When I moved to a new country,
at the age of fourteen,
I suddenly realised something important.
A large part of my personality,
depended on language.
In my first weeks at school,
even simple conversations felt exhausting.
I needed extra time,
to understand jokes,
opinions,
and small social signals.
At first,
I thought the problem was only vocabulary.
Later,
I understood something deeper.
Language is connected,
to identity,
to culture,
and to belonging.
The more confident I bec