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HOW LEARNING LANGUAGES HELPS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

We all want to feel secure from dirt, evil and negativity. Day in and out, the intrusive thoughts repeat themselves in your head. A new language can help, here’s why:

1. It Widens Your Worldview When you learn a language, you are forced to learn also about the cultural nuances and histories of it — and see the world from a different and unique cultural viewpoint, besides your own isolating struggles.

2. It Enables You To Think Of Something Else Your brain has to take a step back from all unwanted and unpleasant thoughts. Rather, your brain has to understand words in your target language and this effort will distract you. Over time, you might find these thoughts plaguing you less and less.

3. It Provides You Opportunities To Connect With New People You might wish to withdraw from everyone else but still have a desire to connecting with people deep down. With a new language, you can communicate with natives/learners. New friends would make your mood lighter, hopefully.

4. It Protects You From Cognitive Decline Studies have shown that learning new languages can prevent or delay you from slipping into cognitive decline and dementia as you age. Those who speak more than one language tend to be at a lower risk of dementia-related diseases.

struggles – трудности
intrusive thoughts – навязчивые мысли
effort – усилие
to plague – терзать
cognitive decline – снижение когнитивных способностей