It's a funny feeling I get when I realise I don't belong to my own nation, that I should have been brought to life in a different part of the world. For that particular country, I have a great sense of love and attachment, I love the language, the food, the music. Am I alone with this problem?
2006-06-28 07:18:35 · 17 answers · asked by adriana 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's a funny feeling I get when I realise I don't belong to my own nation, that I should have been brought to life in a different part of the world. For that particular country, I have a great sense of love and attachment, I love the language, the food, the music. Am I alone with this problem? maybe not a problem, as someone said, but an issue. I'm a native Romanian yet my heart beats faster when I hear Portuguese being spoken. Deep down, I love Portugal immensly even if nothing in my past or family has any links to it. And I think the same thing goes for a certain period in history.
2006-06-28 08:18:43 · update #1
Yes I do. I don't know where this feeling comes from: I always think about the indians, dreams about them, and it's like I know everything about them. I don't know where these knowledges comes from. I feel like I have two souls in my body. I am not a native-american and I don't see (in my conscious state) that I have an interest for this culture but there is something deep inside of me that fight against me to lead me to this culture. Sometimes, I feel like that I have to accomplish something for them in this century but I don't know what, I am not interested in that but something deep inside on me is calling me. This doesn't make any sense because this is not my culture but I know things about hem that I have never read or learn anywhere.
2006-06-28 07:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by Beauty_Queen 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You are not alone. But I think that some people don't realize this until they actually go to a different country and realize that they just feel more at home in that country than their own. I'm American by birth, but I've often felt that I don't connect really with many "American" things and "American" points of view. On the other hand, I absolutely love Spain for many reasons--the language, the music, the people, the outlook on life, the sense of humor... the list goes on. I often feel like I would be more comfortable living in Spain, so my plan is to get myself into a position that will allow me to move there sometime within the next ten years. If I get there and realize I was wrong, I can always come back to the US.
You're definitely not alone, just keep soaking up the culture and language and atmosphere of whichever country you like better, and look forward to experiencing it first hand one day!
PS--I have a friend from Romania, who's also named Adriana, who frequently says that she never felt at home until she moved to the US! Weird, huh?
2006-06-28 17:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i had that too , and i wouldn't call it a problem .
I'm American an i look American but here ppl like to de Americanize you so they can feel more American so all of the sodden when i speak Spanish ,I'm not American lol
But id like to have been in the Past German i like there culture people (highly disciplined an professional) the way they act the way the language sounds an etc
Or i Irish (I'm from Irish decent) i like there culture an women and the way they dance , an there English accent an etc
its OK , it more than OK to admire other cultures an ppl that's beautiful way to feel , but just leave it at that like i wouldn't go to Germany learn German become a German citizen an change my name to Rudolf , or Heinz or Wolfgang , Johan etc
2006-06-28 14:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by cingular11111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't really feel that I BELONG to a different country, but as ALL of my ancestors came from Sweden - I might belong there. (When my grandparents got off the boat at Ellis Island - all 4 of them - they left many relatives behind), so I wonder all the time if I have a lot of relatives that I am not aware of - who could even be here.
2006-06-28 14:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course!
I'm from Switzerland, I love my country (and his football's team lol), it's the "country of my heart". But Spain is a very important country, I loke the language, the customs, the music ... Spain is like a second country for me though nobody in my family is spanish.
2006-06-28 14:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by whitediabless 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really was born in Kansas from the USA but my mom told me her ancestors came from China-as well as herself.
A lot of my friends are Indians and when I first made friends with them, I thought I should be an Indian so I could be friends better with them.
Generally, no.
2006-06-29 00:36:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, I should have been born in Italy in the 13-1400's
2006-06-28 14:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Rayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel as much at home in China as I do here in Canada. I don't feel it is a problem. It just gives me an opertunity to learn more, and have more friends.
2006-06-29 09:42:02 · answer #8 · answered by mike i 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. But I do belong in a different era (early 19th century England, in case you're curious).
2006-06-28 14:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-06-28 14:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by ndmac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋