but ninguém quer fazer isso comigo. Please let me know for a language swap (talking on the phone) :))
I'm passioning with English ( British) after I've seen "Harry potter ( that moment when he spoke on snake language 😅 was like light bolb moment))
I’m one of the 30 million people who joined Duolingo and Busuu during Corona.
When I went on pension at age 65 I decided that I need exercise for my brain, I joined duelingo and is busy learning Russian, I do lessons every day . This vidio let me understand why I feel so good about studying. A language
Me too 😂
I did it cause 1 I was depressed and 2 it was a Michigan winter (part the reason that made me depressed, and bored) and also because my friend whom I just recently met from a game was Brazilian and I wanted her to like me. so I started learning Portuguese (almost 3 years ago now) still not fluent btw.. not close.. upsetting.. but being able to write to her daily and read what she says is pretty cool.. since before I didn't understand anything.. really wish my comprehension and speaking was better.. but.. it's improving.. well. All mt skills are. I should add that I quickly dropped Duolingo after a hundred and some days and used various various different apps and learning methods. I kinda want to revisit pimsleur.. it was super hard back then.. but now I think it would be perfect since my brain will be able to keep up.. I also just tried Duolingo Tonight after a few years of not. I'll see how it is in the future.. it's super easy rn since I was only on unit 5.. I really prefer LingQ and the story learning short stories. Also RUclips, or course. Oh and best of all me and my friend are best friends now. I hope we can meet some day. My dream is going to brazil :')
I was literally thinking about this earlier...
I read a bit in swahili book and now I just see oh thats a verb in the present tense but I have no idea what the verb means
I speak like 5 languages but my memory sucks soo much (short-term memory especially)
Cool
Can confirm Japan loves cherry blossoms. My given name is Sakura さくら
You look really handsome and attractive when you speak Korean
What does he mean the brain is a muscle? It isn't. And there are definitely other organs that either are muscles or contain muscles.
I thought the heart was a muscle and an organ
Heart
Does she talk in English when she is
Björking it
🎉😊
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
i feel like i got happier when i started learning russian idk
If you want to stick to your one and only mothertongue and learn no other languages here's something to think about. There's a tribe in the Amazonas whose language does not have a name for numbers. Consequently the tribe members have no concept of quantities. Zero mathematic skills! All because of their one and only language's limitations.
What's even more terrifying is when the explorers who first met them tried to teach them basic maths the adults could not grasp the concept of mathematics at all, only those still young enough started learning what's 2+2 etc.
Start learning languages as soon as you can because certain mental doors will close in front of you at certain ages, never to be opened again.
I'm pretty sure they just have a different concept of numbers say if someone picks 1 fruit or 2 fruit they must have a way to indicate things like that, on a practical level.
Not gunna lie it’s done the absolute opposite. I’d be much happier not trying to learn another language
Being bilingual has done absolutely nothing to help with my crippling depression and anxiety.
Try exercise. Intense exercise.
You lost me at the brain is an organ and a muscle. I can’t rely on the scientific accuracy of the rest of the video after hearing that statement.
I saw it more as an analogy, referring to neuroplasticity, so I wouldn't dismiss the concept outright.
You should try and keep learning then return to the video then you’ll probably better understand the perspective, don’t get so stuck in a language that you miss the message/concept being presented. No one bats an eye when you say follow your heart or your gut even though everyone knows your brain is responsible for feelings and emotions
Use it or lose it *like* a muscle.
You should speak a little slower since you are talking to people who are learning English and not native speakers, this speed in your speech does not help at all! 🤷
Next stop: Hungarian😂❤🤍💚