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Originally Posted by Bulrathi
The issue is that even if I read more in portuguese, it will still be a fraction of what I do in english because in my job (finance related), all the good literature is in english. I spent a lot of the day reading and typing in english. Ever since I noticed the issue I tried to increase the amount of portuguese I'm exposed to but it doesnt seem to have changed much.
When you say deep thinking, what do you mean exactly? What would be the main activities that would trigger this? Also, am I mostly screwed because I focused so much in english between the ages of 15 and 25? If my hippocampus formation happened mostly with english around me, that means it never really developed for portuguese, right?
No, it's not that it didn't develop earlier with the Portuguese. If that were the case, none of us would have memories or abilities learned as children prior to 15. All it means is your English will likely be a stronger skill and you'll need to relearn some things about Portuguese. But you're not starting at square one.
When I say deep-thinking, I'm thinking of things like reading classical Portuguese books and novels. Perhaps reading textbooks in Portuguese on a variety of subjects. Basically, anything that would require more thinking and processing than reading a newspaper or basic reading level book would. (All of this is my theory on what might help and maybe I'm wrong. But I think it would be beneficial).
It won't be easy. English has become your primary language so you'll definitely have to work on it despite your history of speaking it. But if you're willing to put in the time, it should, eventually, all start clicking again.
