I don't actually think they'd make fun of my accent. But see, my entire life, I've suffered from xenophobia, and my one saving straw, so to speak, was that I could speak the language perfectly. And now that's gone, and it makes me incredibly self-conscious. I freeze up when I have to talk and barely manage to whisper. And I haven't always been like that. In fact, my voice usually is quite booming.
Going out of the country definitely wasn't the right choice for me. A good friend of mine did it too, but she's much more well-adjusted and independent. And, well, they speak the same language where she went. I thought it would be a fresh start. A new life with new friends and a new me.
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I don't actually think they'd make fun of my accent. But see, my entire life, I've suffered from xenophobia, and my one saving straw, so to speak, was that I could speak the language perfectly. And now that's gone, and it makes me incredibly self-conscious. I freeze up when I have to talk and barely manage to whisper. And I haven't always been like that. In fact, my voice usually is quite booming.
Going out of the country definitely wasn't the right choice for me. A good friend of mine did it too, but she's much more well-adjusted and independent. And, well, they speak the same language where she went. I thought it would be a fresh start. A new life with new friends and a new me.